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Disabled children among hardest hit by lack of holiday childcare places

Friday, July 19, 2024

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Children with disabilities are among those set to be most adversely impacted by a reduction in holiday childcare places this summer.

King’s Speech 2024: Children’s mental health and wellbeing central to proposed legislation

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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

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Legislation designed to improve children’s wellbeing is among government plans laid out by Charles III in his first King’s Speech under a Labour government.

King’s Speech 2024: Sector welcomes mental health and education support

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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

| CYP Now

Sector leaders have welcomed elements of the King's Speech linked to services for children's mental health and education but have questioned the omission of issues including children's social care reform and votes for 16-and 17-year-olds.

NHS trusts struggling to cope with demand for children's support, study finds

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Monday, July 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Just 16% of NHS trusts are keeping up with demand for children and young people’s services with waiting lists for autism and ADHD assessments as long as three years in some areas, a survey has found.

Online signposting platforms must 'speak children's language', think-tank recommends

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Thursday, July 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Online signposting of support is blighted by jargon and leaving young people feeling overwhelmed by too much information, analysis has found.

More than 1,300 children in working families 'fall into poverty every week'

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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of children living in poverty in working households increased by 1,350 a week on average between 2010 and 2023, analysis by the TUC has found.

Next government urged to invest in health visiting despite lack of manifesto pledges

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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

| CYP Now

The three main political parties have been urged to invest in boosting support for health visiting ahead of the upcoming general election despite just one party mentioning the role in its manifesto.

Multi-agency data sharing must be improved to boost child development, say early years leaders

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Thursday, June 20, 2024

| CYP Now

The next government needs to develop a national dataset encompassing education, health and social care details for all children, according to recommendations made ahead of July’s general election by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

Tackle child poverty to improve outcomes for children, youth charity leaders urge

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Thursday, June 20, 2024

| CYP Now

Tackling child poverty is key to improving outcomes for vulnerable young people and must be a priority for the next government, leaders of youth organisations have said.

School role in tackling poverty eating into lesson time, teachers warn

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Monday, June 17, 2024

| CYP Now

Supporting children who are hungry, tired and emotionally struggling due to hardship at home is eating away at time in the classroom, primary school teachers have said.

Most young people say politicians don't care about their mental health, coalition finds

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Friday, June 14, 2024

| CYP Now

More than half of young people say the main political parties don't care about youth mental health, research from a group of charities has shown.

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

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Friday, June 14, 2024

| CYP Now

The three main parties have published policy pledges in a bid to win the general election.

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Reducing child poverty, investing in school-based careers and mental health support for young people and giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote are among the Labour Party’s pledges in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

General Election 2024: Key manifesto pledges for health

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Children’s mental health is a key issue up for debate in the lead up to the general election.

Entrepreneur to lead commission on children's access to play

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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

| CYP Now

An independent commission has been launched to investigate the state of children’s play in the UK and put forward recommendations for the next government on how to improve facilities and access to provision.

Conservative Party manifesto: restrictions on children's social media access among raft of pledges

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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Creating more residential care places, restricting children’s access to social media and boosting post-16 vocational training opportunities are some of the key policies affecting children and young people in the Conservative Party’s general election manifesto.

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

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Monday, June 10, 2024

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have pledged a series of policies to narrow the attainment gap for disadvantaged children and boost educational opportunities for young people in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

Two thirds of parliamentary constituencies blighted by high child poverty rates, study warns

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Thursday, June 6, 2024

| CYP Now

At least a quarter of children are living in poverty in two thirds of constituencies being contested during the upcoming general election, a study is warning.

Increase access to green spaces to solve play crisis, charity urges next government

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Thursday, June 6, 2024

| CYP Now

One in three children in Britain under the age of nine live more than a ten-minute walk from the nearest playground, a charity is warning ahead of the general election.

Most teachers providing food and clothing for disadvantaged children, research warns

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

| CYP Now

More than three-quarters of primary school teachers are spending their own money on basic food and clothing for their pupils, new research warns.

Lib Dems pledge tech tax to fund mental health professionals in schools

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Thursday, May 30, 2024

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats would increase taxes on social media and tech giants to fund mental health professionals in every school if elected, the party has said.

Oliver Steeper’s death after choking on food at nursery ruled as ‘misadventure’

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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

| CYP Now

The death of a nine-month-old boy who died after choking on food at nursery has been ruled as “misadventure” following an inquest.

Plans to tackle youth vaping and smoking set to be scrapped ahead of election

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Friday, May 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Major government plans to tackle youth vaping and smoking, including a ban on the marketing of vaping products aimed at children, look set to be scrapped ahead of the general election.

Four in 10 teachers warn children are 'too hungry' to learn

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

More than a third of teachers have said pupils in their classes are too hungry to learn, jumping to 63% in deprived areas, a new survey has found.

University scheme to support care leavers into nursing

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Monday, May 20, 2024

| CYP Now

The University of Roehampton has launched a new programme designed to make healthcare careers accessible to young care leavers.

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Disabled children among hardest hit by lack of holiday childcare places

King’s Speech 2024: Children’s mental health and wellbeing central to proposed legislation

King’s Speech 2024: Sector welcomes mental health and education support

NHS trusts struggling to cope with demand for children's support, study finds

Online signposting platforms must 'speak children's language', think-tank recommends

More than 1,300 children in working families 'fall into poverty every week'

Next government urged to invest in health visiting despite lack of manifesto pledges

Multi-agency data sharing must be improved to boost child development, say early years leaders

Tackle child poverty to improve outcomes for children, youth charity leaders urge

School role in tackling poverty eating into lesson time, teachers warn

Most young people say politicians don't care about their mental health, coalition finds

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

General Election 2024: Key manifesto pledges for health

Entrepreneur to lead commission on children's access to play

Conservative Party manifesto: restrictions on children's social media access among raft of pledges

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

Two thirds of parliamentary constituencies blighted by high child poverty rates, study warns

Increase access to green spaces to solve play crisis, charity urges next government

Most teachers providing food and clothing for disadvantaged children, research warns

Lib Dems pledge tech tax to fund mental health professionals in schools

Oliver Steeper’s death after choking on food at nursery ruled as ‘misadventure’

Plans to tackle youth vaping and smoking set to be scrapped ahead of election

Four in 10 teachers warn children are 'too hungry' to learn

University scheme to support care leavers into nursing

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