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On 3 March 2026, ADR Northern Ireland hosted an event at Parliament Buildings, Stormont - Children’s Social Care and Homelessness in Northern Ireland: Connecting Data, Changing Futures. The event brought together experts by experience, policymakers, data owners, service providers and researchers to explore how using linked administrative data and lived experience can better inform policy and practice to prevent homelessness among social care experienced young people.
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New research by ADR Northern Ireland (ADR NI) has played a central role in informing the Northern Ireland Executive’s recently launched New Foundations Programme, a major cross-departmental initiative to support young people leaving care.
This blog, written by the ADR England Research Community Catalyst: Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes team, outlines key insights from recent research into how administrative data can be better used to support children’s social care (CSC). Drawing on three new reports launched in January, the authors highlight current evidence gaps, emerging priorities, and opportunities to strengthen the research infrastructure that informs policy and practice for children and families.
This blog by Evie Parmenter, Senior Research Portfolio Manager at the Economic and Social Research Council, explores the powerful connection between our environment and our health. Drawing on insights from research funded by ADR UK, it highlights how factors like pollution, green space access, and housing conditions shape wellbeing, and how linked administrative data can help drive better decisions and healthier outcomes.
A new study using ADR UK flagship data has found that children who show early signs of developmental delay are more likely to end up in contact with the youth justice system later on – especially if they also grow up in poverty.
