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Leicester playgrounds' future uncertain amid £1mn funding cuts

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Adventure playgrounds in Leicester have until the end of September to prove they can become self-funded as the council plans to cut their £1m a year funding.

Tackling child poverty ‘can prevent almost 5,000 children entering care’

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Wednesday, August 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Child mortality and looked-after children rates could be slashed by around a third over the next decade if measures are put in place by the government to tackle child poverty, according to academics.

Charity expands youth employment pathways programme

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Wednesday, August 7, 2024

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Charity UK Youth is expanding a scheme that connects youth organisations with small- and medium-sized businesses to create employment opportunities for young people not in education, employment or training (Neet).

Sector leaders speak out over racially motivated violence

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Tuesday, August 6, 2024

| CYP Now

Youth work and children’s charity leaders have publicly condemned the violent incidents in towns and cities across the UK targeting refugees and asylum seekers over the past week.

Eight in 10 early years settings struggling with staff retention, survey finds

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Monday, August 5, 2024

| CYP Now

More than eight in 10 nurseries, pre-schools and childminders have seen an increase in the number of staff members leaving the sector compared to two years ago, a survey of the early years workforce has found.

High cost of agency social workers and care placements led to £42mn children’s trust overspend, council says

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Monday, August 5, 2024

| CYP Now

High levels of spending on agency social workers and residential placements for children in care are key factors in a £42mn overspend at Bradford Children and Families Trust over the last year, according to a council report.

Study aims to improve mental health among young parents

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Friday, August 2, 2024

| CYP Now

Young parents are being invited to take part in an Oxford University study designed to improve their mental health.

Family support programmes could save councils £87,000 per year, study suggests

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Thursday, August 1, 2024

| CYP Now

The use of specialist family support officers for those affected by child exploitation could save councils more than £87,000 per year, a study finds.

North Tyneside Council offers digital memory boxes to care-experienced children

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Thursday, August 1, 2024

| CYP Now

North Tyneside Council has become the latest local authority to offer care-experienced children and young people access to a digital memory box where they can store photos and other memories of their family online.

Mayor of London invests £2mn in summer activities for vulnerable children

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Thursday, August 1, 2024

| CYP Now

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a £2mn investment in a package of activities and targeted summer holiday interventions designed to divert young people away from violence.

In August’s CYP Now: Labour’s key policies; kinship care; family support special

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Thursday, August 1, 2024

| CYP Now

As the dust settles after Labour’s landslide election victory, the latest edition of Children & Young People Now analyses the new government’s policy priorities and what they will mean for practice with children, young people and families.

‘Huge jump’ in number of young rough sleepers in London

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Thursday, August 1, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of young people sleeping rough in London has increased by more than a third over the last year, new figures show.

Youth justice services should take on young adult cases, chief inspector suggests

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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

| CYP Now

Youth justice services (YJSs) should take on cases involving 18- to 21-year-olds to relieve pressure on adult probation services amid the prisons overcrowding crisis, the chief inspector of probation has said.

Trial bids to tackle mental health challenges faced by children with epilepsy

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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

| CYP Now

A scheme is to be trialed in the South West of England to improve mental health support for children and young people with epilepsy.

Council receives 'outstanding' rating for children’s services

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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

| CYP Now

Ofsted has found that young people in Hampshire have benefitted from a "significant investment" in its children's services workforce prompting an "outstanding" rating from inspectors.

Plans approved for former nursery to become special school

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Tuesday, July 30, 2024

| CYP Now

A secondary school for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is set to open on a former nursery site, in response to the previous government’s SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan.

One in five trainee child doctors at risk of burnout

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Monday, July 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Child health leaders have warned that high workloads among trainee paediatricians could create a workforce crisis that damages care for children.

Stephanie Peacock appointed youth minister

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Friday, July 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Stephanie Peacock has been named as youth minister by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Adoption drive launches amid shortage of registered adopters

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Friday, July 26, 2024

| CYP Now

A national campaign has been launched to tackle the "unprecedented decline" in adoption rates, as figures reveal there are more children waiting to be adopted than there are prospective adopters.

EHCPs for half of children delayed, study finds

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Friday, July 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Just 49% of education, health and care plans (EHCPs) for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) were produced within the 20-week statutory limit in 2022, with families "begging" councils for help, a report has revealed.

Three quarters of London boroughs sign up to charter to tackle lost learning

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Friday, July 26, 2024

| CYP Now

More than three quarters of London boroughs have now signed up to an inclusive education charter designed by Sadiq Khan’s violence reduction unit (VRU).

Redthread explores merger with Catch22

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Youth violence prevention charity Redthread is considering a merger with Catch22 after experiencing “major financial challenges”, the organisation has announced.

Attainment for children with SEND ‘has not improved over last decade’

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Educational attainment amongst children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has not improved since the introduction of landmark reforms a decade ago, despite an increase in investment of £4bn, new research shows.

Early years maths programme benefits disadvantaged children

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Children eligible for the early years pupil premium (EYPP) are most likely to benefit from a maths programme provided by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), analysis has found.

SEND complaints dominating a quarter of ombudsman’s casework

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

| CYP Now

The majority of cases dealt with by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) are linked to complaints about services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

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Leicester playgrounds' future uncertain amid £1mn funding cuts

Tackling child poverty ‘can prevent almost 5,000 children entering care’

Charity expands youth employment pathways programme

Sector leaders speak out over racially motivated violence

Eight in 10 early years settings struggling with staff retention, survey finds

High cost of agency social workers and care placements led to £42mn children’s trust overspend, council says

Study aims to improve mental health among young parents

Family support programmes could save councils £87,000 per year, study suggests

North Tyneside Council offers digital memory boxes to care-experienced children

Mayor of London invests £2mn in summer activities for vulnerable children

In August’s CYP Now: Labour’s key policies; kinship care; family support special

‘Huge jump’ in number of young rough sleepers in London

Youth justice services should take on young adult cases, chief inspector suggests

Trial bids to tackle mental health challenges faced by children with epilepsy

Council receives 'outstanding' rating for children’s services

Plans approved for former nursery to become special school

One in five trainee child doctors at risk of burnout

Stephanie Peacock appointed youth minister

Adoption drive launches amid shortage of registered adopters

EHCPs for half of children delayed, study finds

Three quarters of London boroughs sign up to charter to tackle lost learning

Redthread explores merger with Catch22

Attainment for children with SEND ‘has not improved over last decade’

Early years maths programme benefits disadvantaged children

SEND complaints dominating a quarter of ombudsman’s casework

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