This impact report, focusing on activities and change against its theory of change during its 2019 - 2022 strategy period. The report, by Tiller Research Ltd, highlights outcomes and changes under the Alliance's four linked areas of impact, partnership, practice, research and policy. These areas were identified in the Alliance's 2018 consultation, which recommended that the Alliance focus on connecting practitioners, policy makers and researchers with each other, with evidence and with support. The report celebrates the Alliance's impact on policy developments and its achievements in building and supporting a thriving UK-wide network of research-practice Hubs, connecting 891 professionals in 12 Hubs hosted by 21 partners working to do together for Service children what they cannot do alone.
Abstract: This research set out to investigate the experiences of ‘grown up’ children from armed forces families, to gather their reflections on childhood and education, and to seek their advice to inform the current armed forces community, policy-makers and practitioners. The Service Children’s Progression Alliance (SCiP) defines a child from an armed forces family as “a person whose parent or carer serves in the Regular Armed Forces, or as a Reservist, or has done at any point during the first 25 years of that person’s life” (SCiP, 2017: para 2) and the Office for Students refers to this definition in their documentation relating to student characteristics (OfS n.d. para 8, see also OfS, 2020: para 11). In this research we use the term ‘grown up’ to indicate individuals over the age of 18 recognised to have reached the legal age of adulthood in the UK. This group of individuals are currently overlooked in research, policy and practice as the focus continues to be on serving members of the armed forces, veterans, and families, including school-aged children.