Sheffield Children’s 0-19 Research Network shortlisted for two national awards   

The 0-19 Research Network (Yorkshire and Humber), hosted at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, has been shortlisted for two national awards for their work in clinical research and public health nursing. 

The Nursing Times award categories they are shortlisted in are: 

• Clinical Research Nursing Award for the promotion and development of high-quality clinical research and culture and innovative solutions in health and social care.  

• Public Health Nursing Award for the promotion and protection of the public’s health and recognising the leadership of specialist public health practitioners. 

Lisa Manlove, health visitor team leader for the Manor Darnall team and co-facilitator of the 0-19 Research Network will be attending the awards on 23 of October along with Louise Wolstenholme (0-19 Lead for Research) who leads the network, and they are delighted that the project has been recognised again.  

Lisa said: “We were shortlisted in 2023 which was wonderful recognition for the project, and all involved, and we are over the moon to have been shortlisted again, and this time we have the completed evaluation of the project, so fingers crossed! 

“For this project it is important to say we have worked with other NHS trusts, local authorities, social enterprise 0-19 services, Leeds Beckett University and national bodies including the Institute of Health Visiting and the School and Public Health Nurses Association. It has been a real team effort, and successful collaborations were key.” 

The 0-19 Research Network has been hosted by Sheffield Children’s since 2021 and is co-delivered with Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH). The network, following a successful funding bid to the Clinical Research Network secured funds to support areas across Yorkshire and Humber to develop research champions and to establish their own local Community of Research Practice and to continue to run the regional network.  

The project idea was a result of seeing the success that Sheffield and RDaSH had seen with their own local Community of Research Practice and becoming more research active as a result. Following the project there are now eight ‘research active 0-19 Services’ across the Yorkshire and Humber region, including Hull, Humber, Bradford, Kirklees/Calderdale, Barnsley and York. 

The Sheffield Children’s 0-19 team have worked to educate and empower 0-19 practitioners across the eight locations to build from their unique knowledge and enable them to create their own Community of Research Practice and build research capacity of their staff. The research project has successfully supported and increased the participation and recruitment of children and families into public health research, with a focus on those underserved populations in the community. 

The increase in 0-19 teams strengthening their research communities has meant there have been more projects rolled out across their areas. For example, initiatives such as ‘This Mum Moves’, an educational programme which aims to empower women to make informed physical activity choices throughout pregnancy and beyond and ‘Surviving Crying’ which looks at different ways of supporting parents and carers with excessively crying babies. 

By sharing experiences, best practices and support through the research network, knowledge and knowhow for research in the community will continue to grow! 

Huge congratulations to the team for being shortlisted! We wish you all the luck for Wednesday 23 October.