A new research and design programme

Our aim is to help local communities, young people and public service partnerships better understand and address the root causes (and wider determinants) of young people’s mental health.

We’re made up of leading academics, designers and practitioners, dedicated to working alongside communities in specific localities. Together, we will test and co-design evidence-based responses (in a ‘framework’) to these root causes, over the next four years.

Where we work

The framework will be developed in two different communities to start with – Newham in East London, and rural North Devon. Through research, design and collaboration, we will discover opportunities for positive change in a way that supports young people’s mental health.

In the future, this framework can then be used on a wider-scale, in other communities across the UK.

Publications & Resources

Changes in the adult consequences of adolescent mental ill-health: findings from the 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts.

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  • Thompson EJ, Richards M, Ploubidis GB, Fonagy P, Patalay P. Psychol Med [Internet].
  • 2021 [cited 2022 Jun 6];

Mental Health of Children and Young People in England 2021 – wave 2 follow up to the 2017 survey

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  • NHS Digital

  • 2021

An integrated approach to evidence for those working to improve outcomes for children and young people

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  • Dartington Service Design Lab
  • Feb 2022

Funding

This work is supported by the UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP), which is funded by the British Heart Foundation, Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, Health and Social Care Research and Development Division (Welsh Government), Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health Research, Natural Environment Research Council, Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland), The Health Foundation and Wellcome.

Our People

Bio

Professor Peter Fonagy

Kailo research director and Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

UCL
Bio

Professor Tim Hobbs

Kailo research co-director and Chief Executive

Dartington Service Design Lab
Bio

Professor Vashti Berry

Associate Professor in Prevention Science & Director of the Children & Young People

University of Exeter
Bio

Professor Martin Pitt

Professor of Applied Healthcare Modelling and Data Science and Director of PenCHORD

University of Exeter
Bio

Professor Steve Pilling

Head of the Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology

UCL
Jen Shand, UCL Bio

Dr Jen Shand

Director of Strategy and Partnerships

UCL Partners
Bio

Dr Nirandeep Rehill

Public Health Specialist (Clinical)

UCL Partners
Rosalind Raine, NIHR ARC Bio

Professor Rosalind Raine

Director of NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North Thames

UCL
Bio

Liz Cracknell

AMBIT Programme lead

AFNCCF
Bio

Dr Dickon Bevington

Medical Director

AFNCCF
Peter Fuggle, AFNCCF Bio

Dr Peter Fuggle

Head of Programme for Clinical services

AFNCCF
Bio

Professor Jess Deighton

Professor in Child Mental Health and Wellbeing

UCL
Bio

Rachel Lily

Communications and Design Manager

Dartington Service Design Lab
Thomas Booker, UCL Bio

Thomas Booker

Kailo Programme Manager

UCL
Katie Potter, North Devon lead Bio

Katie Potter

Senior Designer and North Devon Site Lead

Dartington Service Design Lab
Bio

Ediane Santana De Lima

Senior Researcher

Dartington Service Design Lab
Bio

Dr Gisella Hanley-Santos

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Exeter
Bio

Dr Laura Kennedy

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

UCL
Bio

Christine Anning

Administrator

University of Exeter
Bio

Megan Keenan

Senior Researcher

Dartington Service Design Lab
Bio

Maxwell Murphy

Senior Researcher

Dartington Service Design Lab
Bio

Tamsin Greene Barker

PhD student

University of Oxford
Bio

Amy Heather

Research Assistant

University of Exeter
Tamanna, Uni of Exeter Bio

Tamanna Malhotra

Research Assistant

University of Exeter