News and resources
“By default not by design”: What came after Sure Start?
We hear a lot about Sure Start at the moment. But what happened next as austerity hit early intervention, and what can we learn from this? I’ve been digging into my archive to see what I can find
MEW to join the RCT HDRC Annual Conference 2026
Making Evidence Work are delighted to join Rhondda Cynon Taf Health Determinants Research Collaboration's first annual conference. Ben Lewing will be delivering a keynote which will celebrate the progress that RCT have made using the Evidence Pie to drive the use of...
Making Evidence Work and Nesta launch Best Start peer group mentoring
We are delighted to be able to offer peer group mentoring for local Best Start leaders, a collaborative approach to share experiences, solve problems together, and provide mutual support.
New coaching offer for Best Start in Life plans
Making Evidence Work will offer 1:1 coaching to every local authority in England as part of Nesta’s BSiL offer to local leaders.
MEW joins UPEN
We are delighted to have become a member of the Universities Policy Engagement Network. UPEN is a network of organisations interested in the way academic evidence is used in policy and practice. We're one of the first members outside of academia, and our membership...
Why 25 years of ‘Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities’ matters to what comes next for parenting support
The Race Equality Foundation marked a significant milestone recently in the delivery of Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities. Ben Lewing joined the celebrations to reflect on why this work matters, and what the future holds for parenting support.
“Getting your hands dirty unearthing evidence”
Ben Lewing, Director at Making Evidence Work and Zoe Lancelott, Head of RCT Health Determinants Research Collaboration, reflect on exploring Real World Evidence and the Rhondda Cynon Taf Evidence Pie with leaders for early years and family support services in Wales.
Extra-familial harm: MEW supporting the Youth Endowment Fund
Making Evidence Work is supporting the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) with an active programme of children’s services sector engagement over the autumn.
MEW to join Wales early years leaders
Making Evidence Work Director, Ben Lewing, has been invited to deliver a keynote presentation at the upcoming Welsh Government conference for Flying Start and Families First leaders, on 'What does evidence look like in the real world, and how can we unlock its...
Building Best Start on real world evidence
Local authorities need evidence to underpin the new “ambitious Best start local plans”. But what evidence matters to leaders of local systems?
Best Start and Racial Disparities
5 things that local Best Start leaders can do to use real-world evidence to drive race equity.
MEW endorses Nesta’s ‘A New Era’
Making Evidence Work is pleased to formally endorse Nesta’s high level blueprint for transforming family support in England, ‘Towards A New Era of Integration in the Early Years’.