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Labour Conference 2022: Five key youth sector conversations

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

| CYP Now

Young people’s mental wellbeing, the housing crisis, and online safety were among the top issues discussed at the Labour Conference’s Youth Zone, in conversations held between MPs, youth advocates and organisations.

Mini budget: Sector questions ‘glaring absence’ of support for vulnerable families

News

Friday, September 23, 2022

| CYP Now

Organisations supporting children and young people across the sector have criticised a “glaring absence” of help for families hardest hit by the cost-of-living crisis in Kwasi Kwarteng’s first mini budget.

Delay launch of new SEND inspection framework say children's services leaders

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Monday, September 12, 2022

| CYP Now

The development and introduction of a new inspection framework for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services should be paused until after policy reforms for the sector have been finalised, the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has said.

Truss reportedly scraps Bill of Rights

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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.

Increase in proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals

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Thursday, June 9, 2022

| CYP Now

The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals increased by 1.7 per cent during 2021, government figures have revealed.

Inclusive Britain: How plan to tackle racial disparity will impact education, social care and youth justice

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Thursday, March 17, 2022

| CYP Now

The government has set out its long-term vision to tackle racial disparities in the UK with a focus on health services, education and the youth justice system.

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Investment in youth services and education in the UK’s most disadvantaged areas have been announced as part of the government’s “levelling-up” plan.

Number of children in extreme poverty rises to 550,000

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

| CYP Now

The number of children living in destitution has increased to 550,000, according to latest figures analysed by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Spending Review: Key asks for children and young people

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| CYP Now

CYP Now breaks down key funding asks from across the sector.

Children's commissioner for England calls for urgent improvements to care system

News

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

| CYP Now

Investment in residential care, increased mental health support and more benefits for care leavers are paramount to improving provision for children in care, according to the children’s commissioner for England.

Transition support for students with disabilities

Best Practice

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Transitions Service gives support to students on career and further education options while still in school, helping them make progress in achieving their goals.

Holiday Activities and Food Alliance launches to support local authorities

News

Friday, March 19, 2021

| CYP Now

A new coalition of charities, academics and youth organisations has launched in a bid to support local authorities to make the best use of the government’s expanded £220m Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme.

Children’s commissioner launches ‘once-in-a-generation’ review of childhood

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

| CYP Now

The new children’s commissioner for England has announced plans to create a 10-year “blueprint” to help children recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Children’s commissioner: Politicians must take child poverty 'out of the too difficult box'

News

Thursday, January 21, 2021

| CYP Now

Children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield has delivered a stern rebuke to politicians over a lack of action to address child poverty.

Five key things Gavin Williamson told the education select committee

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson faced questions from the education select committee about the impact of the third national lockdown on children and young people.

Spending Review: What has Rishi Sunak pledged for children and young people?

News

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced his one-year spending review with a focus on helping the UK’s economy recover from Covid-19.

Public sector pay freeze ‘a body blow’ to frontline workers, unions say

News

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Education and social care unions have criticised the government’s decision to freeze pay for public sector workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Spending Review: Sector bodies set out key asks

News

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is today set to announce a one-year spending review focussed solely on helping the UK to recover from Covid-19.

Covid-19 ‘having a devastating impact on children’s rights’

News

Friday, November 20, 2020

| CYP Now

The Covid-19 pandemic is having a “devastating impact on children’s rights, wellbeing and futures”, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has warned.

Mapped: Councils providing free school meals over half term and Christmas holidays

News

Friday, October 30, 2020

| CYP Now

Local authorities have been forced to step-in over the October half term to provide free school meals for vulnerable children.

MPs removed from anti-poverty charity’s board over free school meals vote

News

Thursday, October 29, 2020

| CYP Now

Feeding Britain has removed MPs from its board after one of its trustees voted against extending free school meals to children from low-income families out of term time.

Treasury announces one-year spending review ‘focussed entirely’ on Covid-19

News

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

| CYP Now

The Treasury has postponed the scheduled three-year comprehensive spending review (CSR) and will instead put forward a one-year plan “focussed entirely” on combating coronavirus.

Children’s commissioner for England: Prioritise children in future lockdown plans

News

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

| CYP Now

Children must be “at the heart” of plans for future lockdowns with schools last to close and first to open, the children’s commissioner for England has said.

Guide to government coronavirus funding

Funding

Monday, June 15, 2020

| CYP Now

Following an initial £750m package of support for charities during the pandemic announced by the government in March, the Department for Education and other ministries have in recent months unveiled a number of new funding programmes to boost the finances of statutory and voluntary organisations so they can deliver vital services.

Charity calls for extra support for adopted children on return to school

News

Monday, May 4, 2020

| CYP Now

Schools will need to put in place a package of psychological and practical support for vulnerable children to help them make a smooth transition back to full-time education once the UK’s lockdown measures are eased, a leading care charity has said.

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Labour Conference 2022: Five key youth sector conversations

Mini budget: Sector questions ‘glaring absence’ of support for vulnerable families

Delay launch of new SEND inspection framework say children's services leaders

Truss reportedly scraps Bill of Rights

Increase in proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals

Inclusive Britain: How plan to tackle racial disparity will impact education, social care and youth justice

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

Number of children in extreme poverty rises to 550,000

Spending Review: Key asks for children and young people

Children's commissioner for England calls for urgent improvements to care system

Transition support for students with disabilities

Holiday Activities and Food Alliance launches to support local authorities

Children’s commissioner launches ‘once-in-a-generation’ review of childhood

Children’s commissioner: Politicians must take child poverty 'out of the too difficult box'

Five key things Gavin Williamson told the education select committee

Spending Review: What has Rishi Sunak pledged for children and young people?

Public sector pay freeze ‘a body blow’ to frontline workers, unions say

Spending Review: Sector bodies set out key asks

Covid-19 ‘having a devastating impact on children’s rights’

Mapped: Councils providing free school meals over half term and Christmas holidays

MPs removed from anti-poverty charity’s board over free school meals vote

Treasury announces one-year spending review ‘focussed entirely’ on Covid-19

Children’s commissioner for England: Prioritise children in future lockdown plans

Guide to government coronavirus funding

Charity calls for extra support for adopted children on return to school

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