ADR England Community Catalyst: Children at risk of poor outcomes
Lead Research Organisation:
Swansea University
Department Name: Institute of Life Science Medical School
Abstract
National and local organisations produce a wealth of valuable data, which can be used to understand how we can reduce the number of children at risk of poor social, health and educational outcomes. However, at present, this administrative data is not being used by enough researchers or analysts. In addition, researchers and analysts are not consistently addressing the questions that policy makers, practitioners or families themselves consider to be the most important.
Funded by Administrative Data Research (ADR) England, we will establish a national community catalyst that will provide a vital point of connection, information and coaching for a broad and diverse community of child and family focused researchers and analysts, using (or aspiring to use) administrative data.
The community catalyst will focus on children involved with early intervention and children's social care services. We will deliver a 2-year programme of online and face-to-face networking events and information, together with focused coaching workshops. The actions of the catalyst will build a community of researchers who are better connected and better informed. In addition, we will foster tighter connections between researchers and the end users of their work, to ensure close alignment between research and stakeholder priorities.
The community catalyst will achieve these over-arching objectives, through four inter-linked work packages (WPs).
WP1 will provide national strategic leadership, by delivering a far clearer and up-to-date understanding of the scope of current research using administrative data for child-focused research, together with a firm indication of priorities for new research. An open access research report will integrate learning across the WP, making recommendations about how any barriers to the delivery of new priority knowledge, can be tackled.
WP2 will build capacity in the use of administrative and other large-scale datasets by establishing a web-based "one-stop shop" for child-focused researchers, complemented by an effective communication strategy and online information giving events. WP2 aims to raise awareness of the value and availability of administrative data resources, attract new entrants to the community of researchers, and forge greater connections between those already using these data.
WP3 aims to strengthen and expand a diverse administrative data research community, through online and face-to-face networking events, focused on the ADR UK flagship datasets and use-cases. Focused coaching workshops will target and support new-comers to administrative data research, and provide opportunities for new collaborations among more experienced researchers.
WP4 will provide a bespoke opportunity for an embedded research fellow, to access and use the valuable EChild resource, with supervision from the core team.
To deliver on this ambitious project, we have brought together a highly experienced interdisciplinary project team - across five academic institutions in the UK; all members of the core team have pioneered the use of child and family administrative data, across sectors. The core team will be supported by a wider expert reference group, who will share their experience and use-cases, against each of the ADR England flagship datasets and related data resources.
Funded by Administrative Data Research (ADR) England, we will establish a national community catalyst that will provide a vital point of connection, information and coaching for a broad and diverse community of child and family focused researchers and analysts, using (or aspiring to use) administrative data.
The community catalyst will focus on children involved with early intervention and children's social care services. We will deliver a 2-year programme of online and face-to-face networking events and information, together with focused coaching workshops. The actions of the catalyst will build a community of researchers who are better connected and better informed. In addition, we will foster tighter connections between researchers and the end users of their work, to ensure close alignment between research and stakeholder priorities.
The community catalyst will achieve these over-arching objectives, through four inter-linked work packages (WPs).
WP1 will provide national strategic leadership, by delivering a far clearer and up-to-date understanding of the scope of current research using administrative data for child-focused research, together with a firm indication of priorities for new research. An open access research report will integrate learning across the WP, making recommendations about how any barriers to the delivery of new priority knowledge, can be tackled.
WP2 will build capacity in the use of administrative and other large-scale datasets by establishing a web-based "one-stop shop" for child-focused researchers, complemented by an effective communication strategy and online information giving events. WP2 aims to raise awareness of the value and availability of administrative data resources, attract new entrants to the community of researchers, and forge greater connections between those already using these data.
WP3 aims to strengthen and expand a diverse administrative data research community, through online and face-to-face networking events, focused on the ADR UK flagship datasets and use-cases. Focused coaching workshops will target and support new-comers to administrative data research, and provide opportunities for new collaborations among more experienced researchers.
WP4 will provide a bespoke opportunity for an embedded research fellow, to access and use the valuable EChild resource, with supervision from the core team.
To deliver on this ambitious project, we have brought together a highly experienced interdisciplinary project team - across five academic institutions in the UK; all members of the core team have pioneered the use of child and family administrative data, across sectors. The core team will be supported by a wider expert reference group, who will share their experience and use-cases, against each of the ADR England flagship datasets and related data resources.
Publications
Bailey G
(2025)
Use of Administrative Data to Understand Children's Involvement with Children's Statutory Social Care Services: A Scoping Review
in Use of Administrative Data to Understand Children's Involvement with Children's Statutory Social Care Services: A Scoping Review
| Description | To date, key findings predominately relate to our first work package. This includes a comprehensive literature review (and executive summary), stakeholder consultations and establishment of a research agenda. These three reports highlight the usefulness of administrative data to produce new knowledge about children and their families, in particular, when it is linked across sectors of health, education, welfare and justice. Our evidence review focused on UK based studies which have used administrative data to understand children's involvement with children's statutory social care services. This has highlighted that existing evidence is weighted to children in care, with far less research on the earlier part of children's journeys through children's social services. Common characteristics of children and their families have emerged, as well as common educational, health, criminal justice, post-16 and care leaver outcomes. The review has shone a spotlight on the value of using administrative data to further our understanding of children involved with children's social care. The information we have identified can be used to inform policymakers, service providers and practitioners to improve the outcomes for children. Further, our work has shaped the fellowship attached to the Community Catalyst, and use of the Education and Child Health Insights from Linked Data (ECHILD) to build on some of the evidence gaps. In addition to the review, we have engaged with stakeholders to inform our research agenda. Through robust stakeholder consultation with academics, national children's charities, policy leads, children's advocacy organisations, and central and local government leads, several key themes emerged. Stakeholders recommended that future research should capture the child in a whole and meaningful way, informed by current policy and practice and make better use of local data. The research agenda sets out a clear roadmap for those using or considering using children's social care administrative data. It sets out a series of priority/research areas that we recommend researchers focus on. It also discusses which existing datasets can be drawn upon and highlights the development of new datasets needed to address the research questions. The eleven key areas that we have identified are: Early intervention and support for children in need; Household-level hardship; Family mental health; Special educational needs and disabilities; School disengagement; Services and workforce; Criminal justice system involvement; Domestic violence/abuse; Minority groups; Extra familial harms; and, Evaluating policies and practice Together this work has informed our ongoing events programme which has been designed with evidence and knowledge gaps at the forefront. To date, we have held an online launch for our research agenda and an in-person research design workshop. We have organised an upcoming webinar exploring use of administrative (including local authority) data, at the level of the household, to understand deprivation and its impact on children and their families in relation to poverty and involvement with children's social care. Future planned events include an evaluation workshop, early intervention workshop, and expert led webinar using linked local data. |
| Exploitation Route | Academics - increased capacity building in use of administrative data for research in this field; to inform future funding application and new studies. Funders - to tailor funding opportunities. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Education |
| URL | https://www.adruk.org/learning-hub/user-groups-and-communities-1/adr-england-research-community-catalyst-children-at-risk-of-poor-outcomes/ |
| Description | Our Community Catalyst activities aim to provide strategic leadership regarding the contribution that administrative data (with a focus on Administrative Data Research (ADR) flagship datasets) can make to furthering our understanding of children involved with children's social care. Our comprehensive literature review, stakeholder consultation, and research agenda are being used by academics to shape research plans, and we hope that further dissemination and use of these materials will increase academic impact further. Generation of our micro-site or 'one-stop shop' for the deposit of relevant training materials and publications has also been well received. Similarly, we have been serving our community through our event programme of capacity building events, which will continue for the duration of our award. In addition to reaching our academic community, our research agenda has been shared with funders, policymakers, service providers and practitioners. Our findings resonate with others' views on required evidence and the potential of this to inform policy and practice for improved outcomes for children and families. Impact of our work on these sectors is however projected to be longer term, once researchers have secured funding and carried out their research. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2025 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Healthcare |
| Impact Types | Societal Policy & public services |
| Description | Education Select Committee: Submission from the Centre for Child and Family Justice Research |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evidence/3295/ |
| Description | ADR England Community Catalyst: Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes - A new research agenda |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A webinar organised by the project to launch and disemate the new research agenda (work package 1 deliverable). The event agenda was as follows: Introductions & house keeping Chair Aoife O'higgins - Director of Evidence Foundations - What Works Centre for Children & Families Methodology / scope of the review and stakeholders Grace Bailey & Kat Hatton - Tranter A new research agenda Karen Broadhurst & Lucy Griffiths Interactive Polling All presenters Discussion / Q&A All presenters Round Up Chair Aoife O'higgins |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.adruk.org/news-publications/events/a-research-agenda-for-childrens-social-care/ |
| Description | ADR England Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Steering Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Community Catalyst is a pilot project and ADR UK are keen to understand if this model of investment and type of project is successful on delivering value for money for the outputs delivered and the impact generated. The MEL meeting, in addition to monitoring the project, is allowing the Community Catalyst to share the learnings from setting up, managing and delivering on the project with a wider group of experts from a number of different organisations from across the public sector. The knowledge transfer and exchange at the meetings is allowing for addition learning and is helping to shape how future investment could be made by ADR UK. It's also allowing for future plans to be made by both ADR UK, the Community Catalyst and the wider organisations who attend the steering group meetings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| Description | ADR UK Ambassadors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Lucy Griffiths presented to an audience of high level stakeholders including; ADR UK Ambassadors, prospective new ambassadors, members of the ADR UK Programme Delivery Board, delegates from ESRC Council, and representatives from the ADR UK partnerships (ADR UK Strategic Hub, ADR NI, ADR Scotland, ADR Wales and ONS). This facilitated knowledge transfer and exchange about the Community Catalyst, it's proposed work, deliverables and impact. It led to increase interest in the project and facilitated the creation of a diverse and well represented steering and expert user groups. This in turn has allowed the researchers to have a wider reach when interviewing stakeholders for work package 1 and therefore the outputs of this work capturing all voices within care social care. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Annual Research Symposium of the CYP & Families Programme - NIHR School of Public Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Dougal Hargreaves & Kat Tranter presented at this event. This facilitated knowledge transfer and exchange about the Community Catalyst, it's work, deliverables and impact to date, particularly work package 1 and the output 'research agenda' it created. It also allowed a wider audience of stakeholder to understand the knowledge gaps and research priorities of all the key stakeholders interview in work package 1. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | BSPS Conference 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professors Lucy Griffiths & Dr Grace Bailey presented a poster' at the event. This facilitated knowledge transfer and exchange about the Community Catalyst, it's proposed work, deliverables and impact. It led to increase interest in the project and facilitated the creation of a diverse and well represented steering and expert user groups. This in turn has allowed the researchers to have a wider reach when interviewing stakeholders for work package 1 and therefore the outputs of this work capturing all voices within care social care. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.lse.ac.uk/international-development/research/british-society-for-population-studies/annu... |
| Description | CSC DUG: the use of local datasets for evaluation & analysis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Jenny Woodman presented at the event. This facilitated knowledge transfer and exchange about the Community Catalyst, it's proposed work, deliverables and impact. It led to increase interest in the project and facilitated the creation of a diverse and well represented steering and expert user groups. This in turn has allowed the researchers to have a wider reach when interviewing stakeholders for work package 1 and therefore the outputs of this work capturing all voices within care social care. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | CYP Now conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Lisa Holmes presented at the event. This facilitated knowledge transfer and exchange about the Community Catalyst, it's proposed work, deliverables and impact. It led to increase interest in the project and facilitated the creation of a diverse and well represented steering and expert user groups. This in turn has allowed the researchers to have a wider reach when interviewing stakeholders for work package 1 and therefore the outputs of this work capturing all voices within care social care. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.cypnow.co.uk/conferences/ |
| Description | Children's Social Care: Data Driven Insights from ADR UK - ADR UK symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professors Lucy Griffiths, Lisa Holmes & Katie Harron presented at the event. This facilitated knowledge transfer and exchange about the Community Catalyst, it's proposed work, deliverables and impact. It led to increase interest in the project and facilitated the creation of a diverse and well represented steering and expert user groups. This in turn has allowed the researchers to have a wider reach when interviewing stakeholders for work package 1 and therefore the outputs of this work capturing all voices within care social care. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Children's social care workshop - International Population Data Linkage Network 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Grace Bailey participated in a workshop. This facilitated knowledge transfer and exchange about the Community Catalyst, it's proposed work, deliverables and impact. It led to increase interest in the project and facilitated the creation of a diverse and well represented steering and expert user groups. This in turn has allowed the researchers to have a wider reach when interviewing stakeholders for work package 1 and therefore the outputs of this work capturing all voices within care social care. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://ipdln.org/ |
| Description | Community Catalyst Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes: Research design workshop 1 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A 1/2 day in-person workshop organised by the project Description: Join us for an in-person writing workshop designed for researchers working on grant proposals that use administrative data in the field of children's social care. This free event organised by the ADR England Community Catalyst team (Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes) offers a unique opportunity to refine your research ideas, develop impactful proposals, and to network with peers and experts in the field. Gain valuable insights from UKRI Funding Panel Chairs, who will share their expertise on crafting successful funding applications. Whether you are an early or mid-career researcher, this workshop provides tailored guidance to help you with your funding applications. Who Should Attend: Early and mid-career researchers with an interest in children's social care and the use of administrative data in research. Speakers: Professor Lucy Griffiths, Professor Karen Broadhurst, Kat Tranter, Dr Grace Bailey and Matt Jay Venue: UKRI, Caxton House, London. Travel: Five travel bursaries are available to support attendance (please contact Marie Graves Marie.Greaves@Swansea.ac.uk for further information). About: The ADR England Community Catalyst: Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes project aims to support a community of researchers and analysts focused on children and young people supported by early intervention services or children's social care in the UK. The work is co-funded by ADR England and Foundations: What Works Centre for Children and Families. This event is one of a series aimed to increase use of data in this area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.adruk.org/news-publications/events/research-design-workshop-research-community-catalyst-... |
| Description | Creation & Management of The Community Catalyst - Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes' Social Media Channel - X |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The channel was created to raise awareness of the project, disseminate key outputs (reports, webinar recordings & slides), inform stakeholders of planned activities such as workshops and webinars and facilitate in the wider capacity and community building that the project is currently delivering. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://x.com/ADR_CC_CAR |
| Description | Creation & Management of The Community Catalyst - Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes' Learning Hub, hosted on ADR UK's Website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The 'Learning Hub' microsite was created created to raise awareness of the project, disseminate key outputs (reports, webinar recordings & slides), inform stakeholders of planned activities such as workshops and webinars and facilitate in the wider capacity and community building that the project is currently delivering. It's creation has allowed for the publication and dissemination of all of the project's outputs and deliverables. To date and through the learning hub the project has • Published and disseminated 4 reports (work package 1 outputs) • Highlighted and increased awareness of the ADR UK Flagship datasets • Highlighted and increased awareness of publish research that uses the ADR UK's Flagship Datasets • Shared recordings of webinars organised by the project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.adruk.org/learning-hub/user-groups-and-communities-1/adr-england-research-community-cata... |
| Description | Creation & Management of The Community Catalyst - Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes' Social Media Channel - BlueSky |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The channel was created to raise awareness of the project, disseminate key outputs (reports, webinar recordings & slides), inform stakeholders of planned activities such as workshops and webinars and facilitate in the wider capacity and community building that the project is currently delivering. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://bsky.app/profile/childrenatrisk.bsky.social |
| Description | Creation & Management of The Community Catalyst - Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes' Social Media Channel - LinkedIn |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The channel was created to raise awareness of the project, disseminate key outputs (reports, webinar recordings & slides), inform stakeholders of planned activities such as workshops and webinars and facilitate in the wider capacity and community building that the project is currently delivering. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/company/adr-england-community-catalyst-children-at-risk-of-poor-outcomes/?v... |
| Description | Data-driven insights: Exploring the lives of care experienced children and young people (ADR UK /NatCen) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Karen Broadhurst chaired the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.adruk.org/news-publications/events/data-driven-insights-exploring-the-lives-of-care-expe... |
| Description | ECHILD seminar series: Using linked social care and education data to explore outcomes for vulnerable children and young people |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Organised by the project in conjunction with ECHILD team, this webinar was to disemate the work/findings of 3 different research projects. All 3 have used the ECHILD database to answer research questions that cover both health and social care for children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | New ADR England Research Agendas: promoting funding opportunities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professors Lucy Griffiths & Karen Broadhurst presented at this event. This facilitated knowledge transfer and exchange about the Community Catalyst, it's work, deliverables and impact to date, particularly work package 1 and the output 'research agenda' it created. It also allowed funders to understand the knowledge gaps and research priorities of all the key stakeholders interview in work package 1. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | ONS capability and community conference 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Karen Broadhurst was on the expert panel. This facilitated knowledge transfer and exchange about the Community Catalyst, it's work, deliverables and impact to date, particularly work package 1 and the output 'research agenda' it created. It also allowed a wider audience to understand the knowledge gaps and research priorities of all the key stakeholders interview in work package 1. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-capability-2024-building-research-capability-and-community-t... |
| Description | Research Excellence Series 2025 - ECHILD: Linking longitudinal data from health, education and social care |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Katie Harron & Dr Eliziar Luna presented at the event. This facilitated knowledge transfer and exchange about the Community Catalyst, it's work, deliverables and impact to date, particularly work package 1 and the output 'research agenda' it created. It also allowed a wider audience of stakeholders to understand the knowledge gaps and research priorities of all the key stakeholders interviewed in work package 1. In addition they disseminated information on future outputs of work package 4. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/research-excellence-series-2025-3915963 |
| Description | Research Fellows' in-person event at Manchester Metropolitan University - Building connections for sustaining impactful research using administrative data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Kat Tranter presented at the event. This facilitated knowledge transfer and exchange about the Community Catalyst, it's work, deliverables and impact to date, particularly work package 1 and the output 'research agenda' it created. It also allowed a wider audience of stakeholders to understand the knowledge gaps and research priorities of all the key stakeholders interviewed in work package 1. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Research Fellows' in-person event at Manchester Metropolitan University - Building connections for sustaining impactful research using administrative data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Researcher Kat Tranter presented the stakeholder consultation and research agenda work from Work Package 1 to the current cohort of ADR research fellows. This has increased awareness of the Community Catalyst and it research, encouraged discussion around potential research areas identified by the findings of work package 1 and set out in the new research agenda. It is anticipated that we should see an increase in the use of the reports (outputs of work package 1) and website, an increase in subscription to the newsletter and further interest in the capacity building webinars and workshops being organised by the Community Catalyst. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Stakeholder Round Table for Community Catalyst project: Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | 60 people from various stakeholder groups, including research participants were invited to take part in a webinar / Roundtable to feedback on a proposed research areas for a new research agenda for children's social care. The main aim of the engagement was to ensure the wider community had the opportunity to feedback on research findings and that the new research agenda was considered creditable and actionable. It also allowed for the team to start planning a schedule of workshops, webinars and other capacity building/knowledge sharing events, based on the research priorities highlight in the research agenda. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | The Community Catalyst - Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes' Newsletter & Events Update |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The newsletter and events update was created created to raise awareness of the project, disseminate key outputs (reports, webinar recordings & slides), inform stakeholders of planned activities such as workshops and webinars and facilitate in the wider capacity and community building that the project is currently delivering. It's creation has allowed for the publication and dissemination of all of the project's outputs and deliverables. To date and through the newsletter and events update has • Published and disseminated 4 reports (work package 1 outputs) • Highlighted and increased awareness of the ADR UK Flagship datasets • Highlighted and increased awareness of published research that uses the ADR UK's Flagship Datasets • Shared recordings of webinars organised by the project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Youth Transitions launch event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Lucy Griffiths presented at this event. This facilitated knowledge transfer and exchange about the Community Catalyst, it's work, deliverables and impact to date, particularly work package 1 and the output 'research agenda' it created. It also allowed a wider audience of stakeholders to understand the knowledge gaps and research priorities of all the key stakeholders interview in work package 1. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |