International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health (ICLS) Legacy

Lead Research Organisation: University College London
Department Name: Epidemiology and Public Health

Abstract

ICLS's future activities build on an exceptional track record of scientific and societal impact, capacity building and co-funded research. In the next phase we will concentrate on ensuring external visibility to maximise the impact of findings - past and future, horizon scanning for opportunities to leverage funding, building capacity and leadership, and extending reach nationally and internationally. Our approach will ensure that ICLS continues to provide a vibrant research environment which is flexible and adaptable to new opportunities, that supports interdisciplinary engagement across the social and biological sciences, in addition to engagement with a range of non-academic partners, within an inclusive environment in which all staff and students can thrive.
ICLS's outstanding track record in scientific research on health across the lifecourse and its focus on health inequalities has a multitude of policy and practical implications. Taking a lifecourse perspective to health means we can identify opportunities for springboards for action at all life stages. ICLS's prior work demonstrates that the entire lifecourse is important for health, and intervention is 'never too early, and never too late'. It is widely recognised that prevention of illness is more cost-effective and ethical than cure, and that improvements to the social and economic circumstances of people's lives are the most effective form of prevention. In the current context of deepening social and health inequalities there is the added need to identify springboard policies for improving the nation's health. ICLS's research provides valuable insights for long term sustainable policies. Past and ongoing ICLS research is relevant for a range of policy areas aimed at improving health and well-being including family violence, children in the care system, youth mental health, the disability-employment gap, new ways of working, social care reforms, ethnic and gender equality as well as widening economic and geographic inequalities.
To sustain ICLS's external visibility we plan to continue our popular portfolio of blogs - Child of our Time (1.3M hits) and WorkLife (0.5M hits), which will showcase new findings and recommendations from ICLS research. We will also continue to engage regularly on social media platforms and update the ICLS website with news and events.
Horizon scanning activities will include regular interactions with funders, and with partners outside of academia. Partner relationships will be maintained and built through regular meetings with individual organisations, in addition to seminar/workshop format meetings where findings and ideas will be shared, and research coproduced.
Capacity building will be achieved through several channels. Centre members at all career stages will benefit by contributing presentations at monthly group meetings, events with partners, and blogs. Students and ECRs will gain from an apprenticeship model with involvement from project inception including proposal writing where they will collaborate with academic colleagues and partners through to delivery of research, ultimately becoming independent researchers.
Our core aim to extend ICLS's reach will be achieved by working with national and international networks through a commitment to organize and participate in events and workshops aimed at knowledge exchange and leveraging external funding, in addition to ad-hoc meetings at learned society meetings.

Publications

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Xue B (2024) Do Health and Well-Being Change Around the Transition to Informal Caring in Early Adulthood? A Longitudinal Comparison Between the United Kingdom and Germany. in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine

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Sacker A (2023) Social care in childhood and adult outcomes: double whammy for minority children? in Longitudinal and Life Course Studies

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McMunn A (2023) Unpaid labour is a neglected social determinant of health. in The Lancet. Public health

 
Description ALL-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP INQUIRY LAYS BARE THE IMPACT ON LIFE OPPORTUNITIES OF YOUNG CARERS
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Citation in other policy documents
URL https://carers.org/downloads/appg-for-young-carers-and-young-adults-carers-reportlr.pdf
 
Description Expert member Government Office for Science Resilience to long-term trends and transitions' Foresight project
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/resilience-to-long-term-trends-and-transitions-to-2050
 
Description International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health: Transition Funding
Amount £443,750 (GBP)
Funding ID ES/R008930/1 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2018 
End 05/2022
 
Description Physical punishment and child outcomes in the UK
Amount £338,343 (GBP)
Organisation Nuffield Foundation 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2023 
End 06/2025
 
Description The long-term effects of being a young carer
Amount £300,101 (GBP)
Organisation Nuffield Foundation 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2023 
End 03/2026
 
Description Race Equity Collaboratives 
Organisation Race Equality Foundation
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Yvonne Kelly is a member of the Children and families collaborative set up by the REF This collaborative will explore the impact of Covd-19 on families with children particularly the societal inequalities and greater risk of falling into further poverty as a wider consequence of Covid-19. Members of this collaborative group are: Jabeer Butt, Chief Executive Race Equality Foundation Emma Rigby, Chief Executive Association of Young People's Health Rachael McKeown, Inequalities Policy Fellow Association of Young People's Health Professor Yvonne Kelly, Director ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health University College London Dr Anita Mehay, Improvement Fellow The Health Foundation Melvina Owusu, Trustee Race Equality Foundation Professor Sarah Salway, Professor of Public Health University of Sheffield
Collaborator Contribution Co-ordinator and leaders of the collaborative The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate and negative impact on people from black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities in the UK. The Race Equality Foundation is leading 7 collaborations to develop an evidence-led narrative and make practical recommendations to better ensure that the recovery phase from COVID-19 in the UK addresses racial inequity.
Impact Briefing paper https://raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/collaboratives-briefing-children-and-families-briefing-FINAL.pdf Webinar https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/children-and-families-race-equity-collaborative-tickets-146438319957#
Start Year 2021
 
Description All Party Parliamentary Group on Young Carers & Young Adult Carers 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Anne Mcmunn became a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Young Carers and Young Adult Carers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://carers.org/all-party-parliamentary-group-appg-for-young-carers-and-young-adult-carers/about-...
 
Description Carers Trust Evidence and Impact 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Anne Mcmunn gave a talk at Carers Trust Impact and Evidence workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Carers Trust evidence semianar on the outcomes of young adult carers 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Carers Trust evidence seminar on the outcomes of young adult carers - presentation of work by Lacey, Xue & McMunn,
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Do caregivers' children reach milestones earlier? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The number of looked-after children in England has risen significantly in the past three decades, and around three quarters are placed with foster families. Many of those families have children of their own: what are the longer-term effects on them? In this blog Amanda Sacker and colleagues describe research which set out to shed light on the issue - and which suggests specific training for social workers could be helpful. Child of our Time blog
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://childofourtimeblog.org.uk/2023/06/1264/
 
Description Do ethnic minority care leavers suffer from a 'double whammy'? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Research into the long-term effects of children's social care has highlighted that this group often experience poor outcomes. But does ethnicity have an additional effect? Amanda Sacker and colleagues used census data to compare different groups of care-experienced adults - and their results challenge previous assumptions. Here they bog about their findings for Linking our Lives
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2024/01/31/do-ethnic-minority-care-leavers-suffer-from-a-d...
 
Description Do family-friendly policies lead to long-term wellbeing? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact France has long been known as a country where working parents are supported, with good family benefits and leave entitlements. But how good is the mental health of women who had full-time careers while bringing up a family in France? In this WorkLife blog, Constance Beaufils of the National Institute for Demographic Studies in Paris describes new research which looks at how French women feel later in life and which finds these policies seem to favour a sense of wellbeing.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://worklife-blog.org/2023/04/do-family-friendly-policies-lead-to-long-term-wellbeing/
 
Description Drug misuse and suicidal behaviour more common on the anniversary of a parent's death - new research 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Losing a parent during adolescence and young adulthood can be particularly damaging to mental health and wellbeing. Research from Scott Montgomery and colleagues has now shown that young people who lost a parent were more likely to be admitted to hospital for treatment for substance misuse use problems or suicidal behaviour around the anniversary of their parents' death. This blog written by Scott appears in The Conversation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://theconversation.com/drug-misuse-and-suicidal-behaviour-more-common-on-the-anniversary-of-a-p...
 
Description EUROCARE round table events 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact EUROCARE Round table events online
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022,2023
 
Description Health and place: How levelling up health can keep older workers working 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact As part of its levelling up agenda, the UK Government has set itself an ambitious target to add five additional healthy years to the average UK lifespan by 2035. In this WorkLife blog Dr Emily Murray from the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London highlights lessons from the Health in Older People in Places project (HOPE), which she leads. HOPE uses data from the ONS Longitudinal Study to showing the link between levels of employment and health in a place.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://worklife-blog.org/2022/11/health-and-place-how-levelling-up-health-can-keep-older-workers-wo...
 
Description How can schools and communities help children with violent home lives? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The UK Government's Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, published in 2022, set out a series of measures aimed at supporting schools and other bodies to help children whose home lives are blighted by violence. In this Child of our Time blog, Dawid Gondek from the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health describes new research conducted with colleagues from UCL, Bristol and University of East London which has highlighted the ways in which strategies to provide adolescents with positive experiences outside the home can play a part.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://childofourtimeblog.org.uk/2023/04/how-can-schools-and-communities-help-children-with-violent...
 
Description Impact of Maternal Depression on Offspring Depression in Emerging Adulthood 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Rebecca Lacey was interviewed for the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Podcast about her research
She provides an overview of the paper and tells us a little about the methodology used, before turning to some of the main findings.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.acamh.org/podcasts/maternal-depression-and-offspring-depression-in-emerging-adulthood/
 
Description Levelling Up goals should be assessed through self-reported health measures 
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 Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact UCL press release on Emily Murray's research showing the importance of self-reported health as a measure in levelling up goals
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/feb/levelling-goals-should-be-assessed-through-self-reported-health-...
 
Description Lifelong health and wellbeing trajectories of people who have been in care 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Amanda Sacker invited by ONS Research Excellence Awards to present her research which received a special commendation for its impact and public benefit
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lifelong-health-wellbeing-trajectories-of-people-who-have-been-in-car...
 
Description Losing a parent: substance misuse and suicidal behaviour around the anniversary of their death 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact In Episode 5 of Series 2 of The Lifecourse Podcast, Professor Scott Montgomery of Örebro University discusses research showing an increased likelihood of drug misuse and suicidal behaviour among young people who have lost a parent around the anniversary of their death. He is joined by child bereavement specialist Beck Ferrari and Olivia Clark-Tate whose father died nearly 10 years ago.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://lifecourse-podcast.libsyn.com/lp-s02-ep5-draft2-17012023-1507
 
Description National Foundation for Education Research report on interventions for children with adversity 
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 Consultation on NFER report Insights into major initiatives aimed at improving the life chances of children and young people in adversity in the UK and Republic of Ireland
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/insights-into-major-initiatives-aimed-at-improving-the-life-chan...
 
Description Pandemic parents: who was most affected? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The UK government has set out strategies to help families recover from COVID-19, prioritising re-engaging pupils in school, supporting parents into employment and helping families access mental health support. But were parents adversely affected by the pandemic - and if so, which parents suffered most? Boqing Chen and colleagues from the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and the International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health at University College London looked at Millennial parents and found some fathers were hit particularly hard compared their peers without children. In this blog they outline their findings and their implications for policymaking in this area.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://worklife-blog.org/2023/01/pandemic-parents-who-was-most-affected/
 
Description Self-Reported Health to Assess 'Levelling Up' Goals - UCL 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Feature on news website on Emily Murray's HOPE project showing links between an area's health and employment figures are stronger when looking at self-rated health measures, compared with life expectancy or mortality indicators.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.miragenews.com/self-reported-health-to-assess-levelling-up-940084/
 
Description Taking a 'positive' look at child health development 
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 Reducing, tackling and mitigating experiences that hurt or damage the physical and mental health of children as they grow up has been a major focus for policymakers, practitioners and researchers. In recent months research led by Rebecca Lacey looking at Adverse Childhood Experiences - their different impacts and lifecourse implications- has featured regularly on our blog. But what about the impacts of positive experiences in childhood and adolescence? What role do they play and what can they tell us about the best ways to support children to live healthy, happy lives? In an interesting new paper, Rebecca from ICLS has joined forces with Naomi Priest from the Australian National University's Centre for Social Research and Methods and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute to look at the impacts of both adverse and negative experiences on children in Australia and the UK. In this blog they outline the research, what they find and provide some food for thought on what the findings might mean for intervention.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://childofourtimeblog.org.uk/2023/01/taking-a-positive-look-at-child-health-development/
 
Description Taking a 'positive' look at child health development 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Reducing, tackling and mitigating experiences that hurt or damage the physical and mental health of children as they grow up has been a major focus for policymakers, practitioners and researchers. In recent months research led by Rebecca Lacey looking at Adverse Childhood Experiences - their different impacts and lifecourse implications- has featured regularly on our blog. But what about the impacts of positive experiences in childhood and adolescence? What role do they play and what can they tell us about the best ways to support children to live healthy, happy lives? In an interesting new paper, Rebecca from UCL's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health has joined forces with Naomi Priest from the Australian National University's Centre for Social Research and Methods and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute to look at the impacts of both adverse and negative experiences on children in Australia and the UK. In this Child of our Time blog they outline the research, what they find and provide some food for thought on what the findings might mean for intervention.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://childofourtimeblog.org.uk/2023/01/taking-a-positive-look-at-child-health-development/
 
Description The lifelong health and wellbeing trajectories of people who have been in care 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact ADRUK case study on findings from Amanda Sackers Nuffield project on the adult outcomes of children in care
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.adruk.org/our-mission/our-impact/the-lifelong-health-and-wellbeing-trajectories-of-peopl...
 
Description The lifelong health and wellbeing trajectories of people who have been in care 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Talk by Amanda Sacker The lifelong health and wellbeing trajectories of people who have been in care". National Network of Designated Healthcare, 26th April 2023
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description The physical punishment of children: using the law to protect them and promote change 
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 Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact In Episode 4 of Series 2 of The Lifecourse Podcast, Dr Anja Heilmann from the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London (UCL) talks about the physical punishment of children and how and where the law is being used to protect children against it. She's joined by Bruce Adamson, the Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland and children's rights advocate and former Irish Senator Jillian van Turnhout. Together they talk about how the law has been changed in Ireland, Scotland and Wales and discuss the prospects for change in England.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://lifecourse-podcast.libsyn.com/the-physical-punishment-of-children-using-the-law-to-protect-t...
 
Description The role of positive experiences for young people growing up 
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 Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact In Episode 6 of Series 2 of The Lifecourse Podcast we're talking about the impact on young people's lives of positive experiences and asking if it's time to shift the research and policy narrative away from the negative experiences facing those young people. Chris Garrington is joined by Rebecca Lacey, a researcher based at UCL, who's been investigating how positive experiences are linked with children and young people's physical and mental health and Ann Hagell from the Association for Young People's Health.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://lifecourse-podcast.libsyn.com/the-role-of-positive-experiences-for-young-people-growing-up
 
Description They care! We need to care about them 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact There have been calls in recent weeks and months for MPs to pledge their support to young carers. Young carers themselves have written to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to ask him "to ensure that the needs of children and young people who are caring unpaid for friends and family members are being considered so they receive the support they need.". According to The Carers Trust, there are nearly 400,000 young adult carers in the UK. Many of them are juggling lives at school, college and university or trying to work whilst also providing physical and emotional support to a parent or other family member. So what does this mean for their education and work prospects compared with their peers who don't have those additional responsibilities? As part of a major international research programme, Dr Baowen Xue and colleagues at University College London, have been investigating and outline some of their initial findings and write about them here for our Child of our Time blog.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://childofourtimeblog.org.uk/2023/05/they-care-we-need-to-care-about-them/
 
Description Urgent need for action to support carers' mental health 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Health leaders are being urged to make policy changes to safeguard the mental health of unpaid carers as new evidence reveals the negative effects of taking on the role - including those who do so at a young age. The research is featured in a new Parliamentary report which also highlights an 'urgent need' for cross-government action to improve the life chances of younger carers. In this WorkLifeblog, Rebecca Lacey and colleagues from a research project on informal caregiving describe evidence which highlights the need for reform.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://childofourtimeblog.org.uk/2023/11/urgent-need-for-action-to-support-carers-mental-health/
 
Description WOW: Wellbeing of Older Women at Work 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact WOW: Wellbeing of Older Women at Work European Network Event attended by Anne Mcmunn
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/athenaswan/ourinitiatives/olderworkerstoolkit/
 
Description What can we learn from the pandemic about how life course studies can support occupational health initiatives? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A new handbook with key contributions from members and associates of ICLS examines recent developments in research on the relationship between work and health and considers the policy implications of these developments. In this WorkLife blog Tarani Chandola, one of the handbook's authors, argues Covid has highlighted a need for robust understanding of how long-term exposure to different environmental factors can deepen inequalities in a crisis.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://worklife-blog.org/2023/10/what-can-we-learn-from-the-pandemic-about-how-life-course-studies-...
 
Description What do we know about the health of young carers - and is it enough? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Care systems in many countries are underpinned by the efforts of huge armies of informal carers, many of whom are children. And while there is official recognition in some countries that these young carers suffer poorer health than their peers, there have been few studies highlighting the particular effects of caring on this group. Rebecca Lacey, Anne McMunn and Baowen Xue at UCL's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health reviewed the evidence and uncovered an urgent need for more research on the issue. This is a blog they wrote for Child of our Time.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://childofourtimeblog.org.uk/2022/08/what-do-we-know-about-the-health-of-young-carers-and-is-it...
 
Description Why it's time to care more about the UK's young caregivers 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact There have been growing concerns about the number of young carers in the UK and how looking after someone else might affect their life and put them at a disadvantage compared with their peers. Initial findings from a new study looking at the prevalence of caregiving among 16-29 year-olds in the UK has highlighted the issue further and prompted calls for policymakers to provide better services and more targeted support for young carers, many of whom already come from disadvantaged backgrounds. The findings also draw attention to the increased role of young women as carers. Giorgio Di Gessa and colleagues from UCL's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health outline their findings for Child of our Time and put forward recommendations for next steps in supporting young people at this crucial time in their lives.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://childofourtimeblog.org.uk/2022/11/why-its-time-to-care-more-about-the-uks-young-caregivers/
 
Description Why it's time to care more about the UK's young caregivers 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact There have been growing concerns about the number of young carers in the UK and how looking after someone else might affect their life and put them at a disadvantage compared with their peers. Initial findings from a new study including members of ICLS looking at the prevalence of caregiving among 16-29 year-olds in the UK has highlighted the issue further and prompted calls for policymakers to provide better services and more targeted support for young carers, many of whom already come from disadvantaged backgrounds. The findings also draw attention to the increased role of young women as carers. Giorgio Di Gessa and colleagues from UCL's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health outline their findings and recommendations for next steps in supporting young people at this crucial time in their lives.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://childofourtimeblog.org.uk/2022/11/why-its-time-to-care-more-about-the-uks-young-caregivers/
 
Description Young Adult Carers Workshop on Inclusive Higher Education 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Patients, carers and/or patient groups
Results and Impact Young Adult Carers Workshop on Inclusive Higher Education with Carers Trust and UCL Widening Participation organised by Anne Mcmunn with Carers Trust and UCL Widening Participation team
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Young Carers Alliance seminar 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Young Carers Alliance seminar on supporting young carers in education - April 2023 Rebecca Lacey
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Young Carers Futures first national conference at the Etihad stadium on 16th Sept. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Patients, carers and/or patient groups
Results and Impact Rebecca Lacey was a panellist on the Young Carers Futures first national conference at the Etihad stadium
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Young adult carers in the UK 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Rebecca Lacey gave presentation on "Young adult carers in the UK"Lambeth & Southwark mental health carers network, April 2023
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023