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Basic income for care leavers in Wales pilot evaluation: annual report 2023 to 2024

  • Sally Holland
  • , David Westlake
  • , Louise Roberts
  • , Dimitris Vallis
  • , Harriet Lloyd
  • , Michael Sanders
  • , Vibhor Mathur
  • , Zoe Bezeczky
  • , Kate Pickett
  • , Matthew Johnson
  • , Rod Hick
  • , Jonathan Ablitt
  • , Elizabeth Schroeder
  • , Patrick Fahr
  • , Stavros Petrou
  • CASCADE, Cardiff University
  • The Policy Institute, Kings College London
  • Department of Health Sciences, University of York
  • Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University
  • School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
  • Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford

Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Abstract

The Basic Income for Care Leavers in Wales Pilot was launched in July 2022.

This report is the first in a series of annual evaluation reports. The report includes findings that will be built on over the course of the evaluation until 2027.

The report aims to:

-use survey and enrolment data to describe the characteristics of recipients of the basic income
-provide an initial programme theory, this describes how the pilot works
-discuss professionals’ views and early experiences of the pilot
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationUK
PublisherWelsh Government
Number of pages122
ISBN (Electronic)9781835775868
Publication statusPublished - 22 Feb 2024

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to many people who contributed to this report. We would particularly like to thank the many professionals who have taken part in focus groups and interviews, and those who have supported the completion of surveys. The study would not be possible without their willingness to share experiences of the pilot and efforts to support it, and we thank them for making time to contribute despite heavy workloads and other priorities.

The support of colleagues at the Welsh Government has also been invaluable, particularly those in the Tackling Poverty and Supporting Families Division and Knowledge and Analytic Services. They have coordinated the evaluation and provided feedback on earlier drafts of this report. The evaluation has also benefitted from the input of Linda Briheim and Susanna Larsson and Emma Hosking at Coram Voice, and Professor Julie Selwyn at the University of Oxford, for their work on the initial implementation of the survey.

We have had expert support from several colleagues within CASCADE at Cardiff University. Freya Elsy and Dan Latham helped resolve some formatting issues and ensured the report was compliant with government social research guidelines. Megan Nightingale was a project administrator within the team for the study during this first year, and worked behind the scenes to make sure data collection was possible. Rachael Vaughan and Elaine Spayer have coordinated the input of our lived experience co-production group. Members of the group have provided valuable advice throughout the project to date, and we look forward to continuing to work with them for the remainder of the study.

Finally, the evaluation benefits from the wisdom and expertise of three other advisory groups; the External Strategic Advisory Group, which we appointed to guide us on methodological and research issues; the Welsh Government’s Technical Advisory Group of external experts, and the Welsh Government’s Research and Evaluation Advisory Group.

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