Supporting children, young people and families to thrive

At Cordis Bright, we help partners evaluate and strengthen services that let children, young people and families thrive – especially those facing the greatest challenges.

Our work with children, young people and families spans prevention, early intervention, targeted support and specialist provision.

Whether you’re seeking to strengthen early intervention, improve outcomes for children or young people with specific needs, respond to rising demand, or deliver system-wide reform, we bring the expertise and practical insight to help you succeed. Our focus is always on translating evidence into meaningful, lasting improvements in young people’s lives.

What we can help you with

We support central government, local authorities, health partners, criminal justice services, What Works Centres and the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector to:

• Understand local need through robust research and data analysis (in areas including SEND, Looked After Children, Adverse Childhood Experiences).
• Evaluate and improve innovative services for children and young people, including national and local transformation programmes. 
• Evidence the impact of programmes, funds, services and organisations using tailored methods ranging from robust randomised control trials, to theory-based mixed-method evaluations, to proportionate approaches for smaller organisations, to creative and participatory qualitative techniques and peer research with children and young people.
• Improve partnership working across children’s social care, health, police, and voluntary and community sector organisations.
• Embed the voices of children and young people in service design, delivery and evaluation. We prioritise ethical research practice, trauma-informed approaches, and inclusion in our work with children and young people.
• Strengthen safeguarding and quality of practice, drawing on first-hand leadership and inspection experience.
• Address financial, caseload and practice pressures within children’s services.
• Build the foundation for sustainable change, making sure our recommendations are easily embedded and have lasting impact for children, young people and families.

We have experience of working with services focused on children looked after and care leavers; special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and neurodivergence; youth justice, diversion, and violence and crime prevention; children and young people with multiple and complex needs; mental health; specialist provision including domestic abuse; education, employment and positive futures; early help for families; and universal youth provision.