Child of the North 2024 Campaign continues with fifth report providing an evidence-based plan for supporting physical activity and healthy nutrition with and through education settings
The fifth report in a year-long series is a collaborative programme of work between Child of the North and the Centre for Young Lives including researchers from ARC Yorkshire & Humber. The report calls for schools to be supported to fix the broken school food system and tackle Britain’s child obesity crisis.
Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) National Health Economics Research Showcase Event

Hosted at the University of Sheffield on the 14th March 2023 by the NIHR ARC Yorkshire and Humber in partnership with ARC Greater Manchester, this national event brought together over 45 delegates. The event was an opportunity for partners to learn more about the research ARC Health Economists are conducting across England and its impact […]
New Report – An evidence-based plan for addressing the autism assessment and support crisis

New analysis reveals autism assessment and support crisis with tens of thousands of children waiting months and years for help after demand rockets by over 300% since Covid. A report published today by the Child of the North initiative – led by the N8 Research Partnership of Northern universities and others – and former Children’s […]
New Report – Calls for urgent action to prioritise children’s health and education as new analysis finds schools funding imbalance risks widening regional childhood inequalities
New Research Findings show a reduction of unplanned hospital admissions
Our ARC supported the Bradford Inequalities Research Unit’s (BIRU) recent evaluation of a Central Locality Integrated Care Services (CLICS) which identified evidence that indicates that the CLICS intervention may reduce unplanned hospital admissions for up to 12 months after discharge from CLICS. The project involved a group of CLICS patients along with a matched control […]
New Findings – Taking part in outdoor and in-nature activities can help people feel less anxious #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2023
The Humber and North Yorkshire Green Social Prescribing (HNY GSP) programme, led by HEY Smile Foundation, were commissioned as one of seven sites across England to develop a ‘test and learn’ site for GSP. A central objective of the HNY GSP programme was to ‘test the ways in which connecting people with nature could improve […]