Babies and very young children are a group who are very often overlooked when considering children’s rights, particularly in relation to their right to express a view, to have ‘voice’.

Rhona Matheson, Chief Executive of Starcatchers, will share how the organisation has developed a rights-based approach that puts the ‘voice’ of the baby at its heart.

Dr Steffi Keir who will introduce Save the Children UK’s new web-based resource on Young Children’s Voices, drawing on the history of our work in children's rights and our connections with leading experts in the field right now. Young Children’s Voices is the first theme to go up on the Early Years Knowledge Bank we are creating and testing collaboratively over the course of this year and next. We invite feedback and contributions to feed into future development.

Dr Lorna Arnott: University of Strathclyde, Approaches to research with young children.

Based on the data from her edited book Research through Play: Participatory Methods in Early Childhood, this presentation will offer an insight into the complicated world of research with very young children, using play inspired methods and methodologies. This presentation shares examples of what such research approaches can look like, while also articulating the tensions and dilemmas of conducting this work.

About this series of events

Save the Children's Learning Network is part of the organisation's work to share our insights about effective place-based and partnership working across and beyond the early years sector. Our intention is to build a network of Save the Children staff, local partners and colleagues working on similar projects across the UK and abroad in order to:

Enable others to create change for children in their local area
Help identify the shared challenges that need action beyond local areas
Create networks and allies to advocate for wider change

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Learning Network Event: Young Children’s Voice