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Safeguarding pilot offers free training around online grooming

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

| CYP Now

Safeguarding professionals are invited to join a pilot training programme designed to increase understanding of online grooming.

Coronavirus: Children’s charities threatened by major income drop

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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Public service work carried out by charities to support vulnerable children and families is under threat due to a massive drop in fundraising income caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a think tank has warned.

Birmingham councillors approve £100m cuts to children and families services

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

Services for children, young people and families in Birmingham face a funding drop of more than £100 million after councillors approved what are thought to be the biggest budget cuts in local authority history.

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

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Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Politicians in Kensington & Chelsea have outlined their vision of standards for children's services for a new combined department across three authorities, stating that outstanding inspection ratings are expected.

Troubled Families teams to get £5m to tackle youth violence

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Monday, October 22, 2018

| CYP Now

Local authorities will be able to bid for funding from a £5m government fund to boost the work their Troubled Families teams do with young people involved with gangs and serious youth violence, it has been announced.

ADCS calls for wider children's workforce development

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Friday, April 20, 2018

| CYP Now

Government must broaden the scope of its workforce development plans for the children's sector if local authorities are to be able to deal with ongoing financial constraints, the new president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.

Children's policy 'given too little attention' at the Department for Education

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Monday, November 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Senior staff at the Department for Education spend less time working on children and families policy than they do on matters relating to schools or colleges, a report by a cross-party group of MPs has found.

Support services sideline teenage dads, charities warn

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

| CYP Now

Teenage fathers are being ignored by "mother-centred" support services that treat young men as "invisible", a report by a consortium of charities has warned.

Martin Narey receives knighthood as New Year honours recognise sector's work

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

| CYP Now

The government adoption adviser Martin Narey received a knighthood in the New Year's honors list, among more than 150 people recognised for their work with children and young people.

Your guide to children's policy briefs in the new government

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Following last month's government reshuffle, ministerial responsibilities relating to the children and young people's sector have been finalised.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Almost a million young people to be hit by universal credit cut

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Wednesday, September 15, 2021

| CYP Now

The end of the £20 universal credit uplift will “disproportionately” affect around one million young people, the YMCA has warned.

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

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Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities have been ordered to undertake an audit of how they respond to child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal.

National action plan urged for young runaways

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Dedicated early intervention services must be set up in every local authority area to protect young runaways from abuse, a charity has said.

Welfare reforms ‘increase youth homelessness'

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

| CYP Now

Two thirds of councils believe government welfare reforms are pushing increasing numbers of young people into homelessness, a report has found.

Directors of children’s services among sector leaders recognised in New Year Honours

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) are among sector leaders to be recognised in King Charles III first New Year's Honours list.

Judges enlisted for 2015 CYP Now Awards as entries reach record high

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Friday, July 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The judging panel for the 2015 Children & Young People Now Awards has been confirmed.

CYP Now Awards 2015 shortlist revealed

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

| CYP Now

The shortlist for the 2015 Children & Young People Now Awards has been determined in another record-breaking year for entries.

TDA chief to take over at NCB

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Thursday, June 2, 2011

| CYP Now

The executive director of the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) Dr Hilary Emery has been appointed as the new chief executive of the National Children's Bureau (NCB).

Children & Young People Now Awards 2013: the shortlist

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

| CYP Now

We are delighted to unveil the shortlist for the 2013 Children & Young People Now Awards.

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Safeguarding pilot offers free training around online grooming

Coronavirus: Children’s charities threatened by major income drop

Birmingham councillors approve £100m cuts to children and families services

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

Troubled Families teams to get £5m to tackle youth violence

ADCS calls for wider children's workforce development

Children's policy 'given too little attention' at the Department for Education

Support services sideline teenage dads, charities warn

Martin Narey receives knighthood as New Year honours recognise sector's work

Your guide to children's policy briefs in the new government

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Almost a million young people to be hit by universal credit cut

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

National action plan urged for young runaways

Welfare reforms ‘increase youth homelessness'

Directors of children’s services among sector leaders recognised in New Year Honours

Judges enlisted for 2015 CYP Now Awards as entries reach record high

CYP Now Awards 2015 shortlist revealed

TDA chief to take over at NCB

Children & Young People Now Awards 2013: the shortlist

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