A new report has been launched, which provides evidence from parents and their children about their experiences when their parents separated… Read More
The Cardiff Christmas Dinner
Christmas can be a particularly tricky time of conflicting emotions for young people who have grown up in care… Read More
New evidence on the education and health outcomes of children with social workers: What does it mean for policy and practice?
New evidence on the education and health outcomes of children with social workers: What does it mean for policy and practice? Read More
The young carer spectrum: Investigating the larger population to better understand and support those with problematic caring roles.
Thirty years of research has studied the experiences of young carers, children who care for family members due to an illness or disability, and highlighted the often negative impacts on their health, education and social opportunities… Read More
Trauma and looked after children (webinars series)
The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, in collaboration with Child and Family Training (C&FT) and Improved Futures (IF) present a series of Briefing Seminars on ‘Dealing with distress, restoring well-being, and promoting resilience of Looked After Children and young people who have suffered extensive trauma’… Read More
Child Sexual Abuse Action Plan workshop
Workshop to launch the Engagement Project Preventing and Responding to Child Sexual Abuse by Welsh Government… Read More
Practical Mindfulness and Wellbeing for Positive Mental Health
The Children’s Rights thematic webinar series draws on key strands of Welsh Government’s Children’s Plan and Programme for Government. This webinar focuses on positive mental health… Read More
‘Navigating the Storm’: A short animation about adverse childhood experiences
Students from Wrexham Glyndŵr University have produced a short animation, ‘Navigating the Storm’ which aims to raise awareness of the impact of Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (TrACEs) in a way which is easily understandable for all… Read More
The Museum of Nothingness: A free augmented reality experience
The Museum of Nothingness is a new immersive augmented reality (AR) experience that allows you to step into the mind of Connor Allen, creator of The Making of a Monster. The live grime-theatre show of The Making of a Monster (9 – 19 November, Weston Studio) shares Connor’s personal story of growing up mixed race in Newport and finding his identity. Read More
An Introduction to the Secure Base Model
With children firmly in focus, this open course provides an introduction to the Secure Base Model framework and specific related tools which enable practitioners to assess prospective foster carers’ and adopters’ parenting capacities and on-going support needs… Read More
