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For the best experience please click Accept all below.",true,{"url":17,"alt":18,"width":19,"height":20},"c-gull-logo@2x.png","Children Growing Up in Liverpool logo",468,172,[22,25,29,32,35,38,41],{"title":23,"url":24},"Taking part","\u002Ftaking-part",{"title":26,"url":27,"target":28,"external":28},"About","\u002Fabout\u002F",false,{"title":30,"url":31},"Dads \u002F Partners","\u002Fdad-partner",{"title":33,"url":34},"Resources","\u002Fresources",{"title":36,"url":37},"FAQ","\u002Ffaq",{"title":39,"url":40},"News","\u002Fnews",{"title":42,"url":43,"target":28,"external":28},"Contact","\u002Fcontact\u002F",[],[],{"footerLogo":47,"footerCol1":49,"footerCol2":50,"footerCol3":51,"additionalInfo":52},{"url":48,"alt":18,"width":19,"height":20},"c-gull-logo-footer@2x.png","cgullstudy@liverpool.ac.uk\\\n+44 (0)151 795 6700","C-GULL Study based in the Harris-Wellbeing Research Centre\nGround Floor\nLiverpool Women's Hospital\nCrown Street, L8 7SS","[Privacy policy](\u002Fprivacy)\n[Cookie policy](\u002Fcookies)\n[Accessibility statement](\u002Faccessibility)\n[Site map](\u002Fsite-map)","The C-GULL Study is funded through a Wellcome Trust Longitudinal and Population Study Award (Reference: 217067\u002FZ\u002F19\u002FZ & 226630\u002FZ\u002F22\u002FZ), targeted at providing support to researchers who want to establish, maintain or enhance Longitudinal Population Studies for the benefit of the wider scientific community.\n\nEnhancement funding is provided by matched funding from the University of Liverpool. The civic-owned data resource is supported by the Civic Data Co-operative.\n\nSite made by morph.co.uk.","data\u002Fsite","ypp1SvOwKohkPiGrs8Iuw7B1d65Z-_Pwv7h26FnoV8E",{"id":56,"title":39,"body":57,"date":57,"description":57,"extension":5,"meta":58,"navigation":15,"path":71,"seo":72,"stem":73,"__hash__":74},"newsArticles\u002Fnews\u002Findex.en.json",null,{"pageTitle":39,"pageMetadata":59,"pageHeader":60,"categories":69,"isFilterable":28,"maxCardsPerRow":70},{"htmlTitle":39,"htmlDesc":39},{"title":61,"settings":62,"image":64},"# News",{"imgPosition":63},"bottom",{"url":65,"alt":66,"width":67,"height":68},"c-gull-header-image-13.svg","",1000,655,[],"2","\u002Fnews\u002Findex.en",{"title":39},"news\u002Findex.en","UU7_8Xyh_ejnlM3e-AZcrvKuR4Gh7-BrRlIbmBj3eKg",[76,107,131,155,180,207,231,254],{"id":77,"title":78,"body":57,"date":79,"description":57,"extension":5,"meta":80,"navigation":15,"path":103,"seo":104,"stem":105,"__hash__":106},"newsArticles\u002Fnews\u002F2026-08-05-c-gull-newsletter-summer-issue-june-2026.en.json","C-GULL Newsletter Summer issue, June 2026","2026-08-05",{"type":81,"page_content":82,"pageMetadata":100,"articleCard":101},"article",[83,90],{"type":84,"sectionSettings":85,"title":88,"text":89},"page_header",{"textAlign":86,"sectionLabel":78,"theme":87},"left","primary","# C-GULL Newsletter Summer issue, June 2026","05\u002F08\u002F2026",{"type":91,"sectionSettings":92,"settings":94,"image":96,"text":99},"text_and_image",{"textAlign":86,"theme":93},"transparent",{"imgPosition":95},"top",{"url":97,"width":67,"height":98},"c-gull-card-image-3.svg",639,"Click below to view the Summer 2026 issue of our C-GULL Newsletter.\n\n**Contents**\n\nA welcome note from Christine\nWhat's new in CGULL?\nParticipant Spotlight\nStaff Spotlight\n\n[C-GULL Newsletter Summer issue, June 2026](\u002Fimg\u002FCGULL-Newsletter_June-2026.pdf)",{"htmlTitle":78,"htmlDesc":78},{"title":78,"summary":102},"All the latest news about C-GULL","\u002Fnews\u002F2026-08-05-c-gull-newsletter-summer-issue-june-2026.en",{"title":78},"news\u002F2026-08-05-c-gull-newsletter-summer-issue-june-2026.en","zHP4ieQPMTR7Wl6p0gUpZ0MQOj5dabX3H8vG9r4pzco",{"id":108,"title":109,"body":57,"date":110,"description":57,"extension":5,"meta":111,"navigation":15,"path":127,"seo":128,"stem":129,"__hash__":130},"newsArticles\u002Fnews\u002F2025-07-31-c-gull-summer-picnic.en.json","C-GULL Summer Picnic","2025-07-31",{"type":81,"page_content":112,"pageMetadata":124,"articleCard":126},[113,117],{"type":84,"sectionSettings":114,"title":115,"text":116},{"textAlign":86,"sectionLabel":109,"theme":87},"# C-GULL Summer Picnic","31\u002F07\u002F2025",{"type":91,"sectionSettings":118,"settings":119,"image":120,"text":123},{"textAlign":86,"theme":93},{"imgPosition":95},{"url":121,"width":67,"height":122},"cgull-summer-picnic-.png",733,"## Parents and children taking part in the groundbreaking Children Growing Up in Liverpool (C-GULL) study came together for a very special summer picnic.\n\nThe babies and their mums and dads enjoyed an afternoon of fun at The Bluecoat in Liverpool as a special thank you for being part of C-GULL.\n\nJo Jingles Liverpool led the tots and their parents through a special play session and families were asked to share their hopes for future generations with a special wishing tree in the secret garden.\n\nThe picnic was also a chance for parents to meet up with members of the study team and get to know other mums and dads who are part of the project.\n\nC-GULL will follow the lives of 10,000 babies born in Liverpool, from early pregnancy through childhood and beyond, to help transform health outcomes in the city.\n\nThe study is a partnership between the University of Liverpool, Wellcome, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Liverpool City Council, and the Liverpool Women’s Hospital.\n\nIt is the first large-scale birth cohort study of its kind in the region, and it has the potential to make a significant impact on our understanding of complex health issues.\n\nDr Andrew Sharp, Senior Lecturer at The University of Liverpool and consultant obstetrician at Liverpool Women’s, joined other members of the study team at the event.\n\nHe said: “It was a pleasure to be at the party and meet the mums, dads and babies who are part of C-GULL. We are so grateful to them for giving up their time to take part.\n\n“C-GULL is so important for a city like Liverpool because it will give us a better understanding of the challenges people here face and help us understand more about the link between complex health issues, pregnancy and early childhood.”\n\nThose taking part in the study can be involved as little or as much as they want. This can vary from basic data from healthcare records being included, right through to providing samples of hair, breast milk and mum and baby’s poo. Participants can receive vouchers up to a value of £100 for taking part and providing samples of mum’s poo, baby's poo or breast milk.\n\nResearchers will use the samples to extract vital information that will help provide an insight into the health of mums to be, parents and babies in Liverpool. That in turn will enable them to form a body of evidence to answer questions around health in the city now and in the future.\n\nCarly Williams, Lead Research Midwife for the study, joined colleagues in spending the afternoon with the families.\n\nShe said: “It was lovely to catch up with so many of our C-GULL parents and babies.\n\n“We are so grateful to them for being part of the study and helping us discover more about the health of our local population and improving the chances of our children now and in the future.”\n\nIf you would like to be part of C-GULL and help the efforts to reverse the inequalities of health in Liverpool you can find out more here.\n\nThe study is open to anyone who is aged 16 and over, pregnant and receiving care at Liverpool women’s Hospital. The team want to involve all families from different ethnic, cultural, social and family backgrounds so that they can understand how to improve the health and wellbeing of all children in the Liverpool City Region.\n\n(Image courtesy of Gareth Jones)",{"htmlTitle":109,"htmlDesc":125},"Parents and children taking part in the groundbreaking Children Growing Up in Liverpool (C-GULL) study came together for a very special summer picnic.",{"title":109,"summary":125},"\u002Fnews\u002F2025-07-31-c-gull-summer-picnic.en",{"title":109},"news\u002F2025-07-31-c-gull-summer-picnic.en","QU2pQpg747N3XCp2EQ7pYC7JrofFpiK265FFhkG4cHg",{"id":132,"title":133,"body":57,"date":134,"description":57,"extension":5,"meta":135,"navigation":15,"path":151,"seo":152,"stem":153,"__hash__":154},"newsArticles\u002Fnews\u002F2024-12-23-a-special-festive-celebration-for-babies-and-parents-taking-part-in-c-gull.en.json","C-GULL Christmas Party","2024-12-23",{"type":81,"page_content":136,"pageMetadata":147,"articleCard":150},[137,141],{"type":84,"sectionSettings":138,"title":139,"text":140},{"textAlign":86,"sectionLabel":133,"theme":87},"# C-GULL Christmas Party","23\u002F12\u002F2024",{"type":91,"sectionSettings":142,"settings":143,"image":144,"text":146},{"textAlign":86,"theme":93},{"imgPosition":95},{"url":145,"width":67,"height":122},"cgull-xmas-2024-1000px.jpg","## A special festive celebration for babies and parents taking part in Children Growing Up in Liverpool\n\nParents and children taking part in a groundbreaking research project aimed at improving health outcomes for families came together for a very special Christmas party.\n\nThe babies and their mums and dads enjoyed an afternoon of festive fun as a special thank you for being part of Children Growing Up in Liverpool (C-GULL).\n\nMini Maestros Liverpool led the tots and their parents through a special seasonal music session with percussion, singing and dance.\n\nThe babies enjoyed playing percussion and even enjoyed some disco dancing – which the parents got involved with too.\n\nThe party was also a chance for parents to meet up with members of the study team and get to know other mums and dads who are part of the project.\n\nThe Christmas gathering was held at Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. C-GULL will follow the lives of 10,000 babies born there, from early pregnancy through childhood and beyond, to help transform health outcomes in the city. \n\nThe study is a partnership between the University of Liverpool, Wellcome, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Liverpool City Council, and the Liverpool Women’s.\n\nIt is the first large-scale birth cohort study of its kind in the region, and it has the potential to make a significant impact on our understanding of complex health issues.\n\nJenny Hannon, Executive Managing Director of Liverpool Women’s Hospital, met families and members of the study team at the party.\n\nShe said: “It was a pleasure to be at the party and meet the mums, dads and babies who are part of C-GULL. We are so grateful to them for giving up their time to take part.\n\n“This study has the potential to transform health outcomes in our city by allowing us to understand more about the link between complex health issues and early childhood. We hope this will help future generations and we are proud that Liverpool Women’s is part of this crucial research.” \n\nProfessor Louise Kenny, Principal Investigator of C-GULL, said: \"Thank you to the families who joined us – together, we are co-creating a healthier future for children and families in our community.”\n\nThe C-GULL study is a partnership between the University of Liverpool, Wellcome, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Liverpool City Council, and the Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.\n\nYou can find out more about C-GULL [here.](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cgullstudy.com\u002F)\n\nFollow C-GULL on [Instagram](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.instagram.com\u002Fcgullstudy\u002F).",{"htmlTitle":148,"htmlDesc":149},"A special festive celebration for babies and parents taking part in Children Growing Up in Liverpool","Parents and children taking part in a groundbreaking research project aimed at improving health outcomes for families came together for a very special Christmas party.",{"title":133,"summary":149},"\u002Fnews\u002F2024-12-23-a-special-festive-celebration-for-babies-and-parents-taking-part-in-c-gull.en",{"title":133},"news\u002F2024-12-23-a-special-festive-celebration-for-babies-and-parents-taking-part-in-c-gull.en","2JLgaF_d1Hy0CJY2dKTfwsgPd9ig6aB7Qhrk6wLWOJk",{"id":156,"title":157,"body":57,"date":158,"description":57,"extension":5,"meta":159,"navigation":15,"path":176,"seo":177,"stem":178,"__hash__":179},"newsArticles\u002Fnews\u002F2024-10-29-young-voices-big-ideas.en.json","young-voices-big-ideas","2024-10-29",{"type":81,"page_content":160,"pageMetadata":172,"articleCard":175},[161,166],{"type":84,"sectionSettings":162,"title":164,"text":165},{"textAlign":86,"sectionLabel":163,"theme":87},"Young Voices Big Ideas ","# Young Voices Big Ideas ","29\u002F10\u002F2024",{"type":91,"sectionSettings":167,"settings":168,"image":169,"text":171},{"textAlign":86,"theme":93},{"imgPosition":95},{"url":170},"c-gull-baby-1.jpg","C-GULL parents and babies were the guests of honour at the official opening of [Young Voices Big Ideas](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk\u002Fwhatson\u002Fmuseum-of-liverpool\u002Fexhibition\u002Fyoung-voices-big-ideas).\n\nThe thoughts of more than 900 children and young people on the future of health and well-being in their home city are being showcased at the display on Liverpool’s waterfront.\n\n\nThe display at [Museum of Liverpool](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk\u002Fmuseum-of-liverpool) is open until 3 November and brings together children and young people’s ideas about how to make the city a happier and healthier place.\n\n\nThe showcase is running in tandem with pioneering research project [Children Growing Up in Liverpool](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cgullstudy.com) (C-GULL) looking into health inequalities across the Liverpool City Region and many C-GULL babies were at the opening with their parents.\n\n\nC-GULL is a study that will follow the lives of 10,000 babies born at [Liverpool Women’s Hospital](https:\u002F\u002Fliverpoolwomens.nhs.uk), from early pregnancy through childhood and beyond, to help transform health outcomes in the city. It is the first large-scale birth cohort study of its kind in the region, and it has the potential to make a significant impact on our understanding of complex health issues.\n\n\nThe museum installation will not only answer more questions about the study, how it will work and what the researchers hope to learn but will also bring to life the ideas of the children and young people on how we can improve their health and wellbeing and the wider city region in the future.\n\n\nThe Young Voices, Big Ideas project spoke to children and young people in Liverpool about how they could have a happier and healthier future, and how the ground-breaking C-GULL study could help answer children’s questions and improve their health and wellbeing.\nChildren and young people’s input was gathered via a pop up that visited schools, community centres, fayres, family fun days, youth clubs and city-wide events, and through workshops in primary schools across the city region since November 2023 on “changes we want to see for our future”.\n\n\nChildren and young people were asked to complete the sentence: “My future could be happier and healthier if….” and to draw or build a healthy city for the future. \n\nChildren and young people shared their thoughts and ideas in the form of audio recordings, digital messages, hand-written notes and pictures they drew.\n\n\nWhile visiting the installation, families can see a selection of children’s drawings and voices, and more will be available on the Young Voices, Big Ideas archive. There will also be the opportunity to read children’s books designed with young people about growing up and living in Liverpool.\n\n\nColouring illustrations from the book will be available at the installation, and during half term there will be free, bookable workshops where children aged five-11 can unleash their inner Lego® master builder to build and think about how we can make a happier and healthier city to live in, with the Young Voices, Big Ideas trained Lego® Serious Play facilitator. You can book a session [here](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk\u002Fwhatson\u002Fmuseum-of-liverpool\u002Fevent\u002Fyoung-voices-big-ideas-build-legor-city).\n\n\nAs well as featuring these views and feelings, the museum event will also be an opportunity for children and parents to find out more about C-GULL and the work of the scientists who want to improve the lives of people in Liverpool and beyond.\n\n\nRebecca Geary, lead researcher on Young Voices, Big Ideas said: “Young Voices, Big Ideas has given us a unique insight into the hopes and dreams of our children and young people and how they want to make Liverpool a healthier and happier city region. This installation amplifies the children’s voices and the change they are advocating by sharing their drawings, voices and words.\n\n\n“We are so grateful to all who have contributed so far, and we would encourage everyone to come to the museum to share the experience, learn more about what young people want and discover how C-GULL can be a game changer for health and wellbeing for our future generations.”\n\n\nThe C-GULL study is a partnership between the University of Liverpool, Wellcome, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Liverpool City Council, and the Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.\n\n\nGet along to the Museum of Liverpool to find out more about the study with the C-GULL installation until 3 November. Find out more [here](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk\u002Fwhatson\u002Fmuseum-of-liverpool\u002Fexhibition\u002Fyoung-voices-big-ideas).\n\n\nLego ® workshop date:\n•\tSaturday 2 November 1-1.45pm, 2-2.45 and 3-3.45pm\n\n\n**What children and young people have said during Young Voices, Big Ideas**\n\n\n“If the government cared more about the children who are hungry and the people who don’t get as much money as other people, and if they banned the cost of living and made at least enough to live because in this society today they don’t make enough to get by in life, and they barely have any money to like, just survive basically.”\n\n\n“My future could be happier and healthy if we had cleaner parks with less dirt and people not littering. Because if we had cleaner parks people would want to go to the parks more and get more exercise and it might make people happier. I would also like there to be more parks with fun things to do for kids, and parks to be maintained more then people will like going to parks more.”",{"htmlTitle":173,"htmlDesc":174},"Young Voices Big Ideas, C-Gull Study","C-GULL parents and babies were the guests of honour at the official opening of Young Voices Big Ideas.",{"title":163,"summary":174},"\u002Fnews\u002F2024-10-29-young-voices-big-ideas.en",{"title":157},"news\u002F2024-10-29-young-voices-big-ideas.en","q72ZIZXtgYAG46hsW38cc_Xy4ZW0M9iUH0rHheWm1kE",{"id":181,"title":182,"body":57,"date":183,"description":57,"extension":5,"meta":184,"navigation":15,"path":203,"seo":204,"stem":205,"__hash__":206},"newsArticles\u002Fnews\u002F2024-08-19-university-chancellor.en.json","university-chancellor","2024-07-17",{"type":81,"page_content":185,"pageMetadata":199,"articleCard":201},[186,191],{"type":84,"sectionSettings":187,"title":189,"text":190},{"textAlign":86,"sectionLabel":188,"theme":87},"University Chancellor visits C-Gull team","# University Chancellor visits C-Gull team","17\u002F07\u002F2024",{"type":91,"sectionSettings":192,"settings":193,"image":194,"text":198},{"textAlign":86,"theme":93},{"imgPosition":95},{"url":195,"width":196,"height":197},"chancellor-and-patient.jpg",2048,1536,"The University of Liverpool Chancellor, United States District Judge Wendy Beetlestone, met staff and learned more about Children Growing Up in Liverpool (G-GULL) during a visit to the study’s Research Centre at Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. \n\nDuring her visit, Wendy met staff including the laboratory team and research midwives who are involved in the work aimed at improving health outcomes for families in the city region.  \n\nShe also chatted with C-GULL study participants and parents of patients in the Trust’s neonatal unit. The visit provided an invaluable opportunity for her to witness firsthand the groundbreaking research and patient care being delivered in these critical areas. \n\nThe visit underscored the vital partnership between the university and neighbouring NHS trusts and Wendy took the time to visit the academic unit and meet clinical academics to learn more about their ongoing work, further highlighting the collaborative spirit that drives the shared civic mission between the university and NHS partners. \n\nProfessor Louise Kenny, the Executive Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences and Principal Investigator for C-GULL, said: \"The visit was a significant moment for us as it showcased the essential research and collaborative efforts between the university and our healthcare partners. We are proud of the impactful work being done here and are grateful for her support.\" \n\nDr Lynn Greenhalgh, Chief Medical Officer at Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust said: \"We were delighted to host Judge Wendy Beetlestone and demonstrate the critical research and clinical care that our teams are providing. Her visit reaffirmed the strength of our partnership with the University of Liverpool, and we look forward to continuing our collaborative efforts to improve healthcare outcomes.\" \n\nJudge Beetlestone was announced as the next Chancellor of the University of Liverpool last year. She is the University’s 11th Chancellor and the institution’s first female, and first black, Chancellor.  \n\nAn alumna of the University, Wendy was born in Nigeria and educated in Yorkshire. She graduated with a BA (Hons) in Philosophy in 1984, before embarking on a career as a TV journalist, entering the legal profession a decade later. In 2014 she was nominated by US President Barack Obama to serve as a District Court Judge. Her jurisdiction covers both civil and criminal cases involving the US Constitution, US statutes, and diversity cases between citizens of different states. \n\nIn 2019, the University awarded Wendy an honorary degree in recognition and celebration of her fearless commitment to fairness and justice throughout her career. As Chancellor, she will be the University’s ceremonial figurehead and will play an important ambassadorial role, locally, nationally, and internationally.\n\n![](prof-louise-kenny-and-chancellor.jpg \"Professor Louise Kenny and Chancellor\")",{"htmlTitle":182,"htmlDesc":200},"University of Liverpool Chancellor Visits Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust and C-GULL Research Centre",{"title":188,"summary":202},"University of Liverpool Chancellor Visits Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust and C-GULL Research Centre.","\u002Fnews\u002F2024-08-19-university-chancellor.en",{"title":182},"news\u002F2024-08-19-university-chancellor.en","99ptG_pPyB_5jAUuAGaK-SVIOtdK6BCL5rGktx6FCWA",{"id":208,"title":209,"body":57,"date":210,"description":57,"extension":5,"meta":211,"navigation":15,"path":227,"seo":228,"stem":229,"__hash__":230},"newsArticles\u002Fnews\u002F2024-07-09-mum-and-twins.en.json","mum and twins","2024-07-09",{"type":81,"page_content":212,"pageMetadata":224,"articleCard":226},[213,218],{"type":84,"sectionSettings":214,"title":216,"text":217},{"textAlign":86,"sectionLabel":215,"theme":87},"Why A Mum And Twins Choose To Help","# Why A Mum And Twins Choose To Help","09\u002F07\u002F2024",{"type":91,"sectionSettings":219,"settings":220,"image":221,"text":223},{"textAlign":86,"theme":93},{"imgPosition":95},{"url":222},"kalsi-family.jpg","The mum of one of five sets of twins who are part of the Children Growing up Liverpool study has spoken of her pride at being part of the research.\n\nMaansi Kalsi gave birth to twins Ruhi and Arjun on 19th December 2023 at Liverpool Women’s Hospital.\n\nShe had previously agreed to be part of C-GULL, a groundbreaking research project aimed at improving health outcomes for families in the Liverpool City Region. \n\nThe study will follow the lives of 10,000 first-born babies and their families, from early pregnancy through childhood and beyond. \n\nThis is the first large-scale birth cohort study of its kind in the region, and it has the potential to make a significant impact on the understanding of complex health issues.\n\nMaansi said she and husband Pankaj were keen for the family to participate to help researchers and future generations of Liverpool children.\n\nShe added: “It has been a pleasure and a learning experience taking part in the C-GULL study. For me personally, it has been a joy to be part of the Liverpool community and I cannot thank Liverpool Women’s Hospital enough for their fantastic care.  \n\n“Having not been born in Liverpool myself but my husband being a proud Liverpudlian, it gives us both immense pleasure to give back to our community. \n\n“Taking part in this study will provide research to promote a healthy, happy and more equitable Liverpool, effectively enabling our next generation to thrive.”\n\nThe C-GULL study is a partnership between the University of Liverpool, Wellcome Trust, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Liverpool City Council, and the Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. \n\nThe study is based at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital and will be delivered by a wide range of organisations. The information gathered through C-GULL will help researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to understand more about the early life origins of health and wellbeing.\n\nPeople who are pregnant and have booked for their maternity care to be provided by Liverpool Women’s Hospital are eligible to participate in the study. The study will collect extensive biological, biometric, socio-demographic, and psychosocial information at multiple points throughout the pregnancy and the child's first two years of life. Innovative data collection methods will be used to assess a range of areas, including child development, family structure, physical and mental health, and the home environment.\n\nIf you are interested in taking part find out more [here](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cgullstudy.com\u002Ftaking-part).",{"htmlTitle":209,"htmlDesc":225},"Mum tells why she and her twins are helping change health outcomes for future generations.",{"title":215,"summary":225},"\u002Fnews\u002F2024-07-09-mum-and-twins.en",{"title":209},"news\u002F2024-07-09-mum-and-twins.en","auWtrFH8oLC9jtspxTffMS648MA6Nr-auUP66o9Zdy0",{"id":232,"title":233,"body":57,"date":210,"description":57,"extension":5,"meta":234,"navigation":15,"path":250,"seo":251,"stem":252,"__hash__":253},"newsArticles\u002Fnews\u002F2024-07-09-mums-pride.en.json","Mums' Pride",{"type":81,"page_content":235,"pageMetadata":246,"articleCard":249},[236,240],{"type":84,"sectionSettings":237,"title":239,"text":217},{"textAlign":86,"sectionLabel":238,"theme":87},"Mum's Pride","# Mum's Pride",{"type":91,"sectionSettings":241,"settings":242,"image":243,"text":245},{"textAlign":86,"theme":93},{"imgPosition":95},{"url":244},"c-gull-filming.png","Families taking part in the Children Growing Up in Liverpool study have been speaking about their experiences and encouraging more people to get involved and help improve the health and wellbeing of future generations.\n\nNina Powell and Emilia Bona both agreed to get involved as they want to help improve the health outcomes for children in Liverpool.\n\nThey have shared their experiences in the media in articles for the [Liverpool Echo](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.liverpoolecho.co.uk\u002Fnews\u002Fliverpool-news\u002Fi-didnt-realise-whatsapp-message-28538530), [The Guide Liverpool](https:\u002F\u002Ftheguideliverpool.com\u002Fliverpool-mum-signs-up-to-major-city-birth-study-to-help-create-better-future-for-generations-of-children\u002F) and on [BBC](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.co.uk\u002Fnews\u002Fuk-england-merseyside-68735094) TV and radio.\n\nNina, whose son Oliver was the first C-GULL baby born, told The Guide Liverpool: “I read the information about C-GULL and why they are conducting the study and discovered that children in Liverpool at the moment, as in other areas of the UK, are more likely to have health problems like asthma and allergies, and that just seemed wrong and unfair.\n\n“When you have children you never really think of the fact that where you live could influence their health in the future to that degree.\n\n“I agree that something needs to be done, if it can, to change things – and the only way that can happen is to find out what’s causing it. It’s the only way to ensure an equal chance for children in Liverpool.”\n\nWhile Emilia, whose son Hywel was born in October 2023, told The Echo she and some other mums she is friends with had agreed to take part, adding: “We all decided that we would go for it because it seemed like a really worthwhile thing to be involved in. Anyone who lives in this city can tell you why there are outcomes that are different to children that are born here, to children that are born in some of the most privileged parts of the UK.\n\n\"Some of the questions you're asked go into how often you have to access food banks, how often you have to make choices between feeding yourself or your children. These are questions I think other people in the UK will never ever have to think about, but they are a reality for a lot of families and expectant mothers in Merseyside.\"\n\nNina and Oliver met up with Emilia and Hywel when they filmed a special report about C-GULL for BBC North-West, along with research midwife Amy Mahdi. Amy explained that the study would look at things that happen in the participants' early lives \"to try and work out what it is that we can do to make recommendations for people's health \\[and] improve the health of children that do grow up in Liverpool\".\n\nChildren Growing Up in Liverpool, C-GULL aims to track 10,000 babies and their families from early in pregnancy through to childhood and beyond.\n\nThe first of its kind across the Liverpool City Region, it aims to gain a deeper understanding of the complex factors that shape health outcomes.\n\nResearchers will collect information on a baby’s biological, physical, and mental health, as well as the home environment and more.\n\nNina explained that she has filled in a questionnaire about her and husband Simon’s health and lifestyle. She added: “At the first appointment I was given to chance to donate samples – of blood, urine and hair – but you can choose if you want to do that or not; and at the second appointment I filled in another questionnaire.  It was easy and very straightforward.”\n\nHywel has also been monitored since he was in the womb as part of the programme.\n\n\"It didn't take up much of our time at all,\" Emilia said.\n\n\"We went into the women's hospital twice while I was pregnant, once in the early stages and once towards the end. They took a couple of samples that were really non-invasive.\"\n\nWomen are eligible to take part in the study if their pregnancy is in the first 12-16 weeks, they are aged 16 years and older and they have booked for their maternity care to be provided by Liverpool Women’s Hospital.\n\nParents who participate in C-GULL will receive additional health checks and support for themselves and their child during pregnancy and childhood.",{"htmlTitle":247,"htmlDesc":248},"mums' pride","Mums talk of their pride at being involved in crucial research.",{"title":238,"summary":248},"\u002Fnews\u002F2024-07-09-mums-pride.en",{"title":233},"news\u002F2024-07-09-mums-pride.en","13X90eG4awZWKTfJ27aN-0dserqQB6Al3L2w4KvyydQ",{"id":255,"title":256,"body":57,"date":257,"description":57,"extension":5,"meta":258,"navigation":15,"path":277,"seo":278,"stem":279,"__hash__":280},"newsArticles\u002Fnews\u002F2023-03-21-funding-received.en.json","funding-received","2023-03-21",{"type":81,"page_content":259,"pageMetadata":272,"articleCard":275},[260,265],{"type":84,"sectionSettings":261,"title":263,"text":264},{"textAlign":86,"sectionLabel":262,"theme":87},"Funding Received","# Funding Received","21\u002F03\u002F2023",{"type":91,"sectionSettings":266,"settings":267,"image":268,"text":271},{"textAlign":86,"theme":93},{"imgPosition":95},{"url":269,"alt":270},"c-gull-.jpg","a picture of a happy family with a baby","A new collaborative world-leading programme of research focused on improving the health and wellbeing of children and their families within the Liverpool City Region (LCR) has been awarded funding from [Wellcome.](https:\u002F\u002Fwellcome.ac.uk\u002F)\n\nThe [‘Children Growing-up in Liverpool (C-GULL)’](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.liverpool.ac.uk\u002Fresearch\u002Fresearch-themes\u002Fliving-well\u002Fc-gull\u002F) research study and data resource will be used to better understand and improve the lives of LCR children and their families. This will be the first newly established longitudinal birth cohort to be funded in the UK for almost 20 years.\n\nCurrently, Liverpool ranks highly in terms of the highest rates of child mortality and conditions such as asthma, type 2 diabetes, epilepsy and risk factors for poor health such as obesity, poor nutrition and low levels of physical activity.\n\n**10,000 babies**\n\nTo help develop a better understanding of these issues, researchers will collect information from 10,000 babies and their families, starting in pregnancy and over the first years of life, allowing changes in their health and development to be monitored and recorded over time.\\\nThe information gathered will provide important evidence for policy, practice and research that will ultimately help improve child health and development in the area.\n\n[C-GULL](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.liverpool.ac.uk\u002Fresearch\u002Fresearch-at-liverpool\u002Fresearch-themes\u002Fliving-well\u002Fc-gull\u002F) will launch next year bringing together citizens, researchers and clinicians across the Liverpool City Region and wider to make one of the largest family studies in the UK.\n\nThe study will be managed by the University of Liverpool and led by the University’s Executive Pro-Vice Chancellor, [Professor Louise Kenny](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.liverpool.ac.uk\u002Fhealth-and-life-sciences\u002Fstaff\u002Flouise-kenny\u002F), in close collaboration with key partners: [Wellcome](https:\u002F\u002Fwellcome.ac.uk\u002F), [Liverpool City Region Combined Authority](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk\u002F), [Liverpool City Council](https:\u002F\u002Fliverpool.gov.uk\u002F) and NHS Arden & GEM CSU (who host the Data Services for Commissioners Regional Offices).\n\nIt will be based at the [Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk\u002F) and delivered by people across a wide range of allied organisations including [Liverpool Health Partners](https:\u002F\u002Fliverpoolhealthpartners.org.uk\u002F), [SPARK](https:\u002F\u002Fliverpoolhealthpartners.org.uk\u002Fspark\u002F), [Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust](https:\u002F\u002Falderhey.nhs.uk\u002F) and the [North West Coast Clinical Research Network.](https:\u002F\u002Flocal.nihr.ac.uk\u002Flcrn\u002Fnorth-west-coast\u002F)\n\n**Improving futures**\n\n[Professor Louise Kenny](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.liverpool.ac.uk\u002Fhealth-and-life-sciences\u002Fstaff\u002Flouise-kenny\u002F), said: “Despite the region’s outstanding ability to pull together and look after each other we presently have no answers as to why our children get such a tough deal compared with others within the UK. We know there has been an alarming increase in health inequalities and infant mortality in our region, as highlighted in research led by colleagues in the Department of Public Health and Policy. This is a stark reminder of the challenges we face and the importance of our work to our local community.\n\n“[C-GULL](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.liverpool.ac.uk\u002Fresearch\u002Fresearch-themes\u002Fliving-well\u002Fc-gull\u002F) will help us understand and address the many underlying health and social issues which drive these inequalities and, most importantly, help us to improve the future for the next generation of children.”\n\n**Impact**\n\nMary De Silva, Head of Population Health at [Wellcome](https:\u002F\u002Fwellcome.ac.uk\u002F), said: “We’re delighted to support what we see as the ‘next generation’ of cohort studies in the UK. With the involvement, trust and support of Liverpudlians, [C-GULL](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.liverpool.ac.uk\u002Fresearch\u002Fresearch-at-liverpool\u002Fresearch-themes\u002Fliving-well\u002Fc-gull\u002F) will be linking detailed data about many aspects of the lives of children growing up in Liverpool with a wide range of routinely collected health, social and educational data.\n\n“This is the first new birth cohort funded in the UK for 19 years, and one that we hope will have impacts not just on the lives of people in Liverpool, but across the UK.”\n\n[Wellcome](https:\u002F\u002Fwellcome.ac.uk\u002F) exists to improve health by helping great ideas to thrive. It supports researchers, takes on big health challenges, campaigns for better science, and helps everyone get involved with science and health research.  Wellcome is a politically and financially independent foundation.\n\nMore information about C-GULL can be found [here.](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.liverpool.ac.uk\u002Fresearch\u002Fresearch-themes\u002Fliving-well\u002Fc-gull\u002F)\n\nFor further information, please contact the Programme Management Team at [CGULL@Liverpool.ac.uk](mailto:CGULL@Liverpool.ac.uk)",{"htmlTitle":273,"htmlDesc":274},"Funding Received, C-Gull Study","Funding received for research to improve the health and wellbeing of children in the region",{"title":262,"summary":276},"Funding received for research to improve the health and wellbeing of children in the region.","\u002Fnews\u002F2023-03-21-funding-received.en",{"title":256},"news\u002F2023-03-21-funding-received.en","BOwY3NsCUrq5n49S0Ei8w9qAFqSs96qlfsc6ULhhQl0",1791204092194]