Foundations

The new 📢 #ParentingThroughAdversity (11-18) Practice Guide for local leaders recommends evidence-based #ParentingSupport to strengthen families. 👉 foundations.org.uk/toolkit/practi…

Dr Alison McKinlay joins Foundations, the national What Works Centre for Children & Families, as a UKRI Policy Fellow, where she will be leading strands of our ambitious #REACHplan focused on support for children affected by #DomesticAbuse. Find out more: foundations.org.uk/foundations-we… @UKRI_News

Celebrating Changemakers’ Local Evidence Leads (LELs) 🗣️👇LELs have been central to the successful delivery of Changemakers, our evidence leadership initiative to bridge the gap between evidence & practice in children’s services. Find out more: foundations.org.uk/learning-from-…

Today we’re gathering with partners to celebrate Changemakers 🔎🌟 which promotes evidence use in children's services. We'll explore early evaluation findings, and how to sustain evidence based change for children & families. Find out more: foundations.org.uk/learning-from-…

Today’s revised Children’s Social Care National Framework emphasises that ‘what works’ evidence, including the Practice Guides developed by Foundations & commissioned by @educationgovuk are a key resource for local areas 👇 More on Practice Guides: foundations.org.uk/practice-guides

Join our Kinship Care Advisory Group 📣 💭 We want to hear from those with lived experience, professional insight, or research expertise, to ensure that our work is shaped by those who understand it best. Closes: 11:59pm, Tues 31 March Find out more ➡️foundations.org.uk/opportunity/ki…

CALL FOR PROPOSALS 📢 Foundations is seeking proposals from research organisations to deliver a systematic review identifying edge of care & family preservation interventions, to potentially inform the development of a new Practice Guide. Closes: 12:00pm, Monday 10 April. foundations.org.uk/opportunity/sy…

NEW BLOG ✍️ As we reach the end of the 2-year Changemakers programme, an interim evaluation by @Cordisbright shows how dedicated Local Evidence Lead roles can bridge the gap between evidence & practice in #ChildrensServices: foundations.org.uk/learning-from-…

How do we know what works for kinship families? Foundations’ Deputy Chief Executive Donna Molloy writes about our work to find how best to support kinship families, and our new pilot of kinship financial allowances. Read here 👉 foundations.org.uk/what-works-for…

The Kinship Zones pilot will explore support for families in formal kinship arrangements. But what about those in informal arrangements, among which minoritised ethnic families are over-represented? Read about our work to find what works for all kinship families: foundations.org.uk/what-works-for…

Foundations is working with @almaeconomics to carry out an independent evaluation of the #KinshipZones pilot, testing the impact of kinship financial allowances. Aliya Saied-Tessier, Director at Alma Economics, has welcomed the collaboration 👇 foundations.org.uk/foundations-to…

February’s newsletter is out! 📨 This month, we talk about our work on supporting #KinshipCare families, our response to the Renewing #Fostering strategy, and an exciting new resource for local leaders & practitioners 👀 Read it here: mailchi.mp/foundations.or…

Dr Jo Casebourne, Chief Executive of Foundations, has welcomed today’s launch of the Kinship Zones pilot 👉 foundations.org.uk/foundations-to…

We welcome today’s #KinshipZones announcement, an opportunity to find out what works to support kinship families. We’re working with Alma Economics to test the impact of the kinship financial allowances pilot. Learn more 👉 foundations.org.uk/foundations-to…

Curious about what we’ve been up to at Foundations? At the end of each month, we share updates, insights, and new publications & resources in our newsletter. Sign up 👉 foundations.org.uk/newsletter

NEW BLOG ✍️ We spoke to a member of our Experts by Experience panel about her involvement in the selection of our new projects on #KinshipCare & her views on the impact this research could have for minoritised ethnic children & young people. Read now ➡️ foundations.org.uk/the-role-of-li…

Event 🗓️ 📢 Calling all local authority leaders, multi-agency partnerships & sector colleagues to join us to find out more about how to embed & sustain evidence use to drive change for children & families 👨🏽‍👩‍👧‍👦🏼 foundations.org.uk/news-and-event…

📢 Our CEO @jocasebourne welcomes the government's new #Fostering Strategy, and the drive to establish stronger evidence to identify what works to support foster families - an essential part of improving outcomes for children. Read the full response 👉 foundations.org.uk/press-release/…

Our latest newsletter is out! 📰 Find out more about our two new evaluations on supporting #KinshipCare families, our response to the #VAWG strategy, and the exciting work ahead in 2026. Read it here: mailchi.mp/foundations.or…

New project ✨ We have commissioned @CASCADEresearch in partnership with Families in Harmony to explore how #KinshipCare is experienced by children and young people with mixed heritage and/or placed with kinship carers of a different ethnicity. Find out more: foundations.org.uk/foundations-la…

New project ✨ We've launched a new qualitative study on #KinshipCare experiences of children and young people from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. The research is led by @Uni_Lancashire, @worcester_uni & @SwanseaUni. Find out more: foundations.org.uk/foundations-la…