Parenting Through Adversity Practice Guide (0-10): Building the evidence on effective parenting support
In this blog, Deputy Chief Executive Donna Molloy unpacks the recommendations in the latest Practice Guide on parenting support for families facing adversity. Today (7 February 2025) sees the launch of the second in a series of national Practice Guides commissioned by the Department of Education and produced by Foundations to support the implementation of […]
Now is the time for policy that is serious about scaling up effective parenting support
In this blog, Foundations’ Deputy Chief Executive, Donna Molloy, and Nesta’s Deputy Director of the Fairer Start Mission, Louise Bazalgette, reflect on the opportunity to transform access to effective, evidence-based parenting support in the UK. Parenting support is one of the best evidenced ways to improve outcomes for children, helping parents to address problems early […]
Building the evidence to support kinship carers and the children they care for
Aoife O’Higgins, Director of Evidence announces our new funding call to strengthen the evidence base on what works to support kinship families. Last week Foundations launched a call for funding that invites Expressions of Interest from organisations which support kinship families and want to participate in high quality evaluation of their services. This work will […]
Chief Social Worker Isabelle Trowler welcomes first Practice Guide
In this guest blog, Chief Social Worker Isabelle Trowler shares her insights on the first national Practice Guide on Kinship Care, developed by Foundations and commissioned by the Department for Education. It’s an important week for kinship families. The increasing policy focus on improving support for kinship carers offers a huge opportunity to improve outcomes […]
Practice Guides: Embedding evidence in Children’s Social Care
How can we support local authorities to use the best available evidence to improve practice in Children’s Social Care? Next week Foundations will publish the first in a series of new national Practice Guides that provide local authorities and partner organisations with the most up-to-date and rigorous evidence yet about ‘what works’ in Children’s Social […]
Four key principles to help turn the new Labour government’s commitments into effective policy
Last week’s change in government presents a huge opportunity to reset and refocus on the most pressing issues facing children, young people and families. Our Chief Executive Dr Jo Casebourne sets out four key principles that can help ensure the policy vision of the manifesto turns into reality.
Building the evidence to support child victims of domestic abuse
Aoife O’Higgins, Director of Evidence, explains how we will build the evidence needed to transform domestic abuse services, working closely with partners, over the next five years. Last week we launched REACH – Researching Effective Approaches for Children – an ambitious five-year plan to tackle domestic abuse and the damaging impact it has on children […]
Calling local champions: help us build the evidence needed to tackle domestic abuse
As Foundations publishes its ambitious new five year plan to find out what works to prevent domestic abuse and support child victims, Ben Lewing, Assistant Director for Local Development reflects on why this matters. How we respond to victims of domestic abuse and protect our children from its effects feels like a defining issue for […]
The REACH Plan: Going further than ever before to prevent domestic abuse & support child victims
Our Chief Executive, Jo Casebourne, unpacks our ambitious five-year plan to find out what works to protect child victims of domestic abuse, and to transform domestic abuse services. The impact that domestic abuse has on children is one of the most pressing social issues and needs urgent attention. We estimate that this year, 827,000 children […]
Holding our nerve: what the Sure Start findings tell us about how to deliver effective early intervention
Donna Molloy, Deputy Chief Executive, unpacks findings published today by Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), showing the short and medium-term impacts of Sure Start on children’s educational outcomes – and what we should learn from this when working with the next government to ensure children receive targeted, evidence-based early intervention. We have known for a […]
