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Ofsted praises multi-agency response to neglect

Monday, November 13, 2017

| CYP Now

Case audits are helping agencies in Cheshire West and Chester deliver well co-ordinated and effective action to prevent the neglect of children, a deep-dive inspection has found.

Vulnerable young people need better financial education, say MPs

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Financial education must be provided outside of schools and colleges in order to improve the life and job prospects of the most vulnerable young people, a group of MPs has urged.

Gang hotspots failing to confront young people's health issues

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

| CYP Now

More than 80 per cent of England's gang "hotspots" have no strategy in place to tackle the health problems that contribute to youth and gang violence, according to a report.

Young people take brunt of tougher jobseeker sanctions

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Poverty and youth campaigners have warned that unemployed young people are being disproportionately affected by jobseeker benefit sanctions.

Daily roundup: Spending cuts, childcare reforms and drug mules

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Monday, January 6, 2014

| CYP Now

George Osborne warns of further spending cuts; government advisers urge ministers to rethink childcare reforms; and gangs use children to carry drugs out of London, all in the news today.

Public health funds project with vulnerable children

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Monday, January 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Nottinghamshire County Council has tapped into public health money to fund a project helping children at risk of offending.

NCVYS calls for National Safeguarding Day

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Monday, February 10, 2014

| CYP Now

A new campaign calling on youth organisations to review their safeguarding policies and to listen to the needs of young service users has been launched.

Big rise in number of child trafficking victims

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of British children believed to be victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation has more than doubled in the space of a year.

Children's centres should deliver two-year-old offer, says childcare expert

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

| CYP Now

A scheme providing free childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds should be delivered by children's centres, the chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has said.

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

Judges confirmed for CYP Now Awards as entry deadline looms

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Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's Commissioner for England Maggie Atkinson, tri-borough director of children's services Andrew Christie and Ofsted's lead on youth strategy Tony Gallagher are among the judges confirmed for this year's Children & Young People Now Awards.

Council-led trusts should drive school improvement, says LGA

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities should be given powers to create education trusts that oversee improvements to schools in their area, including academies and free schools, council leaders have said.

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities would be able to save a total of £150m a year by improving the way they work with prospective foster parents, a report has claimed.

Lib Dem Conference 2011: Government to pilot classes for parents of under-fives

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's minister Sarah Teather has announced that up to four local areas will be involved in a scheme that will offer parenting classes to every parent of a child aged under five.

Internet providers offer parents opportunity to block adult sites

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Four major internet providers in the UK have announced plans to allow parents to block adult content on the web.

Intervention projects help to cut care figures, DfE research suggests

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Friday, October 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Areas with established family intervention projects are seeing fewer children taken into care, emerging research by the Department for Education (DfE) has suggested.

ADCS president speaks out in favour of 'exemption clause'

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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Government plans to allow councils to apply for exemptions from children's social care legislation will help councils to better support young people, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.

Government releases strategy to combat poverty and promote social justice

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Monday, March 12, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has set out its comprehensive blueprint for improving the life chances of the most vulnerable families today (13 March).

'Problem-solving' courts for young offenders to be trialled

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

| CYP Now

Efforts to improve the way young offenders are dealt with are to be tested, with problem-solving courts set to be established across England.

Former LGA children's chief Baroness Shireen Ritchie dies

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Tributes have been made in honour of Baroness Shireen Ritchie, who died yesterday (24 April) following a battle with cancer.

Majority of local authorities lack child poverty strategies, 4Children finds

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

| CYP Now

Fewer than half of local authorities in England have developed a child poverty strategy, charity 4Children has claimed.

Munby advises judges to limit involvement in serious case reviews

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Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Judges should avoid taking part in official probes into child deaths in order to maintain the independence of the judiciary, England's most senior family court judge has said.

'Inadequate' council launches Barnardo's partnership

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Thursday, June 22, 2017

| CYP Now

A council currently rated "inadequate" by Ofsted has announced it will launch a project with children's charity Barnardo's, just months after a joint bid for £7m of Department for Education innovation funding was turned down.

Olympics could provide ‘watershed' for family-friendly workplaces

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

| CYP Now

Employers should use the Olympic Games to accelerate progress towards more family-friendly workplaces, a family charity has urged.

Young people want all low-income families to access free school meals

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

| CYP Now

The free school meals system is failing to reach all children living in poverty, a report by the British Youth Council and Child Poverty Action Group has concluded.

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Ofsted praises multi-agency response to neglect

Vulnerable young people need better financial education, say MPs

Gang hotspots failing to confront young people's health issues

Young people take brunt of tougher jobseeker sanctions

Daily roundup: Spending cuts, childcare reforms and drug mules

Public health funds project with vulnerable children

NCVYS calls for National Safeguarding Day

Big rise in number of child trafficking victims

Children's centres should deliver two-year-old offer, says childcare expert

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

Judges confirmed for CYP Now Awards as entry deadline looms

Council-led trusts should drive school improvement, says LGA

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

Lib Dem Conference 2011: Government to pilot classes for parents of under-fives

Internet providers offer parents opportunity to block adult sites

Intervention projects help to cut care figures, DfE research suggests

ADCS president speaks out in favour of 'exemption clause'

Government releases strategy to combat poverty and promote social justice

'Problem-solving' courts for young offenders to be trialled

Former LGA children's chief Baroness Shireen Ritchie dies

Majority of local authorities lack child poverty strategies, 4Children finds

Munby advises judges to limit involvement in serious case reviews

'Inadequate' council launches Barnardo's partnership

Olympics could provide ‘watershed' for family-friendly workplaces

Young people want all low-income families to access free school meals

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