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Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

| CYP Now

An independent panel, set up following last summer's riots, has called for the government to give young unemployed people a guarantee of work and significantly expand its programme for troubled families.

Councils to receive £4,000 for success on troubled families

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has revealed the government will pay councils up to £4,000 of the estimated £10,000 cost of turning around a family's life.

Welsh children's commissioner denounces advocacy services

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

| CYP Now

The children's commissioner for Wales has launched a scathing attack on vulnerable children's access to independent advocacy services.

Children and families directorate slashed

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

| CYP Now

The Department for Education's children, young people and families directorate will receive a 13 per cent blow to its budget in 2012/13 and lose 106 full-time posts, an email leaked to CYP Now has revealed.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

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Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

Cameron announces key worker role in 448m troubled families initiative

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Thursday, December 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that "troubled families" will be given key workers to co-ordinate services in an attempt to turn their lives around as part of a 448m programme.

Tri-borough council pledges to retain autonomy on children's services decisions

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Councillors in Hammersmith & Fulham have agreed to prioritise the academic achievements of pupils and reduce numbers of children entering the criminal justice system, despite its children's services department merging with two other councils.

Agencies should be offered financial incentive to invest in early intervention, claims taskforce

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

| CYP Now

The government should explore methods for sharing profits from early intervention work to encourage agencies to finance it, the first report of a new taskforce has said.

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2011 announced

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Friday, November 18, 2011

| CYP Now

A training course designed and delivered by children in care and a youth-led project that is challenging extremism and prejudice are among the winners of the 2011 Children & Young People Now Awards.

Ofsted reports increase in 'excellent' children's services

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Monday, November 7, 2011

| CYP Now

More local authorities are providing excellent services for children this year, the latest annual round-up of Ofsted assessments has found.

CYP Now Awards 2011 shortlist published

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

| CYP Now

Entries for the 2011 Children & Young People Now Awards have been whittled down to create a shortlist in each of the 20 categories.

Conservative Conference 2011: Intervention plans must be sensitive to families' needs, charity chief warns

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Sunday, October 2, 2011

| CYP Now

Plans to turn around the lives of England's 120,000 most troubled families will falter unless the government conducts a detailed analysis of exactly which families these are, the chief executive of Family Action has warned.

Social impact bonds to raise 40m investment in early intervention

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Friday, August 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is hoping to raise 40m from private investors as part of a trial into the use of social impact bonds to fund family intervention projects.

May scraps anonymity for young rioters

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has called on magistrates to name and shame children involved in last week's riots, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.

Legal aid changes 'ignore children and young people'

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Justice for children and young people will be seriously undermined because the government has failed to recognise them as a group distinct from adults in its reforms to legal aid, the Children's Society has claimed.

CYP Now 2011 Awards open for entry

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's and youth organisations are being encouraged to enter this year's CYP Now Awards.

New and improved CYP Now website set for launch

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

| CYP Now

A new and improved CYP Now website is due to go live on Monday 28 March. Users of the site will notice a number of improvements. These include:

DfE offers funding for development of intensive interventions for vulnerable children

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Friday, March 18, 2011

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is inviting councils and partner agencies to bid for up to 200,000 of funding to develop intensive interventions for looked-after children or children on the edge of care or custody.

Home Office brands chief constable's cuts comments 'irresponsible'

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Friday, February 25, 2011

| CYP Now

A chief constable has been criticised by the Home Office after claiming that cuts to his force will place vulnerable people "at risk".

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Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

Councils to receive £4,000 for success on troubled families

Welsh children's commissioner denounces advocacy services

Children and families directorate slashed

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Cameron announces key worker role in 448m troubled families initiative

Tri-borough council pledges to retain autonomy on children's services decisions

Agencies should be offered financial incentive to invest in early intervention, claims taskforce

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2011 announced

Ofsted reports increase in 'excellent' children's services

CYP Now Awards 2011 shortlist published

Conservative Conference 2011: Intervention plans must be sensitive to families' needs, charity chief warns

Social impact bonds to raise 40m investment in early intervention

May scraps anonymity for young rioters

Legal aid changes 'ignore children and young people'

CYP Now 2011 Awards open for entry

New and improved CYP Now website set for launch

DfE offers funding for development of intensive interventions for vulnerable children

Home Office brands chief constable's cuts comments 'irresponsible'

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