Susie Weller, a Research Fellow at London South Bank University, is currently working on the 'Locality, School and Social Capital' project in the Families and Social Capital ESRC Research Group. In June 2004 she completed her PhD which explored teenagers' experiences of social exclusion and citizenship in rural communities. She has also worked on a project, commissioned by the DfES, which explored the impact of out of school childcare on children and their families.