What did we find out about

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The (extra)ordinary lives research project
What was the research about? 4 researchers
worked with 8 young people (aged 10-20) to find
out about their everyday lives. The research was
about the lives of young people in care. None
of the young people lived with their parents.
They lived with their grandparents, foster
families, on their own, or with friends.
We helped them make their own projects
about their lives at the me, myself and I group.
They made photographs, videos, animations, music
and arts crafts. You can see some of these in
a film that we made.
Who are we?
What did we find out about? s
We thought this was a good way to find out
about the lives of young people in care because
they had lots of choice about what to do and what
to share with us about their lives.
Friends
Likes dislikes
Families
Caring
We all work at Cardiff University
Favourite things
Alex
Nicola
Emma
Sally
Memories
Worries problems

• Why did we do this?
• To let young people in care tell us about their
  lives in the ways they wanted to.
• To make a difference to how people think about
  and make decisions about young people in care.
• To find out more you can look at our website
• www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/qualiti/dp4.html
• email us qualiti_at_cardiff.ac.uk
• phone us 02920875345

School
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