#BeeWell was co-developed with young people to address concerns regarding the well-being of young people in the United Kingdom. The study uses a hybrid population cohort design with two main elements: a truncated longitudinal study of participants tracked with annual data points from age 12 to 15 (i.e., from Year 8 to Year 9 to Year 10 of secondary school; sample 1); and a serial cross-sectional study comprising annual data points for participants aged 14 to 15 (i.e., those in Year 10 of secondary school at a given data point; sample 2). #BeeWell is ongoing in two locations: Greater Manchester (GM) and Hampshire, including the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, and Southampton (HIPS). In #BeeWell - GM 2, sample 1 includes over 36,000 adolescents aged 11 to 12 years at baseline from 147 secondary schools across Greater Manchester, England. Data collection began in 2024, and follow-up and recruitment for this cohort are ongoing.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
36,494 (participants)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
11 - 12 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Children aged 11 to 12 years old in Greater Manchester, England.
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2024
Primary Institutions
Anna Freud (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Government, United Kingdom)
University College London (UCL) (Academic, United Kingdom)
University of Manchester (Academic, United Kingdom)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
BBC Children in Need (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Big Change (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Centre for Education & Youth (CfEY) (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Centre for Education Systems (CES) (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Government, United Kingdom)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected


Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups