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Thousands of siblings split up in the care system

Monday, January 30, 2023

| CYP Now

The findings from Dame Rachel De Souza's report bring home a cold, hard reality, as the latest figures show that one in three children are separated from their siblings when they come into care.

Its #TimeToDefine kinship care – here’s why and how we might start

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Friday, January 20, 2023

| CYP Now

In April 2022 Family Rights Group published Time To Define – a campaign for legal reform to create a clear, simple definition of kinship care written into primary legislation.

Consider the children: Why localism needs to be a devolution of resources not just power

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

| CYP Now

On 4 January, we heard the new years speech of our current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak “building a better future” which pledged to half inflation; grow the economy, reduce debt; cut hospital waiting lists and stop migrant crossings.

We can no longer afford to be indifferent

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Monday, January 16, 2023

| CYP Now

For many of us the idea of living in poverty or facing financial hardship is an externalised, abstract idea.

Alternatives to recently closed Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

| CYP Now

The closure of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board (ASGLB) – a body with powers of oversight of the adoption system and support for special guardians – was recently announced. The news leads to the question, what now?

Supporting children with post-Christmas anxiety

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

| CYP Now

As we start a new year, with Christmas behind us, it’s important to reflect on the festive period.

Back to the future

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022

| CYP Now

The Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA) is claiming that adoption will save lots of money and we should be pushing more children through for adoption in order to achieve these savings.

Unregulated accommodation for 16- and 17-year-olds cannot be normalised

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Monday, December 19, 2022

| CYP Now

Every year, one in four children entering the care system is aged 16 or 17. The reasons they are in care are complex and varied, but the majority have experienced either neglect or abuse in their home.

Supporting kinship carers of Ukrainian refugee children

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Monday, December 19, 2022

| CYP Now

Over the last year, many people in the UK have opened their hearts and their homes to help children and their families fleeing the war in Ukraine.

‘We are the town that has been forgotten about’: Solution to our youth mental health crisis is close to home

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Monday, December 12, 2022

| CYP Now

I prepared a report for the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership about children and young people’s mental health in rural Craven and SELFA Charity received £85,000 to support three projects based on the recommendations.

Supporting young children dealing with grief

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Monday, December 12, 2022

| CYP Now

Children and young people grieve just as much as adults and tend to express grief emotionally and physically.

Introducing Mantra Music: The world’s first record label exclusively for care experienced artists

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Monday, December 5, 2022

| CYP Now

Before I was 25, I wrote an album about my life in care. I sent it to radio stations and at first, no one listened. I also sent it to a 100 social services email addresses which I found on google. Luckily a few saw value in my music so I started helping young people with songwriting in the care sector when I could.

Young people’s mental health and wellbeing during Covid-19

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Monday, December 5, 2022

| CYP Now

It has been almost three years since we first heard about Covid-19 and as we now come out on the other side, it seems a good time to reflect on how the pandemic may have impacted us.

Supporting more young people into work

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

| CYP Now

Recently, Centrepoint gave evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee that looked at how we can get more young people into work.

Lessons on leadership from NCASC22

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Monday, November 14, 2022

| CYP Now

I attended NCASC22 last week.

Once upon a time: a care leaver's response to the John Lewis advert

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Friday, November 11, 2022

| CYP Now

Yesterday was a day. I was at work, I’m a social researcher, and I was in the middle of an online event supporting a couple of care leavers to ‘engage’, while simultaneously writing a research protocol on domestic abuse interventions and responding to a full inbox.

Why it’s time to put a child’s voice into their own records

Blogs

Monday, November 7, 2022

| CYP Now

Who would be a ghost in the story of their own life?

Championing London’s youth workers

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Monday, November 7, 2022

| CYP Now

Not for the first time, a major crisis facing our country has significant implications for young people.

Kinship’s #ValueOurLove campaign urges government to support carers

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Thursday, October 20, 2022

| CYP Now

Since time immemorial grandparents, aunties, uncles, siblings and other relatives and close friends have stepped up to raise a child they love when their parents are no longer able to care for them.

Time to modernise family contact within adoptions

Blogs

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

| CYP Now

Adoption is a lifelong journey. It remains a pivotal option for securing permanence and stability for children in local authority care when they cannot live safely with their birth or extended family.

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Thousands of siblings split up in the care system

Its #TimeToDefine kinship care – here’s why and how we might start

Consider the children: Why localism needs to be a devolution of resources not just power

We can no longer afford to be indifferent

Alternatives to recently closed Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board

Supporting children with post-Christmas anxiety

Back to the future

Unregulated accommodation for 16- and 17-year-olds cannot be normalised

Supporting kinship carers of Ukrainian refugee children

‘We are the town that has been forgotten about’: Solution to our youth mental health crisis is close to home

Supporting young children dealing with grief

Introducing Mantra Music: The world’s first record label exclusively for care experienced artists

Young people’s mental health and wellbeing during Covid-19

Supporting more young people into work

Lessons on leadership from NCASC22

Once upon a time: a care leaver's response to the John Lewis advert

Why it’s time to put a child’s voice into their own records

Championing London’s youth workers

Kinship’s #ValueOurLove campaign urges government to support carers

Time to modernise family contact within adoptions

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