Established UK charity (formerly known as National Children's Home) aiming to support vulnerable children. Publications freely available on its website.

Major UK charity working on behalf of neglected children. Free access to its publications & reports.

Cooperative US project giving access to thousands of publications & datasets

Statutory body overseeing children's rights, especially of those in care.

Campaigning organisation on behalf of children in the UK. Includes archive of its early work (1881-1918) as the Waifs & Strays' Society. The good childhood report, produced annually since 2011.

UK anti-bullying organisation. Free research reports and annual bullying survey (2013-)

Data on child welfare for the US at national, state & local level. Further documentation is available from the Dept. of Health & Human Services Child Welfare Information Gateway.

LSE based research network, founded in 2006, looking at children's internet usage & online safety. See also Net Children Go Mobile project covering several European countries including UK, and the Family Online Safety Institute.

EU coordinated network of organisations and individuals working to improve the quality of life of children and young people in Europe.

Inspired by the EU Kids Online project & commenced in 2015, this expands the network to researchers from Africa, Asia & Latin America

Research from ISER at Essex on the role of parents, siblings, friends and the state in how children get on in life

Developed by the What Works Centre for Wellbeing to assist in gauging mental health of the young

See especially its online resource section NSPCC Inform, and a wealth of resources listed in the NSPCC library catalogue - https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/services/library-information-service

OBO Childhood Studies is a growing resource of introductory articles on topics in childhood studies. The essays provide extensive bibliographies to key literature, assisting further research on a topic

Charitable organisation working to support children, particularly in disaster-prone areas.

UK's largest fostering & adoption charity. Research includes interrelations between crime and the care system.

UN organisation dedicated to research and programmes in support of children around the world. See UNICEF Data, and flagship publication State of the world's children

published approx. every two years, 2011-

Concerned with the impact of UK policy on future generations. Publishes the annual Intergenerational Fairness index.

Longitudinal study commenced in 2002 led by University of Cambridge, focusing on situational influences of home, school & community on young people.

Established in 2019 by children’s charity Impetus & with backing from the Home Office. Remit is to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence

Charity looking after the UKs 6.5 million carers. Free access to its policy library

UK charity in existence since 1869, works with families needing support and offers a small number of publications on its website

UK organisation campaigns to reduce pressures on family life.

Publications plus OECD Family Database for statistics.