our network

The research in practice network is now made up of over 100 participating agencies (see list below) consisting of local authorities, statutory and childcare organisations and national agencies and a partnership with the 22 authorities in Wales known as the Wales College (see details below). research in practice promotes the development of evidence-informed practice and policy in child welfare by offering a distinctive set of services to Partner agencies. For more information about this participative network click on the headings below:

to join research in practice

Your Regional Lead

Every agency in the network has a Regional Lead. This is one of research in practice's policy officers based at either Sheffield or Dartington who is on hand as the first port of call for any queries

find out who the lead research in practice staff member is for your region

Partners

Within each agency there are two key contacts who act as a vital bridge for research in practice:
Link Officers are operational team members who promote and support the use of evidence in service delivery.
2nd Tier Champions are senior managers who are committed to driving up the use of robust research evidence in planning across the whole of children’s services
For contact details of each agency's Link Officer and 2nd Tier Champion please click on the agency name below

Barking and Dagenham	Barnsley	Birmingham
Blackpool	Bournemouth	Bracknell Forest
Brent	Brighton & Hove	Bristol City
Buckinghamshire	Bury	Cambridgeshire
Camden	Cheshire	Cornwall
Coventry	Cumbria	Derbyshire
Devon	Doncaster Council	Dorset
Dudley	Durham	Ealing
East Sussex	Essex	Gloucestershire
Hackney	Halton	Hammersmith and Fulham
Hampshire	Haringey	Hertfordshire
Hull City Council	Kensington & Chelsea	Kent County Council
Lambeth	Lancashire	Leicester City
Leicestershire	Liverpool	Merton
Milton Keynes	Newham	North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire	Northumberland	Nottingham City
Oxfordshire	Peterborough	Plymouth
Portsmouth	Sandwell	Sheffield
Slough	Solihull Council	Somerset
Southampton	Southwark	Staffordshire
Stockport	Stoke on Trent	Suffolk
Surrey County Council	Telford & Wrekin	Torbay
Tower Hamlets	Wakefield Council	Waltham Forest
West Berkshire	West Sussex	Westminster
Wigan	Wiltshire	Windsor and Maidenhead
Wolverhampton

National Organisations

find out how research in practice support national organisations

Action for Children	CAFCASS	Children England
Children's Society	Children's Workforce Development Council	Government Offices
MENCAP	NSPCC	TACT

Wales College

The 22 authorities in Wales have now signed up to the Wales College, a partnership with research in practice which was successfully launched on 8 October (2004) at Llandrindod Wells in mid-Wales. Contact Elizabeth Cooke for more details elizabeth@rip.org.uk

Anglesey	Blaenau Gwent	Bridgend
Caerphilly	Cardiff	Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion	Conwy	Denbighshire
Flintshire	Gwynedd	Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouthshire	Neath Port Talbot	Newport
Pembrokeshire	Powys	Rhondda CynonTaff
Swansea	Torfaen	Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham

International Subscribers

If your agency is not in England or Wales where we offer our main services, you could still benefit from access to our website, publications and some events. Please contact us: ask@rip.org.uk

PART, Ontario

The Adoption Board, Ireland

For more information on joining the network please contact:

ask@rip.org.uk