IPC's Visiting Research Fellow, Dr Melanie Henwood produced a blog - first published on the Politics and Policy website - for the London School of Economics and Political Science on Andy Burnham’s first speech to the Labour Party Conference as Prime Minister on building a National Care Service.
With a theme of 'the Human Face of Leadership', IPC welcomed alumni and colleagues from Social Care Wales and Academi Wales on 15th September in Cardiff.
This free event Thursday 5th November 2026 13.30 -15.00 is OPEN TO ALL and will be led by Dr Rebecca Brown, IPC Senior Consultant. Rebecca has a track record of research exploring safeguarding practice with infants and young children and has published widely in this field.
PRESS RELEASE 9th September 2026.
More pupils are learning how the brain works, how to regulate their emotions and how to connect with the natural world and each other through a pilot project that has been rolled out to dozens of Wiltshire schools.
IPC has been commissioned by Wiltshire Council’s Public Health service to evaluate a pilot of a new school-based children’s emotional wellbeing and resilience programme called Emotional Me.
We still have spaces for the next online course in November 2026. For health commissioners to help understand and deliver strategic commissioning in the NHS.
We have course spaces in October 2026. Developed for social care staff working in children’s services care placement, brokerage, or purchasing roles, this course provides the expertise needed to excel in children’s care services.
Adoption England commissioned an evaluation partnership from the University of East Anglia and the Institute of Public Care, Oxford Brookes University, to explore how matching grants were implemented and early evidence of impact.
Join us for this free online webinar from 14.00 -15.30. Hear from IPC experts, informed by our recent work supporting the development of a carer’s strategy for a local authority.
28th September 2026, 12.00-13.30 online webinar. This free event is OPEN TO ALL. Join us to hear about the Building Underdeveloped Sensorimotor Systems (BUSS) brief intervention for children who have experienced disruption to their early development and bodily regulation.
