A report said that 'young carers projects' (designed to address some of the problems identified by research into young carers experiences) are highly valued by young carers, their parents and professional support workers, and help compensate for the inadequacy or unavailability of statutory services.
Source: Chris Dearden with Saul Becker, Young Carers Projects: What do CCFR Evaluation Reports tell us about Dedicated Projects for Young Carers?, Evidence Issue 4, Centre for Child and Family Research/Loughborough University (01509 228355)
Links: Report (pdf)
Date: 2002-Nov
A report summarised findings from the first ever quantitative surveys of young carers, carried out in 1995 and 1997.
Source: Chris Dearden with Saul Becker, Statistical Profiles of Young Carers: A report on the first two Young Carers Research Group s (CCFR) quantitative surveys of young carers, Evidence Issue 3, Centre for Child and Family Research/Loughborough University (01509 228355)
Links: Report (pdf)
Date: 2002-Nov
Researchers examined the main barriers faced by students who are parents, the different types of support needed to overcome these barriers, and the groups likely to benefit from the expansion of student support in different areas.
Source: Ivana La Valle, Ini Grewal and Alice Mowlam, Combining Education and Family Life, Research Report 377, Department for Education and Skills (0845 602 2260)
Links: Report (pdf) | Brief (pdf)
See also: Journal of Social Policy Volume 31/4, Digest 124, paragraph 3.8
Date: 2002-Oct
A report summarised research on good practice in supported housing for young mothers, to guide the development of new and existing schemes.
Source: Teresa Hinton and Sarah Gorton, Good Practice in Supported Housing for Young Mothers, Department of Health (020 7972 5309) and Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Links: Report (pdf) | Summary
See also: Journal of Social Policy Volume 30/3, Digest 119, paragraph 4.4
Date: 2002-Sep
The government set a target of doubling the participation of teenage mothers in education or work, to 60 per cent by 2010.
Source: Press release 27 June 2002, Department of Health (020 7210 4850)
Links: DH press release
Date: 2002-Jun
A single emergency contraception lesson improves teenagers' knowledge without encouraging greater sexual activity, a study found.
Source: A. Graham et al., 'Improving teenagers' knowledge of emergency contraception: cluster randomised controlled trial of a teacher led intervention', British Medical Journal 18.5.02
Links: Article
See also: Journal of Social Policy Volume 31/3, Digest 123 (paragraph 12.3)
Date: 2002-May