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The ideas importer

    Other
  • Monday, March 19, 2012
    • | CYP Now
Lauren Higgs talks to George Hoskings, chief executive of the Wave Trust

Early intervention grant raises questions over fairness and bias

Against a backdrop of continued austerity, the announcement last month that the early intervention grant is set to rise by six per cent from April appeared to offer some hope that services tackling deep-seated issues among the most disadvantaged children and families would be boosted.

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.

Volunteers absent among first family champions

    Other
  • Monday, October 31, 2011
    • | CYP Now
One of the first areas to trial the government's flagship scheme to get families into work has revealed it has no plans to recruit volunteers to boost provision, despite the founder of the programme wanting to "see thousands" of volunteers supporting the initiative.

Cameron backs Early Intervention Foundation

    News
  • Friday, September 16, 2011
    • | CYP Now
Prime Minister David Cameron has offered his support to the concept of an Early Intervention Foundation to promote effective practice, suggesting government funding could be available.

Financing intervention: Allen report at a glance

    Other
  • Monday, July 11, 2011
    • | CYP Now
MP Graham Allen's second report in his government-commissioned review into early intervention was published last week. It began to address how evidence-based schemes can be financed. While reiterating the now widely-recognised evidence that intervening before problems arise yields savings in the long term, Allen challenges the government to take the lead and make widespread early intervention a reality.

Early intervention transcends early years

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 13, 2011
    • | CYP Now
The national focus on early intervention has put a spotlight on the early years. But with many conflating the two ideas, we run the risk of neglecting the need to develop a preventative mindset in our work with school-age children.

Government's child poverty strategy unveiled

    News
  • Tuesday, April 5, 2011
    • | CYP Now
The government's child poverty strategy will centre on planned reforms to the welfare system, a shift towards early intervention and the introduction of the pupil premium, it has been announced.

Funding for early intervention services cut by 50 per child

    News
  • Wednesday, March 2, 2011
    • | CYP Now
Funding for services including Sure Start children's centres and teenage pregnancy provision is being cut by an average of 50 per child in the next year, according to research commissioned by shadow education secretary Andy Burnham.

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