This document outlines EveryChild’s approach to the growing problem of children without parental care by defining key concepts, analysing the nature and extent of the problem, exploring factors which place children at risk of losing parental care, and examining the impact of a loss of parental care on children’s rights.

Collection of abstracts from conference presentations

Programme of presentations and activities

Summary of conference delegates' declarations and recommendations

Summary of conference declarations and recommendations prepared by over 400 conference participants emphasizing the crucial importance of family based care for children without parental care.

Report is based on a survey of 316 children and discussions with a further 46 children on their experiences as children in care.

Manual to assist countries in strengthening their information system around children in formal care through data collection around 15 global indicators

This report is the result of a workshop held with a group of young care-leavers drawn from ten different charitable children’s institutions or rehabilitation centres and of a questionnaire carried out on the young care-leavers.

Keys findings from the full investigation into state-run children's institutions in Ireland from the 1930s - 1990s

This paper outlines a vision for the network of services, policies, and programmes necessary to protect children at risk and enable them to reach their full potential, free from violence, exploitation, and abuse.