Well-Being
Supporting children’s well-being is complex and requires a multi-faceted response that is informed by the distinct nature of children – their needs, rights, and evolving capacities, as well as their circumstances. We work collaboratively to ensure governments prioritise the aim of achieving children’s well-being as a key outcome, with a focus on those most at risk of being ‘left behind’ in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This includes a distinct focus on building and securing the investment case for children’s well-being, and amplifying the importance of the family’s economic context to children’s lives. We support effective economic policy development and effective resourcing of essential services for children and families that realise children’s rights and ensure their well-being.
Our Projects and Partners
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The University of Strathclyde has been awarded £3 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to lead a project to improve adolescent health and well-being in Malawi.
The Global Health Research Group funding award brings together experts from Strathclyde, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences and the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences.
The team will work with adolescents, family and community members, health workers, policy makers, and other organisations to design, implement and evaluate approaches to improving adolescent health and well-being.
This four-year project seeks to understand the psychological, sociocultural, socioeconomic, educational, political and geographical contexts which influence adolescent health and well-being, and to explore how interventions and policies can best support adolescent health and well-being in the future.
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Policymakers and practitioners from around the world, working to support children’s wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic, came together in the tailor-made COVID 4P Log smartphone app to better understand the ways we are protecting children, providing for their unique needs, enabling their participation in decisions that affect them, and preventing them from harm
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We are working with The Poverty Alliance and the University of Strathclyde's Fraser of Allander Institute, with funding from The Robertson Trust, as part of a partnership project to end low-paid and insecure work for families in the hospitality sector in Scotland.
See more about the project here!