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Mandatory work experience schemes branded unlawful

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Back-to-work schemes that require young people to carry out unpaid employment placements or risk having their benefits cut have been deemed unlawful by three judges in the Court of Appeal.

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.

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.

Sexual health service cuts could cost taxpayers £10bn, report warns

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Cuts to sexual health services could saddle taxpayers with an additional £10bn bill to deal with increases in unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, charities have warned.

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 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.

Professionals to receive training to spot child trafficking

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Professionals working with children and young people will receive specialist training to spot and help victims of child trafficking as part of a Home Office scheme.

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils could save more than £32,000 for each troubled family they work with by providing services in a more effective way, a government report has claimed.

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.

Youth council convinces local authority to save services

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

| CYP Now

A youth council has successfully influenced its local authority not to push ahead with planned cuts to services for young people, protecting more than half a million pounds to fund frontline youth provision in the area.

Youth Contract to help more young people

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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.

Street-based youth work lauded for tackling violence

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Monday, January 14, 2013

| CYP Now

A major two-year study has found that street-based youth work can play a vital role in tackling violence among young people.?

Children's health services at risk despite funding increase, warn professionals

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Monday, January 14, 2013

| CYP Now

A ten per cent increase in public health funding over the next two years may still fall short of the sum needed to protect many children and young people's services at risk of closure, professionals have warned.

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

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Friday, January 4, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's decision to compel local authorities to reveal their early intervention expenditure by publishing a funding profile has been attacked as a "meaningless exercise".

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.

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.

Children's Rights Director urges review of care complaints process

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

| CYP Now

The government must review complaints procedures for children living in care to reduce the number of young people who run away, a report by the Children's Rights Director has said.

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

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Monday, December 10, 2012

| CYP Now

England's children's commissioner should be given stronger powers, while the title of the role should be changed to include "young people", an influential group of MPs and peers 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.

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

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Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and families minister Edward Timpson has praised the efforts of people working to improve children, young people and families' lives, at the 2012 CYP Now Awards.

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Mandatory work experience schemes branded unlawful

National action plan urged for young runaways

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

Sexual health service cuts could cost taxpayers £10bn, report warns

Adoption reforms ‘risk undermining support for vulnerable children'

Government raids Early Intervention Grant to fund adoption reform

Professionals to receive training to spot child trafficking

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

Scotland faces rising youth unemployment and growing health inequalities

Youth council convinces local authority to save services

Youth Contract to help more young people

Street-based youth work lauded for tackling violence

Children's health services at risk despite funding increase, warn professionals

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

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

Support services sideline teenage dads, charities warn

Children's Rights Director urges review of care complaints process

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Welfare reforms ‘increase youth homelessness'

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

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