Place and collective impact: Implications for leadership
Why we urgently need to develop new ways of working to tackle the range of issues around inequality and disadvantage that negatively impact children and young people.
Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland takes a place-based approach to improving outcomes for children, young people and their communities.
Based in the University of Glasgow – and working with the Glasgow Centre for Population Health, CNS is helping to find ways for local people, partners and services to work together.
Policy Scotland Director Chris Chapman is the CNS Principal Investigator.
Scottish Government equity report examines school closure impact
The Scottish Government’s equity audit examines the impact of COVID-19 on children from disadvantaged backgrounds, focusing particularly on the closure of the school buildings.
The impact of COVID-19 on families, children and young people in South Lanarkshire
This research by CNS explores the unequal impacts of COVID-19 and how these have been experienced by families, children and young people in high poverty neighbourhoods in South Lanarkshire.
Migrant families during the COVID-19 pandemic
Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland has published two documents on the experiences of migrant families during the COVID-19 pandemic: a report focused on insights from frontline workers in Glasgow and a review of the literature on pre-existing vulnerabilities and inequalities.
Rural poverty and social exclusion with a focus on children and young people
A critical review published by Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland of how poverty and social exclusion are experienced by children and young people in rural areas of Scotland.
The impact of COVID-19 on families, children and young people in Glasgow
Findings from Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland about the impacts of COVID-19 on children and families and how services have collaborated across sectors to respond to their needs.
CNS – Rural experiences of COVID-19: Insights from frontline practitioners
This briefing presents the views and experiences of frontline practitioners working in rural communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CNS: Early Insights into the COVID-19 Response – 30 July 2020 – refugee and migrant families
Briefing based on research with frontline practitioners working with refugee and migrant families in Glasgow about the impact of COVID-19.
Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland Annual Report
Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland (CNS) has published its Annual Report, providing an update and overview of the programme as well as a look at the next steps.
CNS: Early insights into the COVID-19 response – 12 June 2020
This CNS briefing focuses on the lessons learned from the ‘hubs’ for vulnerable pupils and children from key worker families, in the context of re-opening schools in August 2020.