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Councils gear up to tackle needs of refugee children and families

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities and refugee charities are preparing to support the 20,000 Syrian refugees to be resettled in the UK, while a large rise in the number of unaccompanied children is already putting some councils under pressure.

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive overview.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

Funding cuts lead councils to seek new ways of delivering youth work

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

A new round of government funding through the Delivering Differently for Young People programme will aim to help more local authorities develop effective models of providing youth services at a reduced cost

Cameron speech reignites debate over children's services 'market'

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister highlighted children's social care as ripe for reform in a speech this month, with failing services handed to trusts or other providers to run. Children's services experts give their views on what this means for the years ahead

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive overview.

Ask The Experts: Draw up your inclusion policy

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on writing an inclusive "vision", the right support for a family, singing in the nursery and young entrepreneurs.

Legal Update: Review of special guardianship

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Kirsten Anderson, research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a government consultation that will review the use of special guardianship, first introduced in 2005.

How an entrepreneurial approach helps families tackle poverty

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Project reduces the number of children living in or at risk of poverty and improves their life chances.

Legal Update: Court Report - 'Lessons' to help European nationals

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Participation in Action: Cheshire care leavers cook up good food guide

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Young care leavers have created a cookbook for their peers who are leaving the care system, so they can eat healthily on a budget.

Buttle UK - small grants programme

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Buttle UK has been helping children and young people across the UK since 1953. Its small grants programme funds essential items such as beds, fridges and cookers for individuals and families who are in significant need.