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Children and families directorate slashed

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.

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.

Revised assessment to offer comprehensive picture of young offender needs

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Friday, November 11, 2011

| CYP Now

An assessment tool for young offenders that will forge closer links with health and children's services is set to be introduced to produce a fuller picture of the needs of children in the youth justice system.

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.

Youth offending teams make progress on health services

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

| CYP Now

Health services provided by youth offending teams (YOTs) for children and young people are improving, a report has found.

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.

Commissioner recommends smaller secure units for children

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Children in custody should be kept in small units with sufficient trained staff to meet their mental health and emotional needs, a report by the children's commissioner has recommended.

YJB reveals further young offender deaths in the community

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

| CYP Now

More children than previously thought died under youth offending team supervision in the community last year, it has emerged.

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:

Allen review recommends early intervention body to promote best practice

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

| CYP Now

Nineteen of the most effective early intervention programmes should be supported and expanded, with a new body created to promote effective practice, a report published today (19 January) has said.

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.

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2010 announced

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

| CYP Now

A group of looked-after children who produced a film about domestic abuse and a national campaign to change perceptions of young people with facial disfigurements were among the winners of this year's Children & Young People Now Awards.

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.

Spending Review: The sector delivers its verdict

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

| CYP Now

As the dust settles following the government's comprehensive spending review, experts reflect on what the announcement could mean for the children's sector.

Andy Burnham appointed as shadow education secretary

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Friday, October 8, 2010

| CYP Now

Andy Burnham has been appointed shadow education secretary by new Labour leader Ed Miliband.

Children's sector quangos face axe

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Friday, September 24, 2010

| CYP Now

An advisory group on teenage pregnancy and the national negotiating body for school support staff are among 177 taxpayer-funded quangos to be abolished, according to a leaked Cabinet Office list.

CRAE seeks support for new powerful children's rights commissioner

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

| CYP Now

The Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) is asking organisations to support a set of minimum requirements for a new Office of Children's Rights Commissioner.

Pickles to scrap remaining regional government offices

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Friday, July 23, 2010

| CYP Now

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has announced plans to abolish the remaining eight regional government offices.

Government to switch off ContactPoint in August

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Thursday, July 22, 2010

| CYP Now

The ContactPoint database is to be shut down on 6 August, children's minister Tim Loughton has confirmed.

Your last chance to enter the 2010 CYP Now Awards

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Monday, June 21, 2010

| CYP Now

The deadline to enter the 2010 Children & Young People Now Awards has been extended to Wednesday 30 June.

Education Secretary Gove outlines 670m in cuts

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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has given its clearest indication yet about how it plans to save 670m this year.

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Children and families directorate slashed

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

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

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2011 announced

Revised assessment to offer comprehensive picture of young offender needs

CYP Now Awards 2011 shortlist published

Youth offending teams make progress on health services

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

Commissioner recommends smaller secure units for children

YJB reveals further young offender deaths in the community

CYP Now 2011 Awards open for entry

New and improved CYP Now website set for launch

Allen review recommends early intervention body to promote best practice

Call to abolish dangerous restraint methods

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

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2010 announced

CYP Now expert panel responds to spending review

Spending Review: The sector delivers its verdict

Andy Burnham appointed as shadow education secretary

Children's sector quangos face axe

CRAE seeks support for new powerful children's rights commissioner

Pickles to scrap remaining regional government offices

Government to switch off ContactPoint in August

Your last chance to enter the 2010 CYP Now Awards

Education Secretary Gove outlines 670m in cuts

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