Research publications
Our national research team have produced the following reports to help us learn more about the issues affecting children and young people, to measure the impact of our work and improve services:
2012 reports
- The Good Childhood Report 2012
2011 reports
- Still Running 3: Early findings from our third national survey of young runaways, 2011
- Someone on our side: Advocacy for disabled children and young people
- What have I done? The experiences of children and families in UK immigration detention: Lessons to learn
- How happy are our children: measuring children’s well-being and exploring economic factors
- Family work at SCARPA report
2010 reports
- Developing an index of children's subjective well-being in England
- Understanding children's well-being: A national survey of young people's well-being
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Safeguarding young people: responding to young people aged 11 to 17 who are maltreated
- Abstract Rural Runaways
- SCARPA report
2009 reports
- The good childhood: a national inquiry
- Neglected Adolescents - Literature Review
- Vision for a good childhood for all
- Commissioning, delivery and perceptions of emergency accommodation for young runaways
- Independent reviewing officers' communicating with children with complex communication needs: an investigation for DCSF
- The young refugees media project evaluation report April 2006 - June 2009
- Disability advocacy project: a review of the work of the all decisions project 2006-08
2008 reports
- Disability equality: Promoting positive attitudes through the teaching of the national curriculum
- Living on the edge of despair: Destitution amongst asylum seeking and refugee children
- Happy and they know it? Developing a well-being framework based on young people consultation
2007 reports
- When will we be heard? Advocacy provisions for disabled children and young people in England
- This is who we are: A study of the experiences of Roma, Gypsy and Traveller children throughout England
- Stepping up: The future of runaways services
- Review of Runaways Service provided by Durham Social Care and Health Emergency and Family Support Services
- Review of South Coast Runaways Initiative's Experience of Establishing a Flexible Refuge in Torquay
- Going it alone: Children in the asylum process
- The ask us about direct payments project: A review of its development, learning and outcomes
2006 reports
- Sussex ODPM LAC Offending Initiative Research Pase One Discussion Paper
- Solihull youth inclusion support panel (YISP): An evaluation
- Girls only: A review of the work of Girls United, Tower Hamlets, 2004 - 2006
- Count us in: Young refugees in the education system
- Making a new life in Newham
- Safe on our streets
- Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in the African refugee community in Newcastle
- Supporting the Parents of Runaways: a review summary report
- Just justice: A study into black young people's experience of the youth justice system
- Spiritual health and the well-being of urban young people
- Youth volunteering on the margins
2005 reports
- That's who I am: The experiences of a young Romanian Rroma in London
- Just justice: 'Playing the game' - the experiences of young black men in custody
- Just justice serve and protect? Black young people's experience of policing in the community
- Living on the edge: The experience of detached young runaways
- Still running 2: Findings from the second national survey of young runaways
- Responding to young runaways: An evaluation of 19 projects, 2003 to 2004
- Young helpline callers and difference: exploring gender, ethnicity and sexuality in helpline access and provision
2004 reports
- Running away in South Yorkshire
- Thrown away: The experiences of children forced to leave home
- The Work of Safe on Our Streets with minority ethnic runaways: an analysis of work carried out with four young women from South Asian, Muslim backgrounds
- Dorset Rural Runaways Project (ReRun)
2003 reports
Provision for young rural runaways: Report and recommendations based on rural interviews carried out between 1999 and 2003
2001 reports
- Lost Youth
- Working with young runaways - Learning from practice
Full report: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
Summary
2000 reports
- Missing Out
1999 reports
- Still Running Children on the Streets in the UK 1999
Full report: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
1994 reports
- Running the risk: Young people on the streets of Britain today
Full report: Part 1 Part 2
Summary
1993 reports
- Hidden Truth
Fulll report: Part 1 Part 2
Summary report
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