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Back child health reforms with the necessary funds, says sector

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Andrea Leadsom's review of early child health sets out plans for councils to publish ‘Start for Life’ offers and create hubs offering a range of family services. Sector leaders back the vision but say it will need proper funding.

Further delay sparks fears over much-anticipated SEND Review

Analysis

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

| CYP Now

Amid a third delay of the government review of special educational needs and disability provision, experts call on policymakers to use the time to ensure plans improve co-ordination of support across the children’s system.

Provider survey reveals scale of childcare workforce crisis

Analysis

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

| CYP Now

Few parts of the children and families sector have been hit as hard by the pandemic as early years services. Shortages of staff and government funding have only been exacerbated by Covid-19 as demand for places has failed to return to pre-pandemic levels resulting in settings closing.

Using the law to uphold vulnerable children’s rights and entitlements

Analysis

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

| CYP Now

It is 40 years since Coram Children’s Legal Centre published Locked Up in Care, its first major report. It has championed the rights of marginalised groups of children and is still holding policymakers to account.

Debate: School-run chaperones

Analysis

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Youth workers will chaperone pupils to reduce violence, but expert says scheme will create more trauma.

Plan to boost mental wellbeing

Analysis

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Cross-government vision for mental health must deliver more funding for children’s services, say experts.

‘Without more help, childcare’s infrastructure may be destroyed’

Analysis

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| CYP Now

In the first of a series on the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on services for children and families, childcare leaders and practitioners warn of an ‘existential threat’ to early education for disadvantaged communities.

Shining a light on risks outside the home

Analysis

Thursday, December 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Authors set out five key features of promising social care responses to extra-familial risks and harms drawn from studying international systems.

Benefits of expanding childcare provision

Analysis

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| CYP Now

Research reveals offering disadvantaged pre-schoolers more funded hours can boost child development and ensure they are school ready.

Care Review response: funding fails to match scale of reforms

Analysis

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders back the ‘direction’ of government reforms on social work training, outcomes monitoring and fostering support but say lack of resources and long timescales will undermine delivery

General election 2019: Key policy guide

Analysis

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes analyses what the main parliamentary parties are pledging on the key policy battlegrounds for the children, young people and families sector at the coming general election.

Top priorities for public health

Analysis

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Expert outlines need to reverse budget cuts for children’s public health services in most deprived areas.

Decade of change: factors driving the rise in care during the 2010

Analysis

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Families under pressure due to austerity and more affected by addiction problems are two reasons for record numbers of children in care, while a legal ruling has seen adoptions fall and special guardianships increase.

Project 2035 looks to the future

Analysis

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Directors need to plan to meet the challenges children’s services could face in 15 years’ time, says body.

England eyes Scotland review for lessons on care system overhaul

Analysis

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Taking three years, Scotland’s care review sets out detailed proposals for changing the “broken” care system. With the UK government pledging its own care review, sector experts identify what England can learn.

Education and welfare at heart of Taylor's vision for youth justice

Analysis

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

| CYP Now

Charlie Taylor's review calls for the creation of a system that better meets children's welfare and education needs. Experts analyse the merits of the recommendations and the initial government response to them.

Private firm deal sets midwifery precedent

Analysis

Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

The government's drive to encourage private firms, staff-run mutuals and social enterprises to run children's and young people's services is providing new opportunities to the NHS.

'Shared parenting' gets rejected

Analysis

Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

The Family Justice Review has denied the presumption of shared parenting. Kirsten Anderson, Carolyn Hamilton and Jo-Anne Prudhomme from the Coram Children's Legal Centre examine why

The quest to end child poverty: do coalition policies measure up?

Analysis

Monday, January 23, 2012

| CYP Now

The government is committed to end child poverty by 2020, so what will be the impact of its social policies in achieving this goal? CYP Now asks experts from a range of children's organisations for their verdict.

Sector gears up to help redefine councils' duty on youth activities

Analysis

Monday, January 23, 2012

| CYP Now

The government's decision to issue local authorities with revised guidance on the duty to secure sufficient activities for young people, revealed in its Positive for Youth policy statement, has been broadly welcomed.

Community budgets are 'catalyst for change'

Analysis

Monday, January 23, 2012

| CYP Now

Workers in the children's sector are acutely aware of the problems caused by a lack of joint working across local public services - families forced to repeat their story to numerous professionals, for example; and children picked up repeatedly by the police, but not by social services.

Civil Society Strategy sets out plans to remake youth work landscape

Analysis

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

| CYP Now

New strategy outlines plans for a review of youth services statutory guidance and to better integrate the NCS into local provision. Experts call for a clear vision of what good support for young people should look like.

Resolving childcare apprenticeship

Analysis

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

| CYP Now

Providers' groups say more must be done to ensure childcare apprenticeship works for employers.

Reshaping towns for young people

Analysis

Monday, April 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Too many town centres offer little for young people, but the Future High Streets Fund can tackle this.

Positive action to cut childhood obesity

Analysis

Monday, May 27, 2019

| CYP Now

Public health expert outlines the wide holistic preventative approach Leeds Council has taken to reverse obesity rates in young children.

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Back child health reforms with the necessary funds, says sector

Further delay sparks fears over much-anticipated SEND Review

Provider survey reveals scale of childcare workforce crisis

Using the law to uphold vulnerable children’s rights and entitlements

Debate: School-run chaperones

Plan to boost mental wellbeing

‘Without more help, childcare’s infrastructure may be destroyed’

Shining a light on risks outside the home

Benefits of expanding childcare provision

Care Review response: funding fails to match scale of reforms

General election 2019: Key policy guide

Top priorities for public health

Decade of change: factors driving the rise in care during the 2010

Project 2035 looks to the future

England eyes Scotland review for lessons on care system overhaul

Education and welfare at heart of Taylor's vision for youth justice

Private firm deal sets midwifery precedent

'Shared parenting' gets rejected

The quest to end child poverty: do coalition policies measure up?

Sector gears up to help redefine councils' duty on youth activities

Community budgets are 'catalyst for change'

Civil Society Strategy sets out plans to remake youth work landscape

Resolving childcare apprenticeship

Reshaping towns for young people

Positive action to cut childhood obesity

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