Children and young people living in poverty: COVID-19 needs and policy implications
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of Education Comm & Lang Sci
Abstract
This project addresses the UK's serious knowledge gap in understanding the needs of children and young people (CYP) aged 5-18 living in poverty in the context of Covid19. A North East(NE) regional analysis is required urgently to inform policy decisions being taken quickly without real understanding of lived experiences of poverty. This project will enable policy to consider how best to address children's social, emotional, physical and educational needs.
This project that puts CYP's voice at its centre is co-designed and co-delivered by researchers from Newcastle University's Centre for Learning and Teaching and the charity Children North East (CNE). The long-standing reputation CNE has built upon by providing support during lockdown will ensure high engagement by families in the research, and an extensive reach through networks will enable policymakers to make timely use of findings.
CYP will be invited to communicate experiences and needs in a format of their choice (writing, picture, photo) and we anticipate a sample of 1500. 500 CYP will be consulted in more depth (face to face/online interviews/focus groups). Twenty interviews with organisations working with CYP will triangulate findings. We will investigate and compare organisational response to CYP living in poverty. Case studies of practice and policy change will be shared nationally as good practice examples. Our regional and national networks will ensure quick and effective dissemination of findings. Outputs from the project include two academic articles, three research reports, two linked policy workshops/webinars, a policy brief, a series of short comics, and an animated video.
The project will be organised in four phases:
PHASE 1: North East wide broad consultation with CYP about current experience of life
PHASE 2: Targeted follow up interviews with CYP: what are the challenges and what would help?
PHASE 3: Follow up with school/organisational leads: how CYP's needs and priorities have changed as a result of Covid19?
PHASE 4: Investigation of organisational response to CYP living in poverty
This project that puts CYP's voice at its centre is co-designed and co-delivered by researchers from Newcastle University's Centre for Learning and Teaching and the charity Children North East (CNE). The long-standing reputation CNE has built upon by providing support during lockdown will ensure high engagement by families in the research, and an extensive reach through networks will enable policymakers to make timely use of findings.
CYP will be invited to communicate experiences and needs in a format of their choice (writing, picture, photo) and we anticipate a sample of 1500. 500 CYP will be consulted in more depth (face to face/online interviews/focus groups). Twenty interviews with organisations working with CYP will triangulate findings. We will investigate and compare organisational response to CYP living in poverty. Case studies of practice and policy change will be shared nationally as good practice examples. Our regional and national networks will ensure quick and effective dissemination of findings. Outputs from the project include two academic articles, three research reports, two linked policy workshops/webinars, a policy brief, a series of short comics, and an animated video.
The project will be organised in four phases:
PHASE 1: North East wide broad consultation with CYP about current experience of life
PHASE 2: Targeted follow up interviews with CYP: what are the challenges and what would help?
PHASE 3: Follow up with school/organisational leads: how CYP's needs and priorities have changed as a result of Covid19?
PHASE 4: Investigation of organisational response to CYP living in poverty
Publications
| Title | A young person designed the certificate we give out to all young people who take part in voices |
| Description | A young person designed the certificate we give out to all young people who take part in voices |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | CHildren and young people liked receiving the certificate |
| Title | Comics |
| Description | A number of comics created by three artists of their engagment with the project findings. A further number of comics produced with children and young people in several different schools and youth orgnaisations. The comics looked at and expressed children and young people's experiences in the pandemic. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | The comics have had an impact on school staff and students |
| Title | Exhibition in Gateshead Library |
| Description | Exhibition of the voices drawings of children from two Gateshead primary schools |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Children and parents and inhabitants of Gateshead saw the exhibition and enjoyed seeing their own drawings and learning about children's experience of lockdown. This encouraged people to think more about the impact of covid still in people's lives |
| Title | Podcast 2 on VOICES |
| Description | A 2nd podcast on VOICES to continue the story of the project and report more fully the findings and the impact cycles |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Listened to by very many people with a favourable response |
| URL | https://podcasts.ncl.ac.uk/fromnewcastle/2-5-revisited-the-voices-project-with-professor-liz-todd-an... |
| Title | Podcast: |
| Description | A Newcastle University podcast on Voices |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Listened to by many people with very favourable responses. |
| URL | https://podcasts.ncl.ac.uk/fromnewcastle/giving-children-a-voice/ |
| Description | PARTIAL KEY FINDINGS Whilst children have been less susceptible to catching covid than adults it is clear from our findings and many other studies that covid has had a significant impact on all aspects of children's lives. This 18 month study of the experience of more than 1500 children and young people demonstrates in detail the nature of this impact. Research themes Relationships: missing friends and family Pain missing friends and family. Seeing friends and family was overwhelmingly what was most important to children and young people. Seeing friends was what was best about going back to school. Missing friends and family was what children and young people found most difficult about the times in lockdown. Seeing friends and family was what made life good again. By far the most drawings were on this topic. Positive time with family. Many commented positively on more time with close family and often this was associated with having more time at home and with activities they were now doing. Some mentioned the importance of pets or drew them. Many missed the members of their family that they could not see. Children in care discussed specific concerns about contact with their families. Strained family relationships. By contrast for many the pandemic has strained family relationships which has been very difficult for children and young people. A general concern was about family members catching the virus or those that are at risk or about the happiness of loved ones and making sure they are ok. Friends had been lost as a result of not seeing them in lockdown and children and young people now wondered how they would find new friends. Loss was a common theme in relationships with many young people dealing with the death of loved ones from covid, including the additional pain of not being able to attend funerals. Education at home and school Consistently, throughout all periods of lockdown, children and young people missed school. Education throughout covid 19 was reported as a confusing and interrupted experience. Children talked of the many challenges of engaging in school work at home and there were not many positive comments. Problems in accessing schooling from home in covid were access to technology, having an appropriate space in which to learn, distractions from the home environment, increase in caring responsibilities at the same time as trying to access education, work that was confusing, too much or boring, and lack of personal contact with the teacher and with peers. Home learning struggles. Children and young people struggled trying to access schooling from home and found they needed the immediate and regular contact with their teachers in order to learn. By contrast, a minority had positive comments about learning at home at the start of the first lockdown. For some it was because they liked not having to go to school. Many valued time with their families and playing digital games. For others there were unexpected positive side effects such as enjoying getting up late, being able to have snacks or go to the toilet when they liked and finding it more relaxed. School in lockdown valued and strange. Many vulnerable children and those of key workers were in school throughout the pandemic including during the first lockdown. This was a great experience for some but strange for most. Changes in the arrangements for the school day influenced their friendships and their overall experience of schooling. Welcome return to school for all. What children and young people overwhelmingly valued when they returned to school in April 2021 was contact with their friends, the support of their teachers and the structure of the school day. The social restrictions in place and the continued changes in the rules they had to respond to brought with them many stresses on their relationships and on their learning. Rituals of school life such as assemblies and end of school trips were missed. A minority of young people accepted the disruption as part of life since multiple disruptions to education is the norm outside the pandemic for some children such as those in pupil referral units. Exam stresses. Young people in exam years were stressed by the additional pressures on them. This included the uncertainties about: exam arrangements, catching up, and the lack of practical lessons and placements. The worried that the quality of their education would stop them from completing courses fail to equip them for the next stage of education. Many recognised that they were in need of a break and had no appetite for summer catch-up provision. Future lives on hold. Covid has made young people uncertain about the future and stressed about their next steps. When planning for futures from vocational and academic courses young people have not had access to the level of support they had been anticipating such as visit days and careers education. Many were leaning towards taking safe options about their post-16 destinations and it seems possible that this meant limiting their career aspirations. Employment worries. Most young people have had difficulties finding part-time work necessary for their present and future lives. They had concerns about jobs being hard to get, employers wanting experience or - conversely - taking on people with dangerously little experience, their lack of experience since placements had been cancelled, and the lack of disposable income. Health and wellbeing Profound impact on mental health. The pandemic has had a profound and often negative impact on children and young people's health. Many felt their mental health has been very adversely affected. Many felt boredom, anxiety about the future, and concern about when or whether things would change. For most, normal relationships and activities were completely disrupted. Without the routine of the school day many found that their time was spent either sleeping or online. By contrast for some it was a welcome time to slow down, learn to enjoy their own company. Trying to keep healthy. Children and young people thought about and took both positive and negative actions to improve their situation in the pandemic. But they did not always know what to do. Many could not use their usual ways of coping especially if that would involve socialising and other activities that were now closed to them. Many blamed themselves for not making healthier choices. Many children were aware of the connection between different areas of health and other parts of their lives, for example trying to eat more healthily to try to combat the lack of motivation. Most children and young people had a reply to who they would go to if they had worries, including a friend, mam, dad, family support worker, teacher or youth worker. The importance of the support that schools and community organisations can offer children's health was apparent from responses. Physical activity. Children and young people talked about staying physically active but many had been far less active than usual. Their organised physical activities such as football, gym, dancing and kickboxing had ceased during most lockdown periods. Those who had done lots of organised sport found it difficult to replace that activity. Where children were active this involved doing more walking, running, going on bike rides, walking dogs, and doing online gym and dance classes - including Joe Wicks. Eating. Children and young people reported changes in both the amount they were eating (some more, some less), and the types of food. There was a facility in lockdown for eating unhealthy snacks at home but for some this was an opportunity to eat more healthily. Multiple groups' comments about food suggested material changes in household circumstances Milestones. There was universal sadness about missed celebrations and educational milestones: saying goodbye to classmates and teachers at the end of a school year, going to prom, and residential trips away with school. Children found the transition from primary to secondary school very difficult, saying that the whole year felt like a transition year because of Covid. Activities Missing hobbies. A very common experience was not being able to do the things children and young people valued doing. Most of the activities that children and young people missed tended to be within a short distance of home as regular interests and activities. There was a sense of frustration at trying online versions of activities that did not match up to what they wanted. Not being able to do preferred activities brought boredom and some negative feelings. Some worried about whether they would be physically able to resume the same activities in future and about possible impact on future opportunities. Some children and young people had however not had prior activities to now miss. Taking up new activities. By contrast many children and young people also reported taking up new enjoyable activities during lockdown and/or having more time for existing interests. Many new interests relied on families being able to buy or otherwise provide toys and materials for activities at home, and some children and young people commented on the costs incurred. Children spoke of the importance of activities provided free by schools and the VCSE sector. Digital lives Enjoying games. Throughout the pandemic and particularly during lockdowns children and young people reported a large increase in time spent using digital devices for leisure for large parts of the day and indeed night. They commonly enjoyed this increase. Some also felt the increased time spent online was too long and some of these tried to cut down, and some felt it was normal. By contrast children and young people largely have not enjoyed online learning at home. Their enjoyment has been in a variety of games, social platforms and ways of connecting with friends and family. Time had increased as a result of the multiple personal benefits to children and young people, the lack of other activities and (for many) not going to school. Digital social space. Young people presented a mixed picture in terms of the benefits and negative issues of the digital providing them a social space. Many spoke of technology making it easier to stay in touch with friends. We also had many comments about the negative aspects of digital activity on friendships. Some young people were aware of the safety aspects of online platforms that included bullying, the risks in talking to people they did not know, seeing disturbing images or hearing swear words. Transport Stress on public transport. Children and young people found travelling on public transport stressful and challenging. Public transport has previously been a source of enjoyment and independence. Reduced use of transport was partly due to reduced activities but also widely expressed concerns. Children and young people were concerned about mixing with others on public transport. They were anxious about the behaviour on buses of other users in relation to covid. They were also concerned about too few people being permitted to take a bus resulting in them being made to wait for the next bus. Covid and the wider world Unfairly blamed. Children and young people thought a lot about what they were hearing or reading about efforts to stop the pandemic and the wider societal impact of the pandemic. Many felt they were being unfairly blamed for the spread of the pandemic. Covid rules taken seriously. Covid rules were taken seriously by the children and young people we spoke with. Many were angry that the virus could continue to spread and that they wouldn't be able to see their families because of other people not following the rules. Children and young people were also confused by the rules and were aware of the stressful impact of the pandemic on their lives. Many had views on the vaccines and questions about them. Concern about society. Many had views on the impact of covid on society. Young people had strong views about the action the government should be taking in response to covid. Many had great uncertainties about the future and whether the pandemic would ever end. The Black Lives Matter movement found new urgency in the pandemic and was mentioned by some groups as was children's own experience of racism. A positive response. Children and young people also saw the positive impact on society of people's responses to the pandemic. They liked the mutual aid activity and other community supports. Some felt strong from having personally coped with living in a pandemic. Some groups expressed the desire to engage with others to bring about change that would support young people as they move forward. Influencing policy and practice: public transport In spring 2021 young people met with managing directors and senior representatives from Stagecoach, Go North East, Nexus and Arriva, the young people were able to share their public transport concerns and ask questions. The providers responded directly to the young people, provided further information and took key action points back to their companies. This included as increased signage to remind the public to wear masks and keep windows open. Influencing policy and practice: employment Young people have worked with VOICES researchers and the National Citizen Service Trust to talk about their future aspirations and ambitions and met with a range of North East employers to challenge employers to meet young people's needs through: • advertising jobs that require no experience and provide full on the job training • More open communication from employers about their expectations of young people in advertising jobs • To work more actively with schools and colleges in recruiting young people • To reassure young people by clearly stating COVID health and safety measures on job advertisements • To provide an alternative to online home working to open up the jobs market to young people who do not have appropriate devices and resources |
| Exploitation Route | There are multiple ways that the outcomes of the findings can be taken forward and put to use by others. The findings can be used by multple providers of children's services, by health and education providers, companies running public transport, employers of young people, by parents and carers of children by those that train peple working with children, by providers of higher education and many many more. The findings are already informing resesarch of other universities and informing pratice and policy. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Healthcare,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Transport |
| URL | https://www.voicesproject.co.uk/ |
| Description | As our findings have shown young people have been engaged with the ever changing national situation over the pandemic and the many challenges and obstacles they faced. Young people have been vocal about the things that they have found hard, aspects they have welcomed or come to appreciate and the things that they have disagreed with but nevertheless had to withstand. Young people told us about specific concerns that were impacting upon their lives, for example using public transport and entering new stages of education, training and employment, and some groups expressed the desire to engage with others to bring about change that would support young people as they move forward. In spring 2021 young people met with managing directors and senior representatives from Stagecoach, Go North East, Nexus and Arriva, the young people were able to share their concerns and ask questions and the public transport providers responded directly to the young people, provided further information and took key action points, such as increased signage to remind the public to wear masks and keep windows open, back to their companies. Young people have worked with VOICES and the National Citizen Service Trust to talk about their future aspirations and ambitions and met with a range of North East employers. This included Sunderland Software City, Newcastle United Foundation, Accenture, UNISUS, Soil machine Dynamic Ltd and Bowmer and Kirkland. The meeting was to engaged in conversations about how employers can support young people as they enter the workplace. Young people continue to work with the TUC, North East Chamber of Commerce and the North East Local Enterprise Partnership to challenge employers to meet young people's needs through: • advertising jobs that require no experience and provide full on the job training • More open communication from employers about their expectations of young people in advertising jobs • To work more actively with schools and colleges in recruiting young people • To reassure young people by clearly stating COVID health and safety measures on job advertisements • To provide an alternative to online home working to open up the jobs market to young people who do not have appropriate devices and resources Many of the children's drawings are being exhibited. First this is in Gateshead Library in an exhibition of lockdown lives fromJan to April 2023, and in travelling exhibitons to a number of particiapting schools. In the North Eastern region the transport companies have reached a new agreement for cheaper bus travel and metro travel - one of the key research recommendations and this starts in April 2023. Northumberland Country Council has taken up many of the report recommendations. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Environment,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Transport,Other |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Advisory committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | In the advisory committee we asked participants to say both how they could help us to have more impact in VOICES and also what they were as an organisation going to do that was different. Almost all attendees were able to say the actions they were going to take. These would all make an improvement in the lives of children. |
| Description | Meeting with North East transport providers |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Policy makers booklet on Employment |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| URL | https://www.voicesproject.co.uk/evidence/ |
| Description | Producing lesson plans to teach in school about digital careers |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Impact | As a result of this research • Representatives from the skills team at Sunderland Software City worked with teacher Kris Bolam at Venerable Bede secondary in Sunderland and Cathryn Gathercole from CNE to run a workshop with 21 year 8 students looking at digital skills and the digital economy on 24 Jan 2022. This led to new lesson plans for teachers to use in the classroom on running a workship with young people on digital careers |
| Description | • Webinar 15 June 2021 by VOICES and Culture Bridge (with presentations by Newcastle University, Children North East, Chillingham Road Primary School, Mortal Fools, Youth Focus North East) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Impact | Event delivered by teachers and a range of charities and cultural organisations and attended by 50+ practitioners |
| URL | https://www.voicesproject.co.uk/resources/ |
| Description | Institute of Social Science Pioneer Award |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2022 |
| End | 07/2023 |
| Description | North Of Tyne Combined Authority Wellbeing consultations during September 2021 |
| Amount | £3,300 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Carnegie Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Title | Radical co-production and impact cycles |
| Description | We have combined several layers of co-production leading to early impact in the project |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Public transport providers have responded to young people firstly by coming to meetings to meet young people and then as a result with better covid signage, and have provided work placements |
| URL | https://podcasts.ncl.ac.uk/fromnewcastle/2-5-revisited-the-voices-project-with-professor-liz-todd-an... |
| Description | Formation of a VOICES young people advisory group |
| Organisation | National Citizen Service |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | • 2 young people who graduated from the NCS programme in 2021 and then migrated into the 'Voices Young People' advisory group presented to a North Region NCS delivery partner meeting along with Lucy Tiplady and Cathryn Gathercole on 3 March 2022 in Newcastle. |
| Collaborator Contribution | • 2 young people who graduated from the NCS programme in 2021 and then migrated into the 'Voices Young People' advisory group presented to a North Region NCS delivery partner meeting along with Lucy Tiplady and Cathryn Gathercole on 3 March 2022 in Newcastle. |
| Impact | Young people have been part of the empolyment impact cycles |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Gateshead Library exhibition of VOICES children's drawings about experiences in COVID 19 |
| Organisation | Gateshead Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Gateshead Library has an exhibition of VOICES children's drawings about experiences in COVID 19. This is part of its Lockdown Lives Exhibition. A selection of work made by both the artists and residents alongside new work made by young people who reflect on this time. Our children's drawings came from 2 Gateshead primary schools that took part in the VOICES exhibition. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The schools gave permission for the drawings to be used in the exhibition. Children helped to select the drawings |
| Impact | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lockdown-lives-exhibition-tickets-474608365397?aff=ebdsoporgprofile Exhibition of drawings |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Attending head teacher local authority meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A researcher attended by invitation in Jan 2021 a meeitng of reagional head teachers and gave a short talk about the project. There was a lot of interest andsome of the head teachers agreed to be invovled in the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | BBC TV interview 16/3/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | PI Liz Todd was interviewed on BBC TV Look North prime time regional TV about the initial project findings and the policy implications |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Carry on researching event at Newcastle University March 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A presentation on the project so far given to a university seminar that had national reach |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Co-I Lucy Tiplady talks at HealthyMinded Schools North East conference on 29/4/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Co-I Lucy Tiplady talks at HealthyMinded Schools North East conference on 29/4/21 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Engagement of undergraduate students with project findings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Liz Todd seminar with two different groups of Undergraduate students who are studying for a degree in Education engaging with VOICES findings and creating a one poster zine to represent aspects of the findings: 8/12/21 and 2/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Engaging with employers, busnesses and regional organisations that link to employers to produce a youth charter on employment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | • Researchers met youth board of the NCS national citizens service on 6/4/21, 18/6/21 and 8/11/21 to discuss the employment action with the young people • Meeting of researchers, 4 young people and employers (including Accenture, NE Chamber of commerce, Sunderland software city, NCS trust, NUFC, Bowmer and Kirkland, HMRC, SMD Soil machine Dynamic Ltd) and employer organisations on 17/6/21 • Several meetings with the LEP, NE chamber of commerce, TUC, NCS trust, NECPC north east child poverty commission |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | PI and CO-Is Lucy Tiplady, Lydia Wysocki and Liz todd present VOICES to CfLaT research tea in Feb 2021 online |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Lucy Tiplady, Lydia Wysocki and Liz todd present VOICES to CfLaT research tea in Feb 2021 online |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Podcast 2 - second podcast on the project findings and impacts at the time |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Podcast on findings and impact and a chatty approach giving an insight into how we worked together |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://podcasts.ncl.ac.uk/fromnewcastle/2-5-revisited-the-voices-project-with-professor-liz-todd-an... |
| Description | Podcast on initial findings of the project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Podcast of initial findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://podcasts.ncl.ac.uk/fromnewcastle/2-5-revisited-the-voices-project-with-professor-liz-todd-an... |
| Description | Presentation to Feb2021 NE Child Poverty Commission meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Attended and presented at a meeting of the North East Child Poverty commision |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Talk given on climate change and the environment and youth by Children North East researcher Gwen Dalziel, a conference organised by Northern consortium of housing on 1/10/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Talk given on climate change and the environment and youth by Gwen Dalziel, a conference organised by Northern consortium of housing on 1/10/21 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Teeside multi-cultural forum talk given by Cathryn Gathercole on 18/5/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Teeside multi-cultural forum talk given by VOICES Children North East researcher Cathryn Gathercole on 18/5/21 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | VOICES pilot findings (children and young people's voices from Sept-Oct 2020, video of a presentation given by Luke Bramhall to Culture Bridge conference 'Imagine If' on Nov 2 2020). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | VOICES pilot findings (children and young people's voices from Sept-Oct 2020, video of a presentation given by Luke Bramhall to Culture Bridge conference 'Imagine If' on Nov 2 2020). Also available to view at: https://youtu.be/0plsYOM8VdU |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.voicesproject.co.uk/resources/ |
| Description | Videos of children talking about their lives during covid |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Video heads of children talking about experiences of their lives during covid in the early days |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.voicesproject.co.uk/resources/ |
| Description | Youth engagement with transport providers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting of VOICES researchers, 4 young people and transport companies (Go North East, StageCoach, NEXUS, Arriva, Transpot North East) on 24/3/21 researchers met transport companies, 5/5/21 meeting of VOICES researchers, 4 young people and transport companies, 29/6/21 researchers met young people for feedback. This process sparked changes in practice and policy for the transport providers. Young people gained confidence in attending this process. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | • Luke Bramhall and Liz Todd give a talk at Imperial College and Newcastle University online seminar on covid and youth mental health 10/5/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Luke Bramhall and Liz Todd give a talk at Imperial College and Newcastle University online seminar on covid and youth mental health 10/5/21 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |