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We're delighted to announce Sam White as our new Chair of Trustees! 🎉Sam brings huge expertise & a passion for #WhatWorks. He joins us at a pivotal moment for children and families & will help us champion the evidence that improves their life chances: foundations.org.uk/press-release/…

𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹.Paul Ramchandani & Colin Smy will be discussing the '𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗮𝗱𝘀'. Sign up for FREE: lnkd.in/ey-fNVay #earlyyears #ABetterStart

Congratulations to our PhD student Sydney who passed her viva last week! 🥂 Sydney's doctoral research involved examining play therapists’ experiences and perceptions of children’s wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic, collective trauma, and child-centred play therapy.

The first keynotes from the #PEDALConference2024 are available to watch on our YouTube channel: First up, @143neighbor from Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) presents Universality without Uniformity: Appreciating High-Quality Practices in Low-Resource Settings buff.ly/3XZgTht

As part of PEDAL Cam's work on play, Sara Baker, Catherine Draper, Carolyn Mazzei and I developed this infographic to help key stakeholders (teachers, parents, caregivers) better understand children’s executive function development. Thanks to Cambridge-Africa for funding this initiative!

In 2024, PEDAL worked with Home-Start Richmond, Kingston & Hounslow to help them to develop a baby and child-centred approach where staff and volunteers routinely seek out, capture and reflect on babies’ and young children’s perspectives to inform their work. Read the paper: buff.ly/3ByYSie

Check out our new paper which examined the psychometric properties of the Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in children as young as 1-2-years. Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.100… PEDAL Cam Christine O'Farrelly Paul Ramchandani

WATCH ▶ By translating the strongest evidence into actionable recommendations for local leaders, the #KinshipCare Practice Guide helps strengthen local practice & ensure the best support for kinship families ❤️ Read the Kinship Care Practice Guide: foundations.org.uk/practice-guide…

Excited to be taking on role chairing Department for Education’s new Scientific Advisory Council. Full details here here gov.uk/government/new…

The 1st national survey of play in preschool-aged children in Britain has found that from the age of two, girls play outside in nature less than boys. The research was by researchers at Cambridge University & University of Exeter and published in Journal of Physical Activity & Health Read - buff.ly/3YbzNS3

Great to see Mark Mon Williams - who we are working with as part of our partnership with ⁦Child of the North⁩- and ⁦Paul Ramchandani⁩, who along with Mark is one of our Play Commissioners, on the DfE’s Science Advisory Council. gov.uk/government/new…

Blog alert! Nidhi Singal & I did a scoping lit review on ‘The intersection of climate, disability and education: what can we learn from current scholarship?’ Thank you Inclusive Education Initiative. CaNDER inclusive-education-initiative.org/blog/intersect… #ClimateCrisis & #inclusiveeducation

CPFT Paediatric Psychological Medicine Team is seeking a Research Fellow to work closely with us here at PEDAL to conduct a review of the evidence base for early mental health interventions: cpft.nhs.uk/latest-vacanci… Please share with your networks!

Just two more days to apply for this FREE training for perinatal mental health practitioners! pedalhub.net/news-events/ev…

We're thrilled to see that ‘Empowering Play in Primary Education’ has been rated ‘Highly Recommended' by Choice.Reviews! “A vital resource that explores the relationship between play and learning," writes A. L. Hsu ✍️ Learn more 👉 spr.ly/6014IDJDy #PrimaryEducation

Just back for a moment. This years PEDAL Conference will be on 11th June. We'll be celebrating 10 years with some great speakers. More details here (including some of the speakers): pedalhub.net/news-events/... And if you want to book a place, go here: onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-...

We're so excited to introduce you to our first #PEDALConference2025 keynote speaker: Bo Stjerne Thomsen, Head of Educational Impact at LEGO Education 🧱 Learn more at: pedalhub.net/conference2025… Book your tickets at: pedalhub.net/conference2025

We'll be joined at the #PEDALConference2025 by keynote speaker Ellen Beate, Professor at the Department of Physical Education and Health at Queen Maud University College Learn more at: pedalhub.net/conference2025… Book your tickets at: pedalhub.net/conference2025

Join us at the #PEDALConference2025 where Ellen Beate will present the 2025 David Whitebread Memorial Lecture: "Children’s risky play: Thrilling experiences and developmental benefits" 🛝 Learn more at: pedalhub.net/conference2025… Book your tickets at: pedalhub.net/conference2025

We'll be joined at the #PEDALConference2025 by keynote speaker Catherine Draper, Associate Professor in the SAMRC Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit at Wits University in South Africa Learn more at: pedalhub.net/conference2025… Book your tickets at: pedalhub.net/conference2025