Today we publish findings that show that providing family group conferencing at pre-proceedings can keep children with their families and out of care. Find out more: foundations.org.uk/wp-content/upl… with Coram

New results from the largest randomised controlled trial of Family Group Conferences in the world. If FGCs were used across England, 2,000 fewer children would go into care each year. That would mean more families staying safely together and more money for earlier intervention.

The air we breathe is essential to our health and wellbeing. When we have access to clean air, our health is improved. Yet almost every part of the UK is in breach of World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for air quality. #CleanAirDay Clean Air Campaign ⬇️

This focus on tackling domestic abuse is a major part of our new strategy. Funding call launched here…

Call for research proposals 📢📑We are inviting proposals to deliver research into service design and commissioning processes in local authorities. Deadline: Midday, Friday 21 July. Find out more here: foundations.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Out today 📑 A rapid review on school non-attendance of children with a social worker in the UK, looking at extent, risk factors & interventions, and a report produced by young peoplie with their responses & reflections on the findings. Find out more: foundations.org.uk/our-work/repor…

Domestic abuse is a devastating problem and there's limited evidence on what works to prevent it and how to support children who are impacted. That's why we've launched the Domestic Abuse Evaluation Accelerator Fund. foundations.org.uk/blogs/improvin…

NEW BLOG ✍As party conference season comes to an end, our Deputy Chief Exec Donna Molloy reflects on why investing in parenting support offers a way to eradicate the disadvantage gap, and should be a focus for whichever party is next in government. foundations.org.uk/blogs/why-inve…

📢OPEN CALL! 📖We are pleased to announce our annual Levant_The Journal prizes-2024! 👨🏿‍🎓👩🏿‍🎓Calling on established & early career scholars in anthropology, archaeology, environmental science, heritage studies and industrial archaeology. 📅DL 28/2/24 👉🏿Details cbrl.ac.uk/news/levant-su…

The #KinshipCare Strategy captures the pressing need to provide effective support for kinship families. Foundations will play a key role in improving understandings of what works through the evaluation of expanded financial allowances ⬇️

As schools head into Easter, let’s be mindful of the heightened risk of domestic abuse at this time and the urgent need to find out what works to support victims. Most support for child victims hasn’t been evaluated - and this urgently needs to change #DomesticAbuse /1

Well done to Jessica Morris and Thea Stein for this important intervention today from the Nuffield Trust’s QualityWatch programme.

More evidence on health inequality from Ann Raymond, myself, Hannah Rose Douglas, Laurie Rachet-Jacquet and Institute of Population Health colleagues. Hopefully the detail will help inform policy in new ways. 🤞

Since the pandemic, inactivity among UK people of working age due to long-term sickness has soared The Health Foundation has projected a rise of a further 700,000 working age people in England living with illness by 2040 Newsnight's Ben Chu has been looking into situation

“We don't know how to support child victims of domestic abuse. We're operating in the dark – it's costing children, society & services dearly.” ▶👇 Chief Exec Jo Casebourne on the thinking behind #REACHplan, our 5-year plan to prevent #DomesticAbuse + support child victims.

Important (free) event form us coming soon on Children and Young People’s Mental Health thinknpc.org/events-and-tra…

Great to hear from ⁦Jo Casebourne⁩ ⁦Anne Longfield⁩ ⁦⁦Janet Daby MP⁩ & ⁦Josh MacAlister MP⁩. Such commitment to improving life chances for children in the room tonight! ⁦Foundations⁩ ⁦Centre for Young Lives⁩

✔️👏 Today we went to UK Prime Minister to hand in our #MakeHealthEqual petition, calling on the government to work to tackle health inequalities and close the life expectancy gap.

I took our campaign families, members and MPs to UK Prime Minister today to hand in our petition to #MakeHealthEqual. Thank you to everyone who has signed so far and emailed their MP - it really works. Let's keep going! 🖊️act.healthequals.org.uk/page/152177/ac…