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?What works for children? initiative - Breakfast clubs

Author: P Lucas | Published: April 2003 | 149.67KB

City and York universities, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, have been working with Barnardo's to explore how research can be applied to childcare practice. They have written a number of evidence nuggets available as free downloads.

Breakfast clubs and school fruit schemes focuses on breakfast clubs? potential benefits to children?s nutrition.

?What works for children? initiative - Group based parenting programmes

Author: National Children's Bureau | Published: 2004 | 166.54KB

City and York universities, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, have been working with Barnardo's to explore how research can be applied to childcare practice. They have written a number of evidence nuggets available as free downloads.

Group based parenting programmes and reducing behaviour problems investigates the benefits and implications of group based parenting programmes.

?What works for children? initiative - Home visiting and childhood injury

Author: National Children's Bureau | Published: 2004 | 178.41KB

City and York universities, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, have been working with Barnardo's to explore how research can be applied to childcare practice. They have written a number of evidence nuggets available as free downloads.

Home visiting and childhood injury looks at the impact home visiting may have on reducing unintentional child injuries.

?What works for children? initiative - Traffic calming

Author: National Children's Bureau | Published: 2004 | 173KB

City and York universities, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, have been working with Barnardo's to explore how research can be applied to childcare practice. They have written a number of evidence nuggets available as free downloads.

Traffic calming and childhood injury on the road examines the costs and benefits of implementing traffic calming measures.

Against the Odds

Author: Becky Rice | Published: November 2006 | 1.18MB

This report presents the findings of a major investigation into what it means to be a child living in bad housing. Carried out between April and August 2006, the investigation looked at the impact of bad housing on children, comparing the lives and life chances of children on either side of Britain?s housing divide.

Change for Children - Every child matters

Author: Resh Spafford | Published: January 2006 | 124.64KB

The general aim of the brief funded by ?Change up? was to kick start what the voluntary/community sector in Yorkshire and Humber needed in order to help engage with the Change for Children agenda.

The main elements of the brief were:

Develop a Database of groups/organisations

To identify examples of effective practice

To maximize efficiency, opportunity and continuity

To identify through the network opportunities for information sharing and mutual support

Change for Children - Small Voluntary Organisations and Children's Services in Kirklees

Author: Tom Taylor | Published: May 2006 | 131.43KB

The purpose of this report is: ?To study the experience of small voluntary organisations (less than 10 staff) and identify their strengths and challenges that the Change for Children agenda poses for them, identify the support that they currently have and what they would need to help them engage with the new agenda.?

Children?s VAN - the development of the Children?s Voluntary Action Network Forum in Kirklees

Author: Tom Taylor | Published: May 2006 | 94.36KB

This report is part of regional (Yorkshire and Humber) work which aims to identify good practice in engaging the voluntary sector in children?s trust arrangements, children?s centres and other developments in relation to children?s services. It describes the development of the Children?s VAN (Voluntary Action Network) forum, and offers reflections and learning from that experience.

Civic Society Advice Sheet - Young people

Author: Civic Society | Published: July 2006 | 23.97KB

One of the problems facing many civic societies is how to involve young people, both in terms of active participation in the activities carried out by societies and also in terms of fostering an interest in the built environment and related matters. Societies need to ensure their own survival. Engaging young people is a crucial concern to ensure that the societies themselves have a future.

Communities and computers: Learning from the Residents.net Project

Author: Jeni Edge, Nicole Fuller and Iain Springate - Volcom | Published: March 2006 | 933.43KB

This is an evaluation of the 3 year Residents.net project, a network which was created by giving free PC's, training and support alongside subsidised internet access to community groups in Hull through funding from the Home Office's Active Communities Unit.

Every Organisation Matters - Mapping the children and young people?s voluntary and community sector

Author: Gary Craig, Helen Gibson, Neil Perkins, Mick Wilkinson and Jane Wray | Published: July 2008 | 951.96KB

This study, the first ever mapping of the size and scope of the children and
young people?s voluntary and community sector (CYPVCS), aims to help policymakers, commissioners and those who run services to better understand the context in which they work.
The research conducted by the University of Hull was commissioned as part of the Speaking Out project, a joint initiative between the National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations and the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services.

Mapping the Contribution of the Voluntary and Community Sector in Yorkshire and the Humber

Author: The Regional Forum, Graha,m Lewis | Published: May 2001 | 214.26KB

The Regional Forum's research providing regional level data on the sector's contribution, focusing on number of organisations, employment, volunteering, and contribution to regional economy.

Needs, Experiences and Aspirations of Young People from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds in Yorkshire and Humberside

Author: June Wiseman and James Elliott - BMG | Published: May 2004 | 864.26KB

In July 2003, BMG was commissioned by the Learning and Skills Councils across Yorkshire and Humberside to undertake a survey to develop an improved understanding of the needs, experiences and aspirations of young people (aged 16-25) from ethnic minority communities in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region.

Project Evaluation - Funky Chinese Moves

Author: The College of Chinese Physical Culture | Published: July 2003 | 229.45KB

The Funky Chinese Moves Project used an innovative and challenging programme of holistic exercise. It developed the
learning potential, health, fitness and life skills of disadvantaged people through a balanced mix of fun and training, which incorporated movement, dance and gymnastic-based exercise.
The Project commenced in September 2002 and ended in July 2003. Well-qualified tutors of the College of Chinese
Physical Culture (CPC) facilitated the Project in various community-based organisations in West Yorkshire.

The aim of the Project was to give disadvantaged and disaffected young adults as well as adults with learning difficulties, who have no or low levels of basic skills and qualifications, the opportunity to improve their life styles generally and to enhance their employability.

Rhema Youth Works Schools Project: Experiences from the Pilot Year

Author: Jeni Edge, Nicole Fuller and Iain Springate - Volcom | Published: January 2006 | 3.08MB

This report picks out the key lessons of the pilot year of a project which provided alternative education provision for young people at the risk of exclusion in Hull.

Stepping Forward - Evaluation

Author: The College of Chinese Physical Culture | Published: October 2002 | 182.88KB

The Stepping Forward Project used an innovative and challenging programme of holistic exercise.

It developed the learning potential, health, fitness and life skills of young people and adults through a balanced mix of fun and training, which incorporated movement, dance and gymnastic-based exercise.

This evaluation is an assessment of individual impact.

Sub-Sectoral Research - Yorkshire and the Humber

Author: Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Forum in BME VCS Regional Panel | Published: 2007 | 119.85KB

This study builds on existing knowledge within the voluntary and community sector in Yorkshire and the Humber by identifying the main VCS sub sectors that exist in the region and the extent to which their support needs are being met through existing generic and specialist infrastructure. It will also identify any links to ChangeUp/Capacitybuilders activity. The regional VCS networks in all
9 English regions are undertaking the same research.

Teenage mothers and domestic violence in Leeds

Published: 2008 | 183.49KB

This report is An examination of the effects of violence from male partners on teenage mothers and pregnant teenagers in order to identify strategies for successful intervention
and good practice within Leeds.