Northern Ireland policy and research publications

Read our latest policy and research publications. These are produced alongside our services, and in partnership with other organisations and government departments.

2023

Reimagining Children's Social Care Services - Submission to the Independent Review of Children's Social Care Service in Northern Ireland

Barnardo's NI Local Elections Manifesto 2023

2022

'What About Us' - key asks

'What About Us?' - Barnardo's NI Young People with Care Experience - Manifesto

Queen's University & Barnardo's NI: Lasting Relationships in Foster Care- Research for Practice

2020

Becoming Trauma Aware through Supporting Mental Health & Well-Being in Schools (PDF)

'New Term, New Challenges, New Opportunities' - Putting Children's Mental Health at the Heart of Education 2020 (PDF)

'A New Life For Me' - Integration Experiences of Syrian Refugee Children & their Families 2020 (PDF)

Using The PATHS Programme & Social Emotional Learning to mitigate the effects of ACEs - 2020 (PDF)

2019

Lifeskills - Findings from the implementation of Botvin Lifeskills within Waltham Forest Schools - 2019 (PDF)

Lifeskills - Findings from the implementation of Botvin LifeSkills within North Down and Ards - 2019 (PDF)

Family Learning and Integration Project (FLIP) - 2019 (PDF)

2018

Promoting Good Infant Mental Health: Supporting Emotional Wellbeing for 0-3 Year Olds - 2018 (PDF)

Connections - Parenting Infants in a Digital World - Full report - 2018 (PDF)

Connections - Parenting Infants in a Digital World - Executive summary - 2018 (PDF)

Findings from the implementation of The PATHS Programme for Schools (UK Version) in NI 2014-2018 - 2018 (PDF)

Lifeskills - Findings from the implementation of Botvin LifeSkills in Ballyfermot, Dublin - 2018 (PDF)

2017

Access All Areas NI: Supporting corporate parents to improve young people's journey from care to adulthood - 2017 (PDF)

Parenting Matters for prisoners and their families - 2017 (PDF)

Sleep Intervention: Helping children with autism to sleep better: A Forward Steps intervention - 2017 (PDF)

2016

All Stars 'In Focus' report - 2016 (PDF)

Children's Charter Northern Ireland - Barnardo's NI and NSPCC - 2016 (PDF)

In Focus - 'Time for Me' primary school counselling and wrap-around support - 2016 (PDF)

Paths Plus - Key findings from the PATHS Plus programme delivered by Barnardo's in the UK May - 2016 (PDF)

Prevention Through Brighter Futures: Findings from Barnardo's delivery of the All Stars Programme in Schools in NI -2016 (PDF)

2015

Children affected by the imprisonment of a family member - A handbook for schools developing good practice - 2015 (PDF)

Feels like Home - Experiences of newcomer pupils in primary schools in Northern Ireland - 2015 (PDF)

Lifeskills - Evaluation of substance misuse prevention programmes - Executive summary - 2015 (PDF)

Lifeskills - Evaluation of substance misuse prevention programmes - Full report - 2015 (PDF)

Unprotected, overprotected - 2015 (PDF)

2014

Beneath the surface - child poverty in Northern Ireland 2014 - Child Poverty Alliance - 2014 (PDF)

Believe in Childcare - An investigation into the childcare needs of ethnic minority communities in Northern Ireland - 2014 (PDF)

Feels Like Home - Exploring the experiences of newcomer children in primary schools in Northern Ireland - 2014 (PDF)

Findings from the Barnardo's 'Ready to Learn' Programme - 2014 (PDF)

Living with adversity - A qualitative study of families with multiple and complex needs - Full report - 2014 (PDF)

Living with adversity - A qualitative study of families with multiple and complex needs - Briefing paper - 2014 (PDF)

Unlocking the potential of out-of-school-hours learning - Findings from the Barnardo's 'Ready to Learn' Programme - 2014 (PDF)

2013

Policy and Practice paper 16. Safe Choices Responding to the changing nature of child sexual exploitation in NI - 2013 (PDF)

2011

Not a world away - The sexual exploitation of children and young people in Northern Ireland - Full report - 2011 (PDF)

Not a world away - The sexual exploitation of children and young people in North Ireland - Summary - 2011 (PDF)