Working to Prevent the Social Exclusion of Children and Young People

Final Lessons From the Evaluation of the Children's Fund

CreatorUniversity of Birmingham Institute of Education
AuthorEdwards, A, Barnes, M, Plewis, I, Morris, K, et al.
Year Created2006
PublisherDepartment for Education and Skills, 2006
 

The National Evaluation of the Children's Fund (NECF) ran from January 2003 to March 2006
and had three strands.

  • The use of large-scale datasets to understand take-up, use and potential impact of the
Children's Fund. These datasets included evidence from the older siblings of the
Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), children and existing evidence such as the Families and
Children Study (FACS), the Children's Fund quarterly monitoring data and the National
Pupil Database.
  • A series of 16 dynamic and longitudinal case studies of partnerships which examined the
structures and processes of partnership working at strategic and operational levels and
explored outcomes for service users.
  • A detailed study of themed services for five marginalised target groups: disabled children,
children at risk of crime, black and minority ethnic children, Traveller and Gypsy children
and children from refugee and asylum seeking families.
In addition, the evaluation has operated an ongoing system of knowledge management to
ensure that interim findings reached interested groups as the research progressed.

RightsDfES, 2006
URLhttp://www.ne-cf.org/core_files/Full%20Report%20RR734.pdf