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#Chances4Children: NCS and Onside lead events to tackle youth violence

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Friday, September 17, 2021

| CYP Now

Youth organisations have joined forces to host a series of workshops designed to combat youth violence.

Girls in secure estate facing ‘high levels of trauma and risk of self-harm’

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Wednesday, October 6, 2021

| CYP Now

Experts are warning that girls in the youth secure estate are facing high levels of mental health problems and are at an increased risk of self-harm.

Cheshire youth justice service awarded highest ever joint inspection score

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

| CYP Now

Cheshire’s youth justice service (YJS) has been awarded the highest recorded inspection score in a joint inspection by probation, police, social care, education and health inspectorates to date.

Peers vote against government to allow councils to run 'secure schools'

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Friday, January 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Children’s rights charities have welcomed a vote by peers to amend proposed legislation and allow local authorities to run secure academies for 16- to 19-year-olds.

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Investment in youth services and education in the UK’s most disadvantaged areas have been announced as part of the government’s “levelling-up” plan.

Levelling Up white paper a ‘missed opportunity’ to support young people

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Plans to increase opportunities for young people published in the government’s Levelling Up white paper do not go far enough to support the most disadvantaged children, sector leaders have said.

Disadvantaged young Londoners to have access to mentors by 2024

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Thursday, February 10, 2022

| CYP Now

Access to a personal mentor will be provided to all young people in London in need of support by 2024, under plans unveiled by Sadiq Khan.

Youth custody system ‘setting children up to fail’

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

| CYP Now

The youth custody system is “setting children up to fail”, according to a report based on the experiences of young people.

Children as young as 10 detained in police cells overnight, charity warns

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Thursday, March 3, 2022

| CYP Now

More than 21,000 children a year, some as young as 10, are being detained in police cells overnight, despite legal requirements on councils and police to protect their wellbeing.

NHS renews contract for specialist mental health support at Feltham YOI

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

| CYP Now

An organisation which supports vulnerable young people at risk of exploitation from gangs has renewed an NHS contract to support the delivery of mental health services for young offenders.

Youth workers feel ‘professionally abandoned’, says director of London’s VRU

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Friday, March 25, 2022

| CYP Now

A decade of cuts to youth services has left youth workers feeling “professionally abandoned and neglected”, according to the director of London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU).

Greater understanding of child-to-parent abuse needed across London, Sadiq Khan warns

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

| CYP Now

School exclusions, undiagnosed mental health issues and unidentified special educational needs and disabilities are among the key drivers behind child-to-parent abuse, the mayor of London has said.

Abandon plans for bill of rights, government urged

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Monday, April 25, 2022

| CYP Now

A group of 30 children’s charities is calling on the government to scrap its plans to feature a controversial bill of rights in the upcoming Queen’s speech.

Praise for 'impressive' Parc YOI's Covid-19 response

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Monday, July 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Inspectors have praised Parc young offender institution (YOI) for “maintaining the high standards” of its previous inspection, despite the challenges of the pandemic.

‘More effort’ needed to bring down high levels of violence at STC

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

| CYP Now

High levels of violence at a secure training centre (STC) are leaving many young people feeling unsafe in their accommodation, inspectors have said.

Prison service blocked access to education for children at two YOIs, inspectors find

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Monday, July 27, 2020

| CYP Now

Attempts by prison managers to reintroduce face-to-face education for children at two young offender institutions (YOIs) following the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic were blocked by the prison service and national staff associations, inspectors have said.

Home Office proposals could make stop and search of children easier

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Friday, October 9, 2020

| CYP Now

The Home Office is consulting over whether plans for a new stop and search order for use against known knife crime offenders should apply to children.

#Chances4Children: Leeds YJS offers lockdown challenge with added qualification

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Friday, October 23, 2020

| CYP Now

Young offenders in Leeds have benefitted from a creative lockdown initiative which allowed them to gain a new qualification.

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

A partnership between a youth offending team and university has been launched to improve practice, in a move that could pave the way for similar arrangements elsewhere in England and Wales.

Child sex offences involving the internet top 3,000

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

More than 3,000 sexual offences against children, including 100 rapes, had an online link, statistics obtained by the NSPCC have shown.

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#Chances4Children: NCS and Onside lead events to tackle youth violence

Girls in secure estate facing ‘high levels of trauma and risk of self-harm’

Cheshire youth justice service awarded highest ever joint inspection score

Peers vote against government to allow councils to run 'secure schools'

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

Levelling Up white paper a ‘missed opportunity’ to support young people

Disadvantaged young Londoners to have access to mentors by 2024

Youth custody system ‘setting children up to fail’

Children as young as 10 detained in police cells overnight, charity warns

NHS renews contract for specialist mental health support at Feltham YOI

Youth workers feel ‘professionally abandoned’, says director of London’s VRU

Greater understanding of child-to-parent abuse needed across London, Sadiq Khan warns

Abandon plans for bill of rights, government urged

Praise for 'impressive' Parc YOI's Covid-19 response

‘More effort’ needed to bring down high levels of violence at STC

Prison service blocked access to education for children at two YOIs, inspectors find

Home Office proposals could make stop and search of children easier

#Chances4Children: Leeds YJS offers lockdown challenge with added qualification

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Child sex offences involving the internet top 3,000

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