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Charities win share of £215m lottery early intervention fund

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Five charity-led consortia will receive a share of £215m as part of a bid to improve the life chances of vulnerable under-threes, the Big Lottery Fund has announced.

Call for children's centres to focus on attachment

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Monday, March 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's centres should do more to help parents develop positive parenting skills and strong attachments with their child in the first few years of life, the Sutton Trust has said.

4Children wants long-term childcare strategy to tackle poverty

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Government should pick up the tab for much of the cost of accessing childcare for working people on low incomes, 4Children has said.

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Government efforts to tackle child poverty over the next three years will focus on getting parents into work, decreasing living costs and boosting educational attainment for the poorest children.

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.

Call for children's centres to focus on early intervention

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The core purpose for children's centres should be remodeled to focus on early intervention for families with children under five, a new report recommends.

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The chief executive of the National Children's Bureau is to step down after three years in charge, it has been announced.

Pupil premium extension to pre-schools wins backing from Clegg

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has pledged his support for extending the use of pupil premium funding into the early years sector.

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.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

MPs call for greater clarity on role and performance of children's centres

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

The government must provide greater clarity about the role of children's centres and make councils more accountable to children and families for their performance, MPs have said.

Oxfordshire's children's centres saved from closure

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Monday, December 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Oxfordshire County Council has backtracked over plans to close scores of children's centres, proposing instead to develop a family-focused early intervention service.

Sure Start committee chair outlines children's centres vision

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Placing children's centres on a statutory footing and making them the hub of support services from conception to the age of two would help protect them from local authority funding cuts, an influential MP has said.

Peterborough unveils children centres restructure plans

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's centres in Peterborough could be turned into specialist early intervention units for struggling families as part of a shake up of services.

Children's centres serve more families as budgets are squeezed

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

More families than ever before are using Sure Start children's centres, according to a survey by 4Children.

Child welfare focus for social policy research unit

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Studies into the quality of life of children living in London, as well as nutrition and the role of fathers are set to be priorities for the Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) in the future.

Early intervention focus for council's children's centres

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's centres in Northamptonshire are to target early intervention services at struggling families under a new model adopted by the council.

Conservative conference: Children's centres fail to deliver, says Sure Start group chair

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's centres are a waste of money because they are failing to deliver holistic family support, the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Sure Start has said.

Social Mobility Commission calls for pupil premium extension to early years

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

| CYP Now

The pupil premium should be extended into nurseries, according to the government-appointed Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.

Lottery gives £5m to support long-term early help plans

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

The Big Lottery Fund has distributed a total of £5m to charities in 15 areas of England as part of a bid to improve the life chances of vulnerable under-fours.

MPs call for pooled budgets in early years support

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Support for families would be dramatically improved if local children's centres and health budgets were combined, according to a group of MPs.

DfE announces voluntary sector funding

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Friday, May 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Promotion of adoption 'parties' and connecting vulnerable young people with arts and cultural facilities are among the projects that have received government voluntary sector funding.

Daily roundup: Early intervention, emotional health, and troubled families

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Friday, March 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Sector calls for an "early intervention Budget", emotional support for primary school children, and troubled families research announced, all in the news today.

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Nine out of ten teachers, police officers and social workers are regularly coming into contact with children they suspect to be suffering from neglect, but up to 40 per cent feel powerless to intervene, a report has warned.

MPs urge priority on early years to boost university prospects

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

| CYP Now

The drive to establish a fair admissions system to the top universities should start before school age, a group of MPs has reported.

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Charities win share of £215m lottery early intervention fund

Call for children's centres to focus on attachment

4Children wants long-term childcare strategy to tackle poverty

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

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

Call for children's centres to focus on early intervention

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

Pupil premium extension to pre-schools wins backing from Clegg

Daily roundup: Spending cuts, childcare reforms and drug mules

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

MPs call for greater clarity on role and performance of children's centres

Oxfordshire's children's centres saved from closure

Sure Start committee chair outlines children's centres vision

Peterborough unveils children centres restructure plans

Children's centres serve more families as budgets are squeezed

Child welfare focus for social policy research unit

Early intervention focus for council's children's centres

Conservative conference: Children's centres fail to deliver, says Sure Start group chair

Social Mobility Commission calls for pupil premium extension to early years

Lottery gives £5m to support long-term early help plans

MPs call for pooled budgets in early years support

DfE announces voluntary sector funding

Daily roundup: Early intervention, emotional health, and troubled families

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

MPs urge priority on early years to boost university prospects

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