As the Alexi Project comes to an end we have published four evidence briefings, each highlighting a different aspect of the Hub and Spoke evaluation. They include evidence on the role of the voluntary sector, multi-agency partnerships, outcomes measurement and the Children and Social Work Act. Please read and share with colleagues.

The Alexi Project 'Hub and Spoke' Evaluation has published its final report, summarising three years of data collection.

We have now launched our 10 postcards, each illustrating a different principle of working with children and young people affected by CSE

Talking shop with Serrina Lobban, a Barnardo's spoke worker delivering early intervention work with a focus on faith and culture.

Blanca Gonzalez-Tarrio is the CSE spoke worker in the Link to Change service in Cambridgeshire. In this post, we discuss the pros and cons of co-location for CSE workers.

We are looking for a comic artist to illustrate messages from young people that have  emerged from a series of research projects undertaken by staff in the International Centre.

The deadline is Friday 21st July at 5 pm.

Lucie Shuker, Zoe Cox and Kirsche Walker reflect on a recent event hosted by the Alexi Project participation strand about children's participation and CSE.

Isabelle Brodie leads work on the participation strand of the Alexi project. In this blog post she reflects on conversations with project workers about the value and place of group work with young people in child sexual exploitation services.

Dina Holder is the Child and Young Person's Service Manager at CLEAR in Cornwall. In this post she reflects on integrating a therapeutic approach into work on CSE.

On April 26th the Alexi Project hosted a one-day conference exploring the gap between policy and practice when it comes to children’s participation and CSE. View the programme here ahead of the full event report.

A report from the Alexi Project team's presentations at the NWG conference in March

Link to Change is one of the Alexi Project Hub and Spoke Projects. 

Join them at their 4th Annual Conference on 3rd March 2017 entitled "I’m not a victim, I’m a survivor”

In the second of our five posts on realist evaluation we look at the role of theory in understanding, testing and refining the ideas that underpin the hub and spoke model of extending CSE services.

The Alexi Project evaluation of the Hub and Spoke model is taking a realist approach - but what does that mean? In the first of a mini-series we explore the kinds of questions that realist evaluators ask and the implications for the project as a whole.

Lucie Shuker presents some of the key learning about Hub and Spoke models in use within the Alexi Project so far. 

2016 has been quite a year so far and we're only two thirds through it. Lucie Shuker, policy lead for the evaluation team, reflects on how recent changes in Westminster might affect CSE services and the work of the Alexi Project . 

In this post Lucie interviews Kerry Tate, Team Leader of the Hub and Spoke service within Sheffield Futures, about delivering CSE training to taxi drivers across South Yorkshire.

We will be blogging about the activities and outputs of the Alexi Project over the next 18 months, so do subscribe if you want hear the latest news.

You can expect a mixture of content on our findings to date, methodological approaches, fieldwork activities and implications of the project for policy and practice.