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Legal Update: The Online Safety Bill

    Features
  • Tuesday, September 27, 2022
  • | CYP Now
With the delay of the Online Safety Bill, the UK should not abandon its obligations to protect children from online sexual exploitation and abuse, says Awaz Raoof, head of law and programmes at Coram International.

Children's charities need clarity on support package

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 27, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Like families, households and businesses across the country, charities are feeling more than just the pinch when confronted with the significantly increasing costs of keeping vital services running, every day.

Truss reportedly scraps Bill of Rights

    News
  • Thursday, September 8, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Reports that Prime Minister Liz Truss has shelved plans for a new Bill of Rights has been described as an “incredible relief” for children.

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Early Help

    Other
  • Thursday, September 1, 2022
  • | CYP Now
The government is investing £200m to extend its Supporting Families programme to March 2025. Supporting Families provides targeted early interventions for families with complex, interconnected problems.

Families need urgent action on cost of living

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, August 30, 2022
  • | CYP Now
The UK will enter what is tipped to be, in economic terms, the toughest winter in the post-war era amid warnings from organisations like Barnardo’s and Action for Children that vulnerable families will be hit hardest.

Special Report on Early Help

    Features
  • Tuesday, August 30, 2022
  • | CYP Now
With the Care Review finding a system increasingly geared towards ‘crisis intervention’, service leaders warn of an urgent need to shift focus to early help for children, young people and families.

New Prime Minister’s key priorities for children

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, August 30, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Children’s happiness was already at a deeply worrying 10-year low when lockdown hit, according to our Good Childhood research, isolating them from friends, family and vital support. Now, families face another major shock as soaring inflation looks set to plunge more households and children into poverty. Yes, we are facing a cost-of-living crisis – but we are also facing a crisis in our children’s wellbeing.

Early Help Special Report Policy Context

    Other
  • Tuesday, August 30, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Since 2010/11, spending by councils on early help services has fallen from £3.8bn to £1.9bn per year (see graphics). The brunt of the spending cuts has been on support for young people – 77 per cent fall from £1.3bn to £300m – and children’s centres – down 73 per cent from £1.5bn to £400m.

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