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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

MatCHNet webinars are back for 2026! Online lunchtime sessions on policy evaluations in the early years, from 12.30-1pm Come along on 7 October - Anna Pearce will talk about BEGIN. Birth and early years grants in the UK: an evaluation All welcome Register here: tinyurl.com/bdey87nu

MatCHNet is back this autumn with Webinar Series 7, three online lunchtime sessions on policy evaluations in the early years.
Each webinar runs from 12.30 to 1pm, with a 12-minute presentation followed by a short Q&A, and is open to anyone with an interest in maternal and child health.
Webinar 20 | 7 October 2026
BEGIN. Birth and early years grants in the UK: an evaluation
Professor Anna Pearce

Webinar 21 | 5 November 2026
Investing in children and families: findings from a comparative study from Scotland and England
Dr Suzanna Nesom and Dr Ilona Pinter

Webinar 22 | 8 December 2026
The impact of cash transfers in the first 1000 days on child health outcomes and health inequalities: an evidence review
Dr Emma Stewart

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Join the BEGIN team! The Birth and Early Years Grants in the UK evaluation project are recuriting a qualitative RA. Role involves conducting interviews across UK, working with peer researchers & lived experienced panels. Details here: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research... (Deadline 25 June)

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Research Associate

Job PurposeTo make a leading contribution to a research project examining the impacts of welfare grants in pregnancy and the early years on maternal and child health inequalities. The post holder w...

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School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow @uofgshw.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Emma Stewart recently completed an evidence review as part of an Academic Fellowship at the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe). 📄The impact of cash transfers in the first 1000 days on child health outcomes and health inequalities digitalpublications.parliament.scot/ResearchBrie...

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Missed any of our 2025 policy webinars on #childhealth? Our bitesize 15 min recordings are online - catch up now! matchnet.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/events/ #earlyyears #SureStartNI #housing #HealthyStart ‪@amy-clair.bsky.social‬

MatCHNet policy webinars (2025)

Webinar 17: The impact of Sure Start Northern Ireland on
health and social care (Meng Le Zhang, Cardiff University)

Webinar 18: Understanding associations between children’s housing
and health using quantitative data (Amy Clair, University of Adelaide)

Webinar 19: Evaluation of the UK Healthy Start Scheme
(Christina Vogel, City St George’s, University of London)

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Thanks Meng Le Zhang @Cardiff University for a great webinar on Sure Start Northern Ireland. Interesting results on reduced social service intervention and esp for younger mothers. Look forward to hearing more in the autumn. Thanks also to Emma Hitchen @Parenting Focus NI for chairing!

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Scottish Health Equity Research Unit @scothealtheq.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

A new report from the Collaboration for Health Equity in Scotland (CHES) highlights the gradient in inequality across health outcomes in Scotland, including some interesting local-level analysis. www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-re...

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Interested in #earlyyears policy evaluation? Come along to hear @christinaavogel.bsky.social present primary data to evaluate the UK Healthy Start Scheme. 📅24 June, 12.30pm ✍️Register now: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

MatCHNet webinar: Evaluation of the UK Healthy Start Scheme
Tuesday 24 June
12.30-1pm (BST)
The Maternal and Child Health Network warmly invite you to join our lunchtime webinar series, which will showcase existing evaluations of policy in the early years.
Christina Vogel of City St George’s, University of London will draw upon primary research data to i) evaluate how using the Healthy Start subsidy influences food purchasing, diet and broader child outcomes; ii) identify factors driving Healthy Start use; and iii) co-create strategies to optimise the scheme’s impact.

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

📢How does housing affect children's health? Come along to hear @amy-clair.bsky.social present findings from #admindata in the UK and Australia. 📅17 June, 12.30pm ✍️Register now: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

MatCHNet webinar: Understanding associations between children’s housing and health using quantitative data
Tuesday 17 June
12.30-1pm (BST)
The Maternal and Child Health Network warmly invite you to join our lunchtime webinar series, which will showcase existing evaluations of policy in the early years.
Amy Clair from the Australian Centre for Housing Research, University of Adelaide will use data from the UK and Australia to give an overview of the evidence linking children’s housing and health with an emphasis on the shift towards private renting that characterises housing in the UK and Australia.

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

📢Interested in using #admindata to evaluate #earlyyears policy? Come along to our lunchtime webinar to hear Meng Le Zhang (Cardiff University) talk about work on Sure Start Northern Ireland. 📅10 June, 12.30pm ✍️Register now: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

MatCHNet webinar: The impact of Sure Start Northern Ireland on health and social care
Tuesday 10 June
12.30-1pm (BST)
The Maternal and Child Health Network warmly invite you to join our lunchtime webinar series, which will showcase existing evaluations of policy in the early years.
Meng Le Zhang from Cardiff University will discuss how using administrative data on children born in Northern Ireland can be used to measure the impact of Sure Start on: maternal and child health in the first 60 months of life, use of services and identification of developmental delays in children, and early parenting behaviours.
See www.gla.ac.uk/matchnet for details.
To stay in touch, please follow @MatCHNet_ or @MatCHNet.bsky.social

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Scottish Health Equity Research Unit @scothealtheq.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Join us for our webinar, "A Future at Risk: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities in Scotland" ft. @chirstyresearch.bsky.social @hlrandolph.bsky.social and Ruth Dundas on child poverty in Scotland and its relationship with health inequality. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-future-a...

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A Future at Risk: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities in Scotland

Join us for our second webinar, focusing on child poverty in Scotland and its relationship with health inequality.

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International Journal of Population Data Science (IJPDS) @ijpds.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧! 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬: 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 Leveraging data across multiple countries for improved research into children's health and education SEE: ijpds.org/calls/educat...

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Coram Family and Childcare @coramfam.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Our new Childcare Survey published this week shows there are continued gaps in availability of childcare places for children with special educational needs and disabilities. bit.ly/Childcare2025Survey #ChildcareSurvey2025

Only 29% of local authorities in England report having enough childcare for at least 75% of children with SEND in their area.

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National Children's Bureau @ncb.org.uk · 20/03/2025

Useful food-for-thought in Coram's analysis of childcare costs, which have increased by almost 5% for 3 to 4-year-olds.

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

📢Interested in #earlyyears policy evaluations? Join our new lunchtime webinars 📅Tuesdays - June 10, 17 and 24 🕜12.30-1pm Topics: 1. Sure Start Northern Ireland, 2. housing and children's health, and 3. UK Healthy Start Scheme Register now: matchnet.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/events/ All welcome!

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Scottish Health Equity Research Unit @scothealtheq.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

1/5 🧵 Wealth disparities & health inequalities: what does the latest research tell us? A new study from Norway finds that people with lower wealth at age 37-38 have significantly higher mortality rates before 62. We explore what this means for Scotland. #HealthInequality #Wealth

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Wealth disparities and health inequalities - Scottish Health Equity Research Unit

Two new studies of the health impacts of cash transfers reach conflicting conclusions. Are there lessons for Scottish efforts to improve health and reduce health inequalities?

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Ellie Harwood @ellieharwood.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

We interviewed 40 experts on what works to deliver real change for children in poverty. Raising incomes matters most, but every department and level of government has a role to play. Good practice already happening in many parts of the UK, so effective collaboration and coordination will be key.

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Do you want to involve young children in health research? This new toolkit includes interactive slides and hands-on activities to make #healthdata fun & accessible for young learners Engaging Children with Health Data: A Toolkit Explore: eprints.gla.ac.uk/345833/ #STEMEducation

Preview display of Engaging Children with Health Data: A Toolkit. Flips through slides.

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Exciting opportunity to join the @changingrealities.bsky.social team at a time when the work we do together has never mattered more. Please do share widely jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

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Jobs - The University of York

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Early Education and Childcare Coalition @coalitionedcare.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

NEW study from @uniofbathipr.bsky.social explores the lived experiences of childcare for parents on Universal Credit. Good to see the report support our call for an early years workforce strategy and recommendations on equalising access regardless of parent’s employment status tinyurl.com/yyttr57m

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A big, vast, grey area: Exploring the lived experiences of childcare for parents on Universal Credit

This report explores how parents in receipt of Universal Credit manage childcare costs, and their experiences of childcare and work conditionality requirements.

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

4.3 million children are in poverty UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢 Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in part due to social security policies 1/5

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Missed any of our 2024 policy webinars on #childhealth? Our bitesize 15 min recordings are online - catch up now! matchnet.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/events/

MatCHNet webinar series (2024)
Webinar 14: Exploring the utility of routine perinatal mental health data for informing service provision: insights from the BiB4All cohort (Hollie Henderson, Bradford Institute for Health Research)
Webinar 15: The BEBOLD platform – Australia (Rhiannon Pilkington, University of Adelaide)
Webinar 16: The impacts of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy on child health (Jean Adams, University of Cambridge)

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