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. See also its oral history project, some interviews discuss the experiences of Black or dual heritage individuals in the care system

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. Its Good Childhood Report, produced annually since 2011, is a flagship publication.

Major national youth cohort study which is examining the short & long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic & cost-of-living crisis on educational inequality, mental health & wellbeing and social mobility of young people. UCL & Sutton Trust project, data deposited with UK Data Service. See also https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/2023/11/09/almost-half-of-young-people-in-the-most-deprived-areas-struggling-to-get-the-mental-health-support-they-need/

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

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

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

Charitable membership organisation that exists to support and champion those working with, and for, children and young people with SEND and learning differences

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

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

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

Under the aegis of the Institute of Education (UCL), the TCRI has led research into children, parenting and families since 1973. See also this open access ebook celebrating its 50th anniversary - https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/211074

Charity supporting mental health of children & young people in UK, offers free access to policy research reports

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

Project of the South Africa based Ichikowitz Family Foundation, the African Youth Survey commenced in 2020 and is carried out every 2 years across a selection of African countries

Snapshot (2023) of the situation across many African countries

Cooperative US project giving access to thousands of publications & datasets

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

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

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-

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

Project from Save the Children, UNICEF and ILO to track countries' provision of child benefits. Data on coverage, financing, child poverty, current policies and programmes, country prospects and good practices

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.

Major UK survey, running since 1992, administered by Dept for Work & Pensions, covers income, social security & living circumstances of households. Data from 1992 can be downloaded at UKDS -
https://datacatalogue.ukdataservice.ac.uk/series/series/200017#abstract

Publications plus OECD Family Database for statistics.