Evaluation of Children’s Communities

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Project Director: Sarah Pearson and Mike Coldwell
Project Duration: 2017-2020

A Children’s Community is:

A NEIGHBOURHOOD: Children’s Communities are located in disadvantaged places with a history of partnership working for children and a collective commitment to take this to the next level.

A SHARED VISION: Local services develop and implement a coordinated plan for helping children thrive, based on a shared vision for children and a shared analysis of children’s needs.

INTEGRATED AND HOLISTIC: Children’s Communities support children in the round and across the different stages of childhood, helping them to transition between family, school and community.

GENERATIONAL: Children’s Communities work over the long-term. They tackle presenting symptoms and underlying causes simultaneously.

POWERED BY LOCAL VOICES: Children’s Communities are locally led. They identify their strengths, harness the power of local networks and relationships, and support people to find their own solutions.

NATIONALLY EVALUATED: The Children’s Community project is underpinned by a body of research and evidence, and is being nationally evaluated by Sheffield Hallam University.

The project team also includes Bernie Stiell and Ben Willis (Sheffield Hallam University).

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Elaine Batty

Research Fellow

Sarah Pearson 114600

Sarah Pearson

Professor of Social Research

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Ian Wilson 123768

Ian Wilson

CRESR Deputy Director

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