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When care practice outflanks the law

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 26, 2019
  • | CYP Now
It is 30 years since the Children Act 1989 received Royal Assent and despite the fact it has not subsequently been repealed or even substantially amended, the current "crisis" in the care system suggests that practice has drifted away from two of its key principles: that the state should work in partnership with parents; and that if families can be supported without recourse to the law, they should be.

The importance of dads in the early years

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 29, 2019
  • | CYP Now
During Mental Health Week, the Movember Foundation published its survey on new dads and there was some striking similarities with findings from a consultation we did with men in Blackpool about their experiences of being a new dad.

Time is the key in secure school reforms

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 29, 2019
  • | CYP Now
The government announced last month that Oasis Charitable Trust will operate the first secure school in the country on the current site of Medway Secure Training Centre (STC).

Charities must evolve to stay relevant

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 24, 2019
  • | CYP Now
In June 1844, a young man met with his colleagues in an upstairs room of a drapery store just a few yards from St Paul's Cathedral in London. That young man was Sir George Williams and the meeting resulted in the formation of the YMCA.

Action needed to help girls in custody

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 24, 2019
  • | CYP Now
A decade ago, there was an average of 166 girls in custody at any one time. Now there are only 28, a more rapid fall than that for boys. This is good news, of course, but a recent report by Pippa Goodfellow, director of the Standing Committee for Youth Justice, highlights why there is no room for complacency. Here are three reasons why.

Embrace the unpredictability of adolescence

    Opinion
  • Monday, May 27, 2019
  • | CYP Now
In 1802, Wordsworth wrote: "The child is father to the man." In 2019, the phrase has added meaning: Greta Thunberg, at 16, has shown us a clarity of thought and purpose that puts world leaders to shame and she has inspired young people to speak out and to take action through school strikes.

Free children from abuse and knife crime

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 29, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Throughout history, the social construction of childhood has changed, osculating between children being seen as angels in need of protection and demons in need of control.

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