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    In the shadow of a pandemic: Harare’s street youth COVID-19 experience

    The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown has had unprecedented impact on all our lives. In Zimbabwe, where two-thirds of the population live in poverty (World Food Programme, 2019), lockdown has exacerbated water and food shortages and seen curfews…

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    Speech, language and communication: Early language webinar

    This webinar was held on 28 September 2020 and is in two parts…

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    Ministry of Life Education: Support us to improve the lives of young people

    Ministry of Life Education are a community interest company that provide technical and vocational alternative educational opportunities for marginalised and disengaged young people aged 11-25…

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    Understanding higher education experiences of care-experienced young people

    It is widely known that care experienced young people in Wales and the UK more widely experience poorer outcomes in a wide range of factors than their peers who do not have experience of social care…

  • The Coronavirus Pandemic: Care leavers and practitioners sharing experiences and lessons

    The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown has had a major impact across the world, with a disproportional impact on the poorest and most vulnerable people in society…

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    Involving children & families in identifying needs & planning support

    The What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care held an excellent webinar earlier this week on “Actively involving children and families in identifying needs and planning support”…

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    Who cares for those leaving care? Care-leaver experiences during COVID-19

    This webinar shares findings of research undertaken with care-leavers about their experiences during COVID-19 and lockdown…

  • ‘A Portrait of Care’: Combating the negative stereotypes people have about children in care

    A Portrait of Care’ is a collaboration with the University of Southampton, Widening Participation Department. The project will form an online exhibition via Instagram using self-portraiture as a way to combat the negative stereotypes people have about children in care…

  • Online services, mental health & wellbeing of the care-experienced

    Research is required to understand how interventions can transition to online or blended (a mixture of face-to-face and online) delivery, what models are perceived to work most effectively…

  • Value of LEGO as a visual method: Understanding experiences of wellbeing in schools

    Wellbeing is a complex experience to measure, define, observe and communicate. My research used LEGO as a research method to explore Wellbeing Wednesday afternoons, an initiative to fulfil the Health and Wellbeing aim for…

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