Supporting Families by Shaping Policy through Cutting-Edge Research

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The Andrew and Virginia Rudd Research and Professional Practice Centre is a unique initiative in the UK, directed towards advancing scientific knowledge, practice improvements and policy developments focusing on supporting vulnerable children, parents/carers and families.

Centre staff, affiliates and partners work with front-line specialists in the fields of education practice, public health, psychological science, social care and other professional domains to set new standards of research-based professional practice engagement and policy impacts that enhance the life chances of young people.

At its core, the Rudd Centre serves as a nucleus for regional, UK and wider international research and associated impacts that highlights the support needs of vulnerable families, parents and children through its research and professional practice training programmes.

One of the Centre’s primary objectives is to engage and partner with community-based professionals/practitioners, service providers, family, education and other professional practice and advocacy agencies, as well as parents/carers, children, families, educators and policy makers (UK and international) to help shape and embed research-informed strategies to maximise effective local service programme design, delivery and evaluation.