Research & Resources
The relationship between coercive control and mental health
Domestic abuse charities and campaigners have long highlighted the emotional impact of domestic abuse - and in particular the impact of coercive and controlling behaviours. We've seen the results of these hard years of campaigning and raising public awareness in Parliament testimonies, mainstream media, and ultimately in law and have more understanding now more than ever, of the devastating effects it can have on victims’ mental health. The ongoing Early Action Systems Change partnership work between Dartington, Renfrewshire Council, Engage Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership and a range of voluntary services, has highlighted coercive control in relationships can start before adulthood, and that this experience might prevent victims from accessing mental health support.
Reimagining Help: Three things we learned through co-designing a ‘Good Help’ guide
Those who know us well will know this is a departure from our area of focus: children, young people, and families. But supporting the use of evidence through co-design and rapid iteration is at the heart of our work. That is why we teamed up with Nesta, the British Heart Foundation (BHF), Macmillan Cancer Support and UCL on the ‘Reimagining Help’ guide, a toolkit for service and system leaders to design support that helps people reach the goals that matter most to them.
Investment in Children’s Services
This report provides an overview of the results from the financial mapping exercises of Renfrewshire’s children’s services. It forms part of the Early Action System Change Initiative, which seeks to redirect public expenditure towards co-designed activities with children and young people.
Using System Dynamics in Children’s Social Care
The numbers of children and young people in care are rising across the country – placing pressure on local authorities, without necessarily improving outcomes for children. We’re sharing some of our early learning from this work in a new Insight Brief: Using System Dynamics in Children’s Social Care.
Family Relationship Services Australia
Dr Tim Hobbs' Keynote address on "Matching needs and services: advances in data and analytics” at the FRSA National Conference 2019
A different approach to preventative CSE education
SafeSkills, by Ariel Trust, is a skills-based child sexual exploitation prevention programme run in schools. This report focuses on Ariel Trust’s learning and evaluation programme for SafeSkills and presents initial findings from the first round of implementation.
Emotional wellbeing and mental health services for children and young people in Surrey
This report outlines the insights from the engagement work with over 300 professionals, children/young people and their parents/carers from Surrey. Based on the learnings, the report provides recommendations for the redesign of the emotional wellbeing and mental health services for children and young people in Surrey.
Emotional wellbeing and mental health services for children and young people in Surrey
Designing the right care together
Matching Children’s Needs and Services
Are services meeting the needs of children? Our new report: Matching Children’s Needs and Services: A Case of Three Circles draws on a decade of data from 38,000 children and families to answer two fundamental questions: How much need is there in the population? Are services adequate to meet those needs?
Employment Pathways at Crisis Skylight Coventry & Warwickshire
In 2018, the Lab conducted an independent evaluation of the Employment Pathways project at Crisis Skylight Coventry & Warwickshire. We took a mixed methods approach drawing on Crisis’ monitoring data as well as in-depth qualitative interviews with staff and service users.
Edinburgh Challenge Brief
The Lab brought Crisis’ service users, staff and partners together to collectively define a priority challenge for the Hothouses for Innovation initiative. This briefing note captures the rich discussion and exercises that took places on the day.
FNP ADAPT Interim Report
The findings so far from FNP ADAPT– an ambitious pilot project attempting to adapt the way FNP is delivered in the UK through co-designed clinical and programme adaptations, evaluated using rapid cycle adaptation and testing methodology.
South Yorkshire Challenge Brief
The Lab brought Crisis’ service users, staff and partners together to collectively define a priority challenge for the Hothouses for Innovation initiative. This briefing note captures the rich discussion and exercises that took places on the day.
Crisis Skylight South Yorkshire and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority partnership
In 2017, the Lab conducted an independent evaluation of the partnership between Crisis Skylight South Yorkshire and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority. We took a mixed methods approach drawing on Crisis’ monitoring data as well as in-depth qualitative interviews with staff and service users.
Oxford Challenge Brief
The Lab brought Crisis’ service users, staff and partners together to collectively define a priority challenge for the Hothouses for Innovation initiative. This briefing note captures the rich discussion and exercises that took places on the day.