Research projects led by TCRU

This project aims to find out whether linking up welfare benefits advice with health appointments improves the mental health and finances of parents of newborn babies in east London.

The Children and Families Policy Research Unit provides high-quality evidence to guide wide-ranging policy decisions that have implications for the health and wellbeing of children and their families.

This project evaluates Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs (MASH), their key features and the ways in which different MASH work in their own contexts.

This project examines how health visiting services are delivered to and received by families who are facing adversity, including domestic violence, parental mental health problems and substance use.

This project aimed to explore the impacts of COVID-19 on families in Tower Hamlets.

This research project aims to provide an intersectional analysis of UK parental leave polices, looking at factors such as gender, race and class.

This project provided important evidence about the reach and impact of private sector childcare in England.

A research project investigating the relationship between the local and transnational citizenship experiences of Bangladesh-origin Muslims in London and Birmingham.