Field Trials and Community of Interest

12 field trials were undertaken and an overview can be seen here.

 Click on the links below to view further information on each field trial:

• Baby Matterz, Liverpool
• British Association for Adoption and Fostering, London
• Communicating with parents on choices at 14, Sheffield
• Engaging in Children's Literacy, Leicestershire
• Family Impact, National
• Fusion Parenting Course, Dorset
• Parents' TV.net
• Raising Community Aspirations, Doncaster & Sheffield
• Reach Out, Nottingham City
• Real Time Reporting, National
• School Professional Industry Network, West London
• Shadow Board, Nottingham City

Quotes from parents and others about the field trials

"It was invaluable to have the school and employers and University in the same room and I now feel I can discuss my child's career with him, when beforehand it was all fog." Communicating with parents on choices at 14

"Baby Matters sessions are enjoyed by parents because of the opportunities they present for socialisation beyond the home." Mark O'Brien, senior researcher from the University of Liverpool, evaluating Baby Matters

"I now feel that I know what is going on in school." Communicating with parents on choices at 14

"It was at breaking point. It could have ended up with us hating each other for the rest of our lives. I went to every profession to help me with the relationship that me and Bryce had but Fusion did it, Fusion was the only thing that worked." Fusion

"Several comments indicated that involvement in Baby Matters had made parents feel more confident. This was related to feeling ‘validated'. It was also connected to the opportunity for a parent to simply talk about their baby to a group of pupils. This was something that, in and of itself, improved the parent's sense of self-worth, as well as reducing worries about being a ‘good' parent." Mark O'Brien, Baby Matters

Community of Interest

The Community of Interest brings together practitioners interested in Parents and Carers as well as our other Next Practice projects.

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