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Councils pass on severe budget cuts to hundreds of children's charities

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

| CYP Now

Almost 400 charities working with children and young people are facing crippling budget cuts due to a fall in council funding, according to latest Trades Union Congress (TUC) research.

CYP Now election poll backs Labour for power

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

| CYP Now

A poll by Children & Young People Now has indicated overwhelming support for Labour from within the sector, ahead of today's general election.

YMCA fundraises for £2m community hub

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Thursday, August 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Plans for a £2m family-focused community hub have been revealed by YMCA Norfolk.

Children’s sector leaders recognised in King’s first birthday honours

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Monday, June 19, 2023

| CYP Now

Children’s social care, youth work and early years leaders are among those recognised in King Charles III’s first birthday honours list.

Directors of children’s services among sector leaders recognised in New Year Honours

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) are among sector leaders to be recognised in King Charles III first New Year's Honours list.

What Makes a Family: Children's book aims to promote diversity education

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Friday, January 6, 2023

| CYP Now

C-Jay Quigley, queer activist, who works with children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), discusses her self-published children’s book ‘What Makes a Family’, and the importance of encouraging inclusive attitudes among children from a young age.

Judges enlisted for 2015 CYP Now Awards as entries reach record high

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Friday, July 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The judging panel for the 2015 Children & Young People Now Awards has been confirmed.

CYP Now Awards 2015 shortlist revealed

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

| CYP Now

The shortlist for the 2015 Children & Young People Now Awards has been determined in another record-breaking year for entries.

Councils to make £125m cut in children's centres spending

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's centres are to take the brunt of planned council cuts to children and young people's services this year, with £125.6m set to be stripped from their spending.

Pre-Budget Report round-up: what does it mean for the sector?

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Thursday, December 10, 2009

| CYP Now

Chancellor Alistair Darling's Pre-Budget Report unveiled a package of measures to reduce youth unemployment, and tackle child poverty, but some say it did not go far enough.

Vetting and barring scheme to affect 2m fewer people

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Monday, December 14, 2009

| CYP Now

The government's controversial vetting and barring scheme will affect two million fewer people than previously thought, according to Children's Secretary Ed Balls.

Last chance to attend CYP Now Show for free

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Monday, May 11, 2009

| CYP Now

There is just one week to go before the 2009 Children & Young People Now Show, which includes a range of workshops on children's centres and extended schools.

ContactPoint database ready to go live

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

| CYP Now

Frontline professionals will start using the controversial children's database ContactPoint from next week, the government has announced.

New DCSF ministers revealed

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

| CYP Now

A raft of new ministers have joined the Department for Children, Schools and Families as its ministerial head-count has risen from five to seven.

Play areas in danger of rotting away

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

| CYP Now

The government's 235m investment to transform playgrounds is in danger of being undermined because some local authorities are creating natural play areas that are unsustainable.

Review of vetting and barring scheme won't delay start date

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

| CYP Now

A government review of the new vetting and barring scheme will not affect next month's start date, the Department for children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has confirmed.

Ex-ADCS president Maggie Atkinson to become children's commissioner

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Friday, October 2, 2009

| CYP Now

Former president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services Maggie Atkinson is set to become the new children's commissioner for England.

Grab your last chance to enter the CYP Now Awards

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

| CYP Now

There are just a few days left to enter the 2009 Children & Young People Now Awards. Entries must reach us by Friday 31 July at the latest.

TDA chief to take over at NCB

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Thursday, June 2, 2011

| CYP Now

The executive director of the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) Dr Hilary Emery has been appointed as the new chief executive of the National Children's Bureau (NCB).

Communities that Care early intervention scheme to be resurrected by Catch22

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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

| CYP Now

Catch22 is planning to relaunch the early intervention programme Communities that Care next year, CYP Now has learned.

Comment: What a Tory-Lib Dem pact could mean for children's and youth policy

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Monday, May 10, 2010

| CYP Now

The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have been deep in negotiations over the weekend to try and agree common ground and enable a stable government after Thursday's general election produced a hung parliament with the Tories as the largest party.

Councils welcome abolition of Comprehensive Area Assessments

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Thursday, May 20, 2010

| CYP Now

The Local Government Association has welcomed government plans to scrap the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) saying the move will free up councils and enable them to better deliver frontline services.

CYP Now expert panel responds to spending review

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

| CYP Now

In the wake of the spending review leading figures tell CYP Now how they think government cuts will impact on professionals, children and families.

Funding for projects affecting children and young people to be slashed

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Friday, July 16, 2010

| CYP Now

The government has announced cuts of at least 169.5m to capital funding for a range of projects affecting children and young people, including money for youth facilities, new playgrounds and improved social work IT systems.

Controversial ContactPoint database closes

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Friday, August 6, 2010

| CYP Now

The controversial child protection database ContactPoint, which contains details of all children in England, has been shut down.

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Councils pass on severe budget cuts to hundreds of children's charities

CYP Now election poll backs Labour for power

YMCA fundraises for £2m community hub

Children’s sector leaders recognised in King’s first birthday honours

Directors of children’s services among sector leaders recognised in New Year Honours

What Makes a Family: Children's book aims to promote diversity education

Judges enlisted for 2015 CYP Now Awards as entries reach record high

CYP Now Awards 2015 shortlist revealed

Councils to make £125m cut in children's centres spending

Pre-Budget Report round-up: what does it mean for the sector?

Vetting and barring scheme to affect 2m fewer people

Last chance to attend CYP Now Show for free

ContactPoint database ready to go live

New DCSF ministers revealed

Play areas in danger of rotting away

Review of vetting and barring scheme won't delay start date

Ex-ADCS president Maggie Atkinson to become children's commissioner

Grab your last chance to enter the CYP Now Awards

TDA chief to take over at NCB

Communities that Care early intervention scheme to be resurrected by Catch22

Comment: What a Tory-Lib Dem pact could mean for children's and youth policy

Councils welcome abolition of Comprehensive Area Assessments

CYP Now expert panel responds to spending review

Funding for projects affecting children and young people to be slashed

Controversial ContactPoint database closes

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