The project is a collaboration involving two County Councils (North Yorkshire and Hampshire), two Borough Councils (Oldham and Rochdale, working with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority), five universities and Research in Practice. The researchers and local authorities work closely together, enabling collaboration and co-production between children, young people, parents and carers, practitioners, managers, data analysts, service leaders and policymakers to understand and shape how information can be used ethically and effectively.
Advisory Group Chair | Independent Consultant | Former President of the Association of Directors of Children's Services
Yvette Stanley
National Director, Regulation and Social Care | Ofsted
Verena Braehler
Deputy Director Research and Evaluation | Ofsted
Chris McLoughlin OBE
Executive Director People and Integration, and Director of Children’s Services
Tania Townsend
Head of Strategic Programmes and Strategy | Islington Council
Iain Bradley
Deputy Director, Children’s Social Care Data & Digital Division. Families Group | Department for Education
Tanya McCormack
Deputy Director, Head of Families Analysis. Families Group | Department for Education
Nuffield Foundation
The Nuffield Foundation is an independent charitable trust with a mission to advance social well-being. It funds and undertakes rigorous research, encourages innovation and supports the use of sound evidence to inform social and economic policy, and improve people’s lives. The Nuffield Foundation is the founder and co-funder of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the Ada Lovelace Institute and the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory. This project has been funded by the Nuffield Foundation, but the views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily the Foundation. Find out more here.
