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Youth Contract to help more young people

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

| CYP Now

An additional 15,000 16- and 17-year-olds are to receive help to find work or training through the Youth Contract, following a government review of the programme's "narrow" criteria.

Government raids Early Intervention Grant to fund adoption reform

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has slashed £150m from the Early Intervention Grant to plough into attempts to increase the number of adoptions in England, children's minister Edward Timpson has confirmed.

DfE to slice £450m from non-schools budget

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Friday, June 5, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) will cut £450m from its non-schools budget for the current financial year, it has been announced.

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

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Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

The September edition of Children & Young People Now has all the latest news, views and analysis on the key issues affecting services for children, young people and families.

#Chances4Children: Call to 'put children first' in post-lockdown recovery planning

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

| CYP Now

More than 150 organisations supporting vulnerable children have urged the Prime Minister to prioritise children as the UK begins the next phase of recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

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Friday, June 14, 2024

| CYP Now

The three main parties have published policy pledges in a bid to win the general election.

Sir Paul Ennals to stand down as NCB chief executive

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Monday, March 28, 2011

| CYP Now

Sir Paul Ennals is to quit his role as chief executive of the National Children's Bureau after 13 years in post, triggering a hunt for his successor.

Government falls short on children's rights, claims charity

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has failed to act on the majority of the UN's recommendations to improve children's rights in England, according to the latest Children Rights Alliance for England (Crae) report.

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 extends deadline to 11 July

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

| CYP Now

The deadline to enter the 2013 Children & Young People Now Awards has been extended by one week, to Thursday 11 July. Entries must be received before 12 noon that day.

NCAS Conference: Timpson unveils children's services innovation programme

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Monday, October 21, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has launched a sector-wide initiative to harvest and test "adventurous" ideas that professionals have to improve services for vulnerable children.

Scotland faces rising youth unemployment and growing health inequalities

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of unemployed under-25s in Scotland has almost doubled in the past five years, while health inequalities between children continue to grow, research has found.

Adoption reforms ‘risk undermining support for vulnerable children'

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Plans to redirect £150m of early intervention funding into adoption reform risk reducing frontline services for vulnerable children, the chair of the Local Government Association's (LGA) children and young people board has warned.

Government selects Prince's Trust chief to lead Social Mobility Commission

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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

| CYP Now

The government has named Prince's Trust chief executive Dame Martina Milburn as its preferred choice to chair the Social Mobility Commission.

Labour conference: Sheerman moots plan to raise the participation age to 25

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

| CYP Now

Young people could be required to participate in compulsory education, training or employment up to the age of 25, a Labour MP has suggested.

Union warns over 'blinkered and draconian' Essex youth service cuts

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Members of the Unite union are urging Essex County Council to rethink plans to slash its youth services budget by 60 per cent.

Youth charity chief reveals expansion plans

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Friday, January 31, 2014

| CYP Now

A charity that trains young people to better deal with conflict situations has unveiled ambitious plans to double in size within two years.

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work (TCSW) has called for a government consultation on controversial plans to outsource child protection services to be extended.

Young person loses legal battle over work experience scheme

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

| CYP Now

A 23-year-old graduate has lost a judicial review against government over a mandatory work experience scheme that she claimed amounted to "forced labour".

School pupils reveal negative views on mental illness

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

| CYP Now

?One in ten pupils want classmates with mental health problems to be removed from their school, according to a survey of 1,000 14- to 18-year-olds in the West Midlands.

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Youth Contract to help more young people

Government raids Early Intervention Grant to fund adoption reform

DfE to slice £450m from non-schools budget

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

#Chances4Children: Call to 'put children first' in post-lockdown recovery planning

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

Sir Paul Ennals to stand down as NCB chief executive

Government falls short on children's rights, claims charity

Ofsted reports increase in 'excellent' children's services

CYP Now Awards extends deadline to 11 July

NCAS Conference: Timpson unveils children's services innovation programme

Scotland faces rising youth unemployment and growing health inequalities

Adoption reforms ‘risk undermining support for vulnerable children'

Government selects Prince's Trust chief to lead Social Mobility Commission

Labour conference: Sheerman moots plan to raise the participation age to 25

Union warns over 'blinkered and draconian' Essex youth service cuts

Youth charity chief reveals expansion plans

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

Young person loses legal battle over work experience scheme

School pupils reveal negative views on mental illness

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