Four day-long workshops held across the UK for the charities being funded as part of the Big Lottery Fund’s Realising Ambition portfolio on how to develop and replicate evidece-based interventions.
Roundtable on child protection with the NSPCC
This invitation-only roundtable, hosted by the Social Research Unit at Dartington and the NSPCC, will explore new developments in the field of cost-benefit analysis of child protection and consider their implications for policy and practice.
Conference with Madrid City Council on early intervention
The Social Research Unit organised a conference on early intervention in Madrid in conjunction with the Mayor of Madrid. This international conference was addressed by Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, and a number of international experts on child development and evidence-based children’s services.
European Children and Youth Funders Network study visit on evidence-based programmes
The Social Research Unit hosted a study visit for the European Children and Youth Funders Network on evidence-based programmes designed to improve children’s outcomes.
Evidence-based programmes: tackling effective barriers to implementation
This half-day seminar and roundtable is the second in the Coalition for Evidence-Based Education’s (CEBE) 2011/12 Evidence for Education series, organised by the Social Research Unit, the Institute for Effective Education (IEE) at York University and CEBE.