Interested in childhood issues and want to have a strong voice in making childhood better? Join The Children’s Society Good Childhood Forum. Membership is free and open to all.
Members will enjoy:
- Regular communications providing up-to-date information on national and international children’s research and policy developments.
- Exclusive updates on the findings and recommendations from The Children’s Society research programmes.
- Advanced notification and invitation to our seminars and other events.
- A platform to influence government and public, policies and attitudes, to improve the lives of children and young people.
The aims of The Children’s Society Good Childhood Forum are:
- To promote a continuing debate and ongoing interest in the concept of a good childhood and children’s well being.
- To generate interest and gain a broad range of input to our planned research on children’s issues.
- To promote and maintain relationships with key partners and external stakeholders with a particular interest in research and policy matters around childhood.
Planned Activities
Research:
- Well-being - Read the findings from our report that explores the factors that determine children's well-being in England today
- Fatherhood - An inquiry into the important role of fathers within the context of parenting and possibly leading to other projects on mothers and grandparents.
- Safeguarding Young People research
Events:
- The Good Childhood Inquiry - A series of events to follow on from the launch of the Good Childhood Inquiry report – A Good Childhood.
We also have experts from The Children's Society speaking at range of events. Find out what events are coming up by visiting our Speakers Bureau diary.
To gain a strong and influential voice for change we need the help of people like you. Join today and encourage others to join. Together we can make childhood better.
Once we have received your registration we will send you up-to-date details on the well-being research to date together with a calendar of events and discussion topics planned over the coming year.
The Good Childhood Forum
What do you think makes a good childhood? 
