Parent & Families

Consultation at Children’s Centres

Providing integrated support services and information
Children’s Centres are a vital element of the Government’s “Children’s Plan” under which every child will have the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Research is an excellent way to establish whether these centres are helping to meet this aim, and can provide valuable information to aid their future development.

Safe and Secure research evaluation

Helping children and young people achieve their potential
Action for Children is a national charity committed to helping the most vulnerable children and young people achieve their full potential by overcoming injustice, deprivation and inequality. Having established the Safe and Secure Project, the charity commissioned Qa to undertake an external evaluation to assess whether this initiative was meeting its aim of improving the availability of – and access to – therapeutic support services to children who have been sexually abused.

Childcare Sufficiency research in Sheffield

Covering gaps in market knowledge
Providing the best possible childcare market means understanding the needs of families and young people. Following earlier research and the emergence of gaps in their understanding of the local childcare market, Sheffield City Council selected Qa to conduct a large-scale research project.

Parental Research in Tameside

Persuading parents to open up
Children’s centres and extended services require an understanding of parental needs if they are to develop and grow. Research is a very effective way to gauge these needs and to begin the process of creating new or alternative services.

Reviewing childcare sufficiency

Using models to predict and manage childcare
Following a full Childcare Sufficiency Assessment (CSA) local authorities have a statutory obligation to review childcare sufficiency on an annual basis. The Government Office for the East Midlands (GOEM) has been working with a network of local authorities across the region to develop models of predicting and managing childcare and sufficiency indicators that will facilitate updates and future CSAs and allow for regional comparisons.