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Government urged to 'child-proof' policy and spending decisions

Monday, June 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Local and national government must "child-proof" policies and budgetary decisions, to protect young people from suffering as a result of the recession and public sector cuts, a report to MPs has warned.

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and young people's charities face funding cuts of almost £405m over the five years up to 2015/16, the National Children's Bureau (NCB) has estimated.

CYP Now 2012 Awards open for entry

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

| CYP Now

The Children & Young People Now Awards, the gold standard in services for children, young people and families, are this week open for entries.

Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

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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.

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.

Military academies key to preventing repeat of last year's riots, says think-tank

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Schools run by the military should be introduced to tackle issues linked to last year's riots, a think-tank has suggested.

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.

Labour Conference 2011: Miliband promises young people 'a new bargain'

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Young people are being given a false impression of the routes to success in life due to the influences of celebrity culture and gangs, Labour leader Ed Miliband has said.

Police seek to counter rise in street robberies

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Monday, September 5, 2011

| CYP Now

Around 1,000 police and community support officers are to be deployed to stop children being robbed on the way to and from school this term.

Riots blamed on absent fathers and poor school discipline

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Monday, August 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has blamed the "moral collapse" that saw parts of the country hit by looting and rioting on children without fathers and schools without discipline.

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

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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.

Tailored support programme for excluded pupils unveiled by Catch22

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

| CYP Now

Catch22 is launching an alternative education programme aimed at improving the lives of excluded pupils and diverting them away from crime.

Mental health of black and ethnic minority young people ignored, claims study

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

| CYP Now

The mental health of black and minority ethnic (BME) children and young people is being ignored by services including education, social care and youth justice, a report 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:

CYP Now unveils research into why children join gangs

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

| CYP Now

Youth charity Rathbone has called for young people, schools and parents to be taught the consequences and helped to spot the signs of gang activity as CYP Now unveiled research into why children join gangs.

Call to abolish dangerous restraint methods

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

| CYP Now

A blanket ban on the use of dangerous restraint techniques should be applied to all children's settings, an MP has said.

Quango cull will not save money or improve accountability, warn MPs

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Friday, January 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Proposals to scrap quangos, including several in the children's sector, will not save money or improve accountability, a group of MPs has warned.

Children's commissioner should be merged with children's rights director, Dunford recommends

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Monday, December 6, 2010

| CYP Now

The role of children's commissioner for England should be merged with the Office of the Children's Rights Director, John Dunford, the former general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, has recommended in his review published today.

DfE launches transitional fund for children's services projects

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Thursday, December 2, 2010

| CYP Now

A transitional two-year funding programme has been launched by the Department for Education (DfE) to support vital children's services while providers identify alternative finance, CYP Now has learned.

Sir Paul Ennals warns that focus on teaching threatens other children's services

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| CYP Now

Chief executive of the National Children's Bureau Sir Paul Ennals has warned that the severity of spending cuts coupled with the government's focus on teaching is putting other vital children's services at risk.

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Government urged to 'child-proof' policy and spending decisions

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

CYP Now 2012 Awards open for entry

Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Military academies key to preventing repeat of last year's riots, says think-tank

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

Labour Conference 2011: Miliband promises young people 'a new bargain'

Police seek to counter rise in street robberies

Riots blamed on absent fathers and poor school discipline

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

Tailored support programme for excluded pupils unveiled by Catch22

Mental health of black and ethnic minority young people ignored, claims study

CYP Now 2011 Awards open for entry

New and improved CYP Now website set for launch

CYP Now unveils research into why children join gangs

Call to abolish dangerous restraint methods

Quango cull will not save money or improve accountability, warn MPs

Children's commissioner should be merged with children's rights director, Dunford recommends

DfE launches transitional fund for children's services projects

Sir Paul Ennals warns that focus on teaching threatens other children's services

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