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New vision for children's centres is top priority
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Opinion
- Monday, June 24, 2019 | CYP Now
July marks four years since then childcare minister Sam Gyimah pledged to undertake a review into the future of children's centres.
Councils take lead on tackling child obesity
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Opinion
- Monday, May 27, 2019 | CYP Now
Average adult life expectancy has fallen by six months over the past year, according to analysis by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.
Make case for investing in universal youth work
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Opinion
- Monday, April 29, 2019 | CYP Now
The government chose the recent Serious Youth Violence Summit to unveil a raft of youth work policy pledges - including the creation of a youth charter and review of youth work qualifications.
CAMHS needs waiting time target honoured
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Opinion
- Tuesday, January 29, 2019 | CYP Now
The NHS Long Term Plan sets out ambitious pledges to improve children and young people's mental health services over the next decade.
Time to invest in the children's workforce
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Opinion
- Wednesday, January 2, 2019 | CYP Now
Ask children's services leaders - whether a director of children's services, head teacher or nursery manager - what motivates their staff, and most will say it's a passion to improve outcomes for children, not the wage that comes with it.
Focus on reunification could stem care rise
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Opinion
- Tuesday, November 27, 2018 | CYP Now
As 2018 draws to a close, funding across the entire children's sector has never felt more precarious.
Early help must prove it cuts care demand
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Opinion
- Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | CYP Now
Graham Allen's 2011 report Early Intervention: The Next Steps makes clear that the real savings from early help lay in its ability to reduce the numbers coming into care to such an extent that fewer high-cost residential facilities would be needed.
Benefits of funded childcare need selling
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Opinion
- Tuesday, September 25, 2018 | CYP Now
When searching for reasons for the low take-up of funded childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds in England, debate has focused on whether providers are being adequately remunerated to create sufficient places.
Strategy must boost youth opportunities
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Opinion
- Tuesday, August 28, 2018 | CYP Now
The government's long-awaited Civil Society Strategy recognises the "transformational impact that youth services and trained youth workers" can have on disadvantaged young people.
Incentives are key to halt school exclusions
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Opinion
- Tuesday, July 31, 2018 | CYP Now
The education committee's report on exclusions and alternative provisions makes it abundantly clear that the current system is failing some children, and that rising exclusion rates are a reflection of this.
Grenfell must bequeath legacy of collaboration
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Opinion
- Tuesday, May 29, 2018 | CYP Now
Looking for silver linings to come out of a disaster such as Grenfell Tower would be churlish. However, the way community groups and charities have responded to the tragedy, which claimed 71 lives, 19 of them children, on 14 June last year, is an example of what can be achieved when organisations work in collaboration.
Youth violence response needs local co-ordination
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Opinion
- Tuesday, April 24, 2018 | CYP Now
The government is to invest £11m to develop new youth violence prevention projects as part of its £40m, two-year Serious Violence Strategy.
More adoption contact could improve outcomes
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Opinion
- Tuesday, March 27, 2018 | CYP Now
A review has concluded that current arrangements around adoption contact are not meeting the needs of birth families and adopted children.
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