This #NCLM2025, read about CASCADE project 'Supporting Parents in and Leaving Care' & the good-practice Charter co-produced with care-experienced parents to challenge stigma, discrimination & poor outcomes for young parents in & leaving care. (1/4)

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November is National Care Leavers' Month! 💜

We'll be sharing research & resources from across CASCADE & ExChange Wales that supports care leavers & highlights the voices of young people with lived experience.

Keep an eye out on socials & find out more:
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#NCLM2025 #CareLeavers

Kinship care is more prevalent than foster care or adoption, but we know less about these families.

This #KinshipCareWeek, check out our latest blog 'What we still don't know about kinship care' and get in touch with us about your priorities for kinship care!

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#KinshipCare

New Book Launch Tomorrow! 📚

Sandboxing in Practice: Qualitative Interviewing with Sand, Objects and Figures, with authors Dr Dawn Mannay and Victoria Timperley

📅 Weds 9th July
⏰ 1 - 2pm
📍 Online, Teams

Find out more and sign up:
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#SocialCare #ResearchWales #ChildSocialCare

Next week! Sign up today. 💡

Webinar: 'What is Life Story Work? - How defining approaches to practice could provide clarity for practitioners and researchers'

Speakers: Laura Neal & Kim Matthews

📅 Weds 2nd July
⏰ 12 - 1pm
📍 Online, Teams

Find out more & register: buff.ly/XPL2H0W

#SocialCare

What if parents with lived experience led the way in child protection?

A new study from Cardiff University explores how peer parent advocacy (PPA) transforms support systems through empathy, trust, and shared experience.
📖 Read: www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14...

#ParentAdvocacy

BLOG: 'From Wales to Australia: A Shared Vision for Care Leavers' 🇦🇺

Rachel & Louise from our Public Involvement team were recently invited to Melbourne to share the Best Practice Charter to Support Parents in Leaving Care!

Read more about the trip on our website:
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Discover the latest findings on ethnic and religious inequalities in children's social services in Wales. This study sheds light on the experiences of minority children and families.
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#ChildWelfare #SocialServices #WalesResearch

Thanks Verity for such an insightful presentation!

We're excited to see the development of this research in SCALE: The Centre for Social Care and Artificial Intelligence Learning and how we can use AI to help support & develop the future of social care.

#BASWCymru2025 @veritybennett.bsky.social

📰 News:

Health Care Research Wales fund the new SCALE Centre for Social Care with a £1.8 million grant to study and improve the use of AI in adult & child social work.

Read more: cascadewales.org/health-care-...

#SocialCare
@researchwales.bsky.social @careresearchwales.bsky.social

The second annual report from the CASCADE evaluation of the Welsh Basic Income Pilot for Care Leavers has been published, containing new data on the experiences of young participants during the pilot's first few months.

Read the report here:
www.gov.wales/basic-income...

#BasicIncome #SocialCare

CASCADE has joined Bluesky! 🎉

Our aim as a research centre is to improve the well-being, safety & rights of children and their families by generating & sharing new and existing knowledge in ways that help services.

Follow us here & find out more on our website: cascadewales.org

#SocialCare #Wales