Lived Experience Research
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On this page you will find details of opportunities specifically for care leavers, including involvement in studies and research projects.
Please note that these opportunities are independent of the Rees Foundation, and we do not check or verify the organisations or projects listed. If you choose to participate, you will find contact details provided below each opportunity — please get in touch with the organisers directly to help ensure a smooth process for getting involved. We encourage you to consider each opportunity carefully and make sure it feels right for you. |
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Exploring shame and identity in care experienced young adults
This study explores shame and identity in care experienced young adults.
Shame can have a large impact on wellbeing and identity, which can be compounded by the experience of having been in care. This study aims to better understand care experienced young adults’ experiences of shame and how it may be impacting on their identity.
Participation criteria:
Name: Helena Karppinen
Email: [email protected]
Shame can have a large impact on wellbeing and identity, which can be compounded by the experience of having been in care. This study aims to better understand care experienced young adults’ experiences of shame and how it may be impacting on their identity.
Participation criteria:
- Care experienced young adult, aged 18-25
- Living in the UK
Name: Helena Karppinen
Email: [email protected]
From State as Parent to Becoming a Parent: How care experience shapes the meaning-making of parent-child relationships
The study explores how adults who grew up in state care make sense of their children and their own parenting, and how these meanings are shaped by their experiences of being parented by the state. The research aims to better understand parent–child relationships among care-experienced parents, with particular attention to attachment, meaning-making, and growth after trauma.
Participation criteria:
Deadline: October
Find out more or take part here.
Name: Francesca Eastman
Email: [email protected]
Participation criteria:
- Adults who spent 5 or more years in out of home care under the state (residential homes, foster care) and now have parental responsibility for biological children/child under the age of 18
Deadline: October
Find out more or take part here.
Name: Francesca Eastman
Email: [email protected]
Petition: Make one-to-one mentoring a statutory right for children in care & care leavers
A UK Parliament petition started by Gemma Anyon, who grew up in the care system, is calling for every child in care and care leaver to have access to a trained mentor.
The petition highlights the difference one trusted adult can make to a young person’s confidence, wellbeing and future opportunities.
Read the petition and decide whether you would like to sign or share it: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762405
The petition highlights the difference one trusted adult can make to a young person’s confidence, wellbeing and future opportunities.
Read the petition and decide whether you would like to sign or share it: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762405
