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Play and policy

We work to ensure that knowledge from research is mobilised to help policy makers to improve children’s lives and life chances.

Read more about some of our policy projects below.

Babies’ and young children’s perspectives in practice

This paper describes the project we completed in 2024 with Home-Start RKH. In it, we explain more about babies’ and young children’s perspectives, what the project involved, and key lessons learned.

Play in the face of adversity

Why is it important to protect the right to play of children in the asylum system in the UK?

Understanding and supporting mental health in infancy and early childhood: A PEDAL and UNICEF UK Toolkit

PEDAL and UNICEF UK have created a toolkit for supporting mental health in infancy and early childhood which aims to support and enhance a deeper understanding of what we mean by mental health in the early years.

The Mobilise Podcast

Mobilise is a podcast mini-series where we talk to leading policymakers and politicians from across the UK about how research can be used in policy to improve children's lives.

Mobilise

The Mobilise programme brings together small cohorts of changemakers from academia, policy and practice. We support them to mobilise knowledge from research to improve children's lives and life chances.