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CYP Now Awards 2024 opens for entries

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

The search to recognise outstanding work supporting children, young people and families is under way with the launch of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2024.

Richard Taylor: Father of schoolboy Damilola Taylor dies aged 75

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Monday, March 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Children’s charity leaders have paid tribute to Richard Taylor who campaigned against knife crime for 24 years after the death of his 10-year-old son Damilola.

Just one in five children feel politicians are listening to them, England's Children’s Commissioner reveals

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Monday, March 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Only 22% of children feel that their concerns are being listened to by politicians with just 10% feeling their views are important to those running the country, a survey by the Children’s Commissioner for England has revealed.

In April’s CYP Now: Outdoor education special, CYP Now Awards launch, care leaver housing

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Sunday, March 24, 2024

| CYP Now

The latest edition of Children & Young People Now is packed with the most up-to-date news, views and best practice advice for professionals working with children, young people and families.

Programme launched to promote evidence-based parenting interventions

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Friday, March 22, 2024

| CYP Now

The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) and Foundations have collaborated on a programme which will trial evidence-based parenting interventions in four pilot areas.

Charity highlights importance of specialist roles to support neurodiverse children

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Friday, March 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Safer London has said its expert caseworker roles to support neurodiverse children are vital at a time where there’s a “lack of money for services”.

British Youth Council annouces closure

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Friday, March 22, 2024

| CYP Now

The British Youth Council (BYC) has announced its closure after more than 75 years due to “financial challenges”.

Youth Services Act needed to boost access for young people, NYA says

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

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The implementation of legislation to underpin councils’ legal duty to provide a local youth offer is among a series of recommendations in a new manifesto designed to increase young people’s access to youth services.

Princess of Wales' charity urges roll out of health visitor tool to ‘interpret baby behaviour’

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

| CYP Now

A tool to help health visitors interpret babies' behaviour should be rolled out nationally following “overwhelmingly positive” results from a trial of its use funded by the Princess of Wales’ charity the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.

Cookham Wood YOI to close

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

| CYP Now

Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution (YOI) is set to close following years of failure to improve conditions for young people.

Lack of strategy to tackle child criminal exploitation ‘harming young people’

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The lack of a UK-wide strategy to tackle child criminal exploitation and support children affected by it is resulting in “serious and preventable harm” to young people, a review of the current system finds.

Youth workers step in amid lack of family help to protect children from crime

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

| CYP Now

Youth workers are stepping in to cover for a lack of help from parents and families to prevent children in London from being involved in violent crime, a report has found.

Campaign launches to tackle negative perceptions of social work

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

| CYP Now

A campaign is set to launch to raise awareness of the role of social workers and tackle negative public perceptions of their work.

MP raises concerns over 'funding shortfall' for special free schools

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

| CYP Now

Jeremy Hunt is being warned by the chair of the Education Committee that the government's £105m offer to deliver 15 new special free schools falls short of the sum needed to support children.

Majority of councils lack sufficient SEND childcare provision, survey finds

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Just 6% of councils now say they have sufficient childcare provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), a major new report finds.

Social workers say cuts to public services pose greatest challenge to profession

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Cuts to public services has overtaken funding for social care as the biggest challenge facing professionals for the first time, social workers have said.

Davina McCall meets kinship carers

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Monday, March 18, 2024

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TV star Davina McCall, who grew up in kinship care herself, met with kinship carers in a new film to raise money and awareness for Comic Relief.

County council spending on children’s social care doubles, leaders warn

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Monday, March 18, 2024

| CYP Now

Most county councils in England have seen per-person spending on children’s services double over the last decade, according to the County Council’s Network (CCN).

Consultation launches to boost childminder recruitment and retention

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Monthly funding payments to childminders by local authorities and greater flexibility for childminder agencies are among proposals included in a government consultation to improve recruitment and retention in the profession.

Thousands of children waiting years for mental health support, Children’s Commissioner warns

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Almost a quarter of a million children are waiting for mental health support despite being referred to services in 2022/23, analysis of NHS figures by the Children’s Commissioner for England finds.

Support schools and nurseries to tackle poverty, Longfield’s think-tank urges ministers

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Programmes within schools and nurseries should be at the forefront of a government plan to tackle childhood poverty, a think-tank led by the former Children’s Commissioner for England has told ministers.

Praise for youth justice staff’s support of children subject to out-of-court disposals

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Staff at a Berkshire youth justice team have been praised by inspectors for going “above and beyond expectations” to support young people.

YoungMinds receives £5m grant to improve youth mental health over 10 years

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

| CYP Now

Youth mental health charity YoungMinds has received a 10-year grant of £5 million to support the design and delivery of a new strategy for young people’s mental health.

All schools 'should be required to appoint a young carers lead', says charity

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

| CYP Now

The government is being called on to make it a requirement for all schools to appoint a young carers lead to better coordinate their support.

Pupils with SEND ‘more likely to be suspended multiple times’

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

| CYP Now

Pupils with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) are among the most likely to be suspended by schools multiple times, researchers have found.

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CYP Now Awards 2024 opens for entries

Richard Taylor: Father of schoolboy Damilola Taylor dies aged 75

Just one in five children feel politicians are listening to them, England's Children’s Commissioner reveals

In April’s CYP Now: Outdoor education special, CYP Now Awards launch, care leaver housing

Programme launched to promote evidence-based parenting interventions

Charity highlights importance of specialist roles to support neurodiverse children

British Youth Council annouces closure

Youth Services Act needed to boost access for young people, NYA says

Princess of Wales' charity urges roll out of health visitor tool to ‘interpret baby behaviour’

Cookham Wood YOI to close

Lack of strategy to tackle child criminal exploitation ‘harming young people’

Youth workers step in amid lack of family help to protect children from crime

Campaign launches to tackle negative perceptions of social work

MP raises concerns over 'funding shortfall' for special free schools

Majority of councils lack sufficient SEND childcare provision, survey finds

Social workers say cuts to public services pose greatest challenge to profession

Davina McCall meets kinship carers

County council spending on children’s social care doubles, leaders warn

Consultation launches to boost childminder recruitment and retention

Thousands of children waiting years for mental health support, Children’s Commissioner warns

Support schools and nurseries to tackle poverty, Longfield’s think-tank urges ministers

Praise for youth justice staff’s support of children subject to out-of-court disposals

YoungMinds receives £5m grant to improve youth mental health over 10 years

All schools 'should be required to appoint a young carers lead', says charity

Pupils with SEND ‘more likely to be suspended multiple times’

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