Evaluation of impact & learning from a Strategic Partnership developed in 2011 by Newport City Council and Barnardo’s Cymru, providing family support services to children, young people and families where children are on the 'edge of care'
Children supported by Barnardo’s going hungry and living in cold homes were experiencing illnesses including respiratory conditions, poor mental health and feeling too hungry or tired to concentrate at school.
This report focusses on how poverty affects families’ ability to afford food and fuel, with insight from 116 Barnardo’s practitioners who have been delivering vital support to children, young people, and families in need.
The data in this report shows that increasing many local authorities are finding that they are having to prioritise funding on late intervention intensive services for children in care, rather than early help support.
Based on our latest research, this briefing sets out the changes we believe are needed so that children can be safer, happier, healthier and more hopeful.
Our report Fostering Hope: A blueprint for providing children seeking sanctuary in the UK with a warm welcome through a safe and loving home, outlines what high quality specialist care for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) should look like.
Read about an amendment we are proposing to the Renters (Reform) Bill which would make a real difference to thousands of young people leaving care who are struggling to find suitable homes, reducing the chances of them ending up homeless or living in unsafe places.
In our consultation response on dormant assets funding, we agree that money from the Dormant Assets Scheme should continue to be spent supporting children and young people across Wales.
