Children and Young People

The introduction of the Every Child Matters agenda has resulted in the ongoing focus on children and young people.We have a long-standing history of research and evaluation on children and young people issues, including:

  • research on multi-agency support for children, young people and families
  • research of targeted youth pathfinders
  • examining parenting programmes
  • research and evaluation of youth offending programmes
  • mapping of children’s services
  • evaluation of the training needs required to deliver the integrated children’s services
  • evaluation of health initiatives, and
  • evaluation of youth and community projects