The University of Oxford has been awarded £11 million, five-year grant by The LEGO Foundation.
The grant is for international research, led by Oxford University in the UK, aimed at developing and providing free, evidence-based, playful parenting support to parents all over the world.
The research will embed parenting within existing government and NGO services to improve child development and learning and prevent sexual, physical, and emotional child abuse globally.
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Dr Lachman, senior research and teaching fellow at Oxford’s Department of Social Policy & Intervention, said: “We are delighted to be embarking on this playful learning journey with the LEGO Foundation and our partners.
"This ambitious research initiative aims to have a fundamental impact on child learning and violence prevention through the scale-up of evidence-based playful parenting programmes in the Global South.
“As we have learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, parents and caregivers across the world urgently need effective parenting support that is relevant to their lives and responsive to the challenges they experience. The Global Parenting Initiative will provide this.”
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Sarah Bouchie, chief impact officer at the LEGO Foundation, said: “With this partnership, we are supporting playful learning to become a priority for every child — sustained through local centres that promote research, learning, and practice.
"Most important to this work is the opportunity for children all over the world to engage in playful experiences that support a lifelong love of learning.”
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