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‘Critical opportunities’ missed to prevent Arthur Labinjo-Hughes death, review finds

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

| CYP Now

An independent review into the death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes at the hands of his father and step-mother finds that three “critical opportunities” which could have saved him were missed by authorities.

Home schooling register could help protect children ‘kept away from wider society’

News

Thursday, May 16, 2024

| CYP Now

A national elective home education (EHE) register could help improve the lives of home-schooled children who have “little or no contact with the world outside their family”, a report by safeguarding experts has found.

Birmingham Children’s Trust under fire over disclosing child's information

News

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

| CYP Now

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has criticised Birmingham Children’s Trust for disclosing the personal information of a child to another nearby family.

Tackling false economies in child services

Opinion

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

I am writing this while rushing to finish work before going on holiday. I know this is a false economy because most things can wait until I’m back, when I’m refreshed; when I will do them better and quicker.

Government announces new child poverty unit

News

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

| CYP Now

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced a new cross-government child poverty unit.

SEND inclusion in mainstream schools key to DfE reorganisation

Analysis

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

| CYP Now

As new Prime Minister Keir Starmer finalises ministers, changes in the Department for Education teams suggest a focus on reforming support for children with special educational needs and disabilities.

Family Support and Family Hubs: Key policy developments

Features

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

| CYP Now

Poverty is a key driver for both problems arising and the need for support in families, whether that is because of changing personal circumstances such as the loss of work, ill health or divorce, or the impact of benefit changes and rising inflation eating into household income.

Funding Watch: Holiday Grants for Children

Other

Monday, March 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Enter the Children & Young People Now Awards 2011

Other

Friday, April 1, 2011

| CYP Now

The Children & Young People Now Awards have become the gold standard for everyone working with children, young people and families.

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Wiltshire

News

Monday, December 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Social care, health and justice organisations in Wiltshire have been praised by inspectors for their "robust" approach to tackling neglect and domestic abuse.

Critics slam poverty strategy for breach of law

Other

Friday, April 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Campaigners are threatening to take legal action after claims that the government's child poverty strategy has breached the law and lacks significant targets.

Campaigners brand review of local authority duties 'distasteful'

News

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's review of local authority statutory duties is "distasteful and damaging" for the protection of children's rights, campaigners have claimed.

Sharp elbows must make the big society a fair one

Opinion

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| CYP Now

We've heard less about the big society recently. Instead, we've been finding out about the difficult choices being made wherever we live.

4Children campaign renews calls for investment in early intervention

News

Monday, May 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Seven out of ten people believe councils and central government are wrong to focus funding on the most disruptive families, prompting charity 4Children to renew calls for a greater focus on early intervention.

Inflation hits poorer families hardest

News

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Poor families are being hit harder by inflation, a study has found.

ChildRIGHT: In a Nutshell -- Child witnesses giving evidence in court

Other

Monday, January 10, 2011

| CYP Now

When a child is asked to give evidence in court there are a number of measures in place to make them feel comfortable and aid the process.

DfE and Ofsted agree information sharing deal

News

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education and Ofsted have agreed a formal deal to share information on how local areas are performing in terms of child protection.

Mental health checks for children entering care set for trial

News

Thursday, November 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Children entering the care system will be given mental health checks on a trial basis, the government has announced.

Banks will only back schemes producing quick wins, fear providers

Other

Monday, January 24, 2011

| CYP Now

After Graham Allen's first report sought to promote best practice in early intervention, the focus has now turned to how such schemes will be funded, with concerns that investors will want speedy returns.

Frank Field tells government to step in to stop Sure Start cuts

News

Monday, February 7, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's poverty tsar Frank Field has urged the government to take immediate action to stop the closure of hundreds of Sure Start children's centres.

LGA board chief: let councils solve children's services challenges

Other

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

| CYP Now

Richard Watts, chair of the Local Government Association's children and young people board, says councils must be given freedoms to overcome a crisis in funding, recruitment and excessive demand across children's social care.

Nearly 200,000 babies at risk of harm in the UK

News

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Nearly 200,000 babies in the UK are at risk of serious harm, according to figures released by the NSPCC as it launched its campaign to highlight the vulnerability of children aged under one.

Financial barriers to marriage should be removed to encourage stable families, says Iain Duncan Smith

News

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Financial barriers preventing couples from getting married should be removed in order to promote stable families for children to grow up in, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said.