April 2025 - March 2026
Projects
Belonging in education: co-designing an evidence-informed model of practice
Building on previous work, this project focuses on progressively working towards building more equitable and inclusive education systems, where belonging is the guiding principle.
Family Routes: Growing up in adoptive and Special Guardianship families
November 2021 - December 2028
If you would like to join the study or have any questions, you can contact the research team on: Family.
Children’s Information: Improving lives through better listening and better data
October 2021 - September 2026
Lots of information is collected about the children and families involved with children’s services but this information is not always used to best meet the needs and interests of children, young people and families.
Born into Care: Towards Best Practice Guidelines when the State intervenes at birth
This research project is a partnership between Lancaster University and the Rees Centre for the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory.
Bright Spots: the subjective wellbeing of looked after children
The Bright Spots programme supports local authorities to systematically listen to their children in care and care leavers, about the things that are important to them.
Hadley Programme- Adoption
A range of adoption-related projects led by Professor Julie Selwyn.
Hadley Programme- Kinship Care Research
The Hadley Trust
One of the major contemporary concerns is how best to provide stability and permanence for children whose own parents are unable to care for them consistently or predictably.
Hadley Programme- Foster Care
The Hadley Trust
One of the major contemporary concerns is how best to provide stability and permanence for children whose own parents are unable to care for them consistently or predictably.
Hadley Programme – Looked After Children
Project: Independent Advocacy Services
The characteristics of young people using independent advocacy services funded by the Hadley Trust.