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Kids Count at the Labour Party Conference

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  • Monday, September 22, 2014
  • | CYP Now
With the upcoming general election, the Labour Party Conference was alive with a plethora of people eager to engage in discussion and debate. ??As a young person there were many topics that struck me as important during the talks. However, with all eyes currently scrutinising the UK's education system, I felt that it was this topic that lingered in my mind the most.

Cared for not catered for…

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  • Monday, September 5, 2022
  • | CYP Now
One of the great privileges of working so closely with an organisation like the United Nations is that it serves as a continual reminder of the large global community of child-focussed organisations that exists beyond our shores.

A busy time for children's services

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  • Monday, October 24, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Autumn is always a busy time for local authorities. Budget setting season is in full swing and each year the task of balancing budgets gets trickier to do with more children and families coming to our attention presenting more complex needs.

Join the London OBC 2023

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  • Monday, April 24, 2023
  • | CYP Now
In 2013, I set up the Ofsted Big Conversation #OBC because I was so dismayed at how our relationship had deteriorated with our regulator.

It’s a privilege

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  • Monday, July 3, 2023
  • | CYP Now
There has been a lot of chatter in our ADCS groups about retirement in the last few months and I have watched with ‘green eyes’ as a number of longstanding directors of children’s services have announced their retirement plans.

New evidence for #YouthVoice impact

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  • Monday, July 24, 2023
  • | CYP Now
The government’s youth directorate (DCMS) has just shared a new Youth Engagement Impact Study which it commissioned into the work of the UK Youth Parliament (at the British Youth Council) and Youth Policy Development Group (at ShoutOutUK) between 2021-2023.