• Yes to connection, partnership, creativity and change

    A packed King Power Stadium says yes to connection, partnership, creativity and change! In opening the conference our CEO Kieran Breen shared I hope this conference gives us all a chance to learn from the collective wisdom and experience of those present, and to forge new connections and partnerships. If we can build on this… Read More
  • Co-design with vulnerable groups affected by child criminal exploitation

    Co-production values the lived experience of individuals as they are the experts in their own lives
  • My Care Experience Journey

    If I could describe myself, I would say that I am: funny, caring, stubborn and sometimes an overthinker (most times). These characteristics have been with me since I was young, I learnt how to be funny, I have two younger siblings, and I wanted to make people laugh. I was such a sassy and cheeky… Read More
  • Primary school children with Special Guardianship Orders.

    Educational needs of primary school children with Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs) This blog is written by Lorna Stabler and Daisy Chaudhuri. Lorna is a research fellow at CASCADE (Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre) and is leading a new study focusing on Special Guardianship. Daisy is a consultant on this new study. She brings… Read More
  • What helps care experienced students transition to higher education

    There is often an assumption that care-experienced young people do not go to university. However, whilst it is true that care-experienced young people are under-represented in higher education, many do go to university and succeed in their degree studies. My research, funded by the Society for Research into Higher Education and published in the British… Read More
  • The RESPECT billboard: envisaging a future without racism for children

    The RESPECT Project (Racialised Experiences Project: Education, Children & Trust) has been funded by both UKRI and UWE, Bristol, and responds to calls to understand children’s racialised experiences and the impact this has on their mental health and wellbeing. Working with children, we co-produced a children’s picture book called If Racism Vanished for a Day…… Read More
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    Removing the “Reasonable Punishment” Defence in Wales

    A paper written by Professor Sally Holland, former Children’s Commissioner for Wales traces the history of attempted legislation around corporal punishment of children from the A v UK (Council of Europe 1998) case to the present day. The paper reflects on the challenges of getting said Act passed, outlining how Julie Morgan MP for Cardiff… Read More
  • “My adventures in the Innowalk”: an illustrated storybook

    By Dawn Pickering This illustrated storybook was created from a research study that explored the well-being effects from disabled children using the Innowalk. The Innowalk (Made for Movement, 2023) is a robotic device that supports non ambulant people to stand upright and move, by passively cycling their legs. The Innowalk is reported to have health… Read More
  • ‘Child Conflict with Caregivers’

    There is virtually no research in Wales. My project aims to add to this gap by gaining an insight into parents and carers experiences of child to parent violence and abuse. My research has been strongly influenced by professionals supporting these families, and parents and carers experiencing this form of family violence. I have found… Read More
  • Leaving Care – My Journey

    Institution to independence I started university at the age of 23 after spending 10 years in care homes and psychiatric hospitals. Throughout those years one of the things that kept me hopeful was my dream to go to university. Since I was young, I imagined going to university as a way out of my life,… Read More