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Joint working: ContactPoint - The verdict so far

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

| CYP Now

The Conservatives have vowed to scrap ContactPoint if they win the next election, and concerns have been raised about information security. But what do some of the local authorities using the controversial database think? Nancy Rowntree finds out.

Mr Pugnacious - Barry Sheerman MP, chairman, Children, Schools and Families Select Committee

Features

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

| CYP Now

Barry Sheerman bridles at recent suggestions that the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee carries little influence. "Some irritating journalist said that select committees make no difference but I don't believe it," he says.

Damning report blasts government's children's rights record

News

Thursday, November 19, 2009

| CYP Now

MPs and Lords have slammed the government for failing to safeguard children's rights, in a damning report to mark the 20th anniversary of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

Speculation grows over who will replace Ed Balls and Beverley Hughes

News

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

| CYP Now

Betting on who will be the next Chancellor was suspended at 9am yesterday after bookies' favourite Children's Secretary Ed Balls was backed heavily over the weekend.

News Insight: This is the age of the super-director

Other

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services have never been under more pressure, but help is on the way. Joe Lepper investigates.

Spending Review Insight: Guide to how the spending plans affect children and families

Other

Monday, October 25, 2010

| CYP Now

The spending review set out public expenditure plans for the next four financial years. Here, Janaki Mahadevan, Lauren Higgs, Gabriella Jozwiak and Neil Puffett bring you the definitive guide to its impact on children, young people and families.

Cumbria children's services jobs at risk

News

Monday, November 29, 2010

| CYP Now

Around 300 children's services posts are at risk in Cumbria as the county council braces itself for a raft of cuts to government grants.

CYP Now ready for relaunch

Other

Monday, December 6, 2010

| CYP Now

Children & Young People Now is to relaunch in the new year with a fresh look and more in-depth coverage of developments across the sector.

Analysis: Children's trusts get a reality check

Other

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

| CYP Now

The Audit Commission last week attacked the current state of children's trusts, prompting serious questions about what the future holds. Lauren Higgs investigates.

Wakeham Trust

Funding

Thursday, February 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Small grants to help people rebuild local communities

Church Urban Fund

Funding

Friday, February 18, 2011

| CYP Now

Grants supporting projects tackling poverty and marginalisation in urban areas

CPP Community Charity Fund

Funding

Friday, February 18, 2011

| CYP Now

Grants to support community projects in York, Tamworth, Chesterfield and North Yorkshire

UK faces hung parliament after night of drama

News

Friday, May 7, 2010

| CYP Now

The UK faces its first hung parliament since 1974, with the Conservatives on course to win the most seats but falling short of an overall majority.

Labour regains control of key local authorities

News

Monday, May 10, 2010

| CYP Now

The Labour Party made key gains in last week's local elections, in areas including Liverpool, Doncaster and the London Borough of Enfield, while some Conservative losses have resulted in councils falling to no overall control.

Children's ministers confirmed

Other

Monday, May 17, 2010

| CYP Now

Michael Gove given Education Secretary role as predicted, but Sarah Teather made children's minister.

CYP Now 2013 Awards open for entry

News

Monday, April 15, 2013

| CYP Now

The 2013 Children & Young People Now Awards - the gold standard in services for children, young people and families across the UK - are open for entries.

Daily roundup: Heart surgery U-turn, child poverty figures, and female genital mutilation

Other

Thursday, June 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Child heart surgery restructure ditched, 2.3 million children live in poverty, and MPs criticise female genital mutilation failures, all in the news today.

DfE data shows funding shift from universal to targeted services

Other

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Latest local authority spending figures suggest that early intervention is being sacrificed to fund statutory services as children's departments grapple with making a dwindling pot of money stretch further.

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

News

Friday, January 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Parenting support programmes significantly cut the risk of children developing behavioural problems and becoming offenders in adolescence and adulthood, a new study suggests.

Mutual benefits

Other

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Public sector employees are being encouraged to take control of the services they provide and run them as mutuals. Joe Lepper looks at the experiences of those pioneering the approach in children's services

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

Other

Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Poorer parents struggle to feed their children during the summer holidays; Department for Education publishes child-friendly guide to the special educational needs reforms; and judge warns of "paedophile panic", all in the news today.

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

News

Sunday, April 29, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and young people's charities face funding cuts of almost £405m over the five years up to 2015/16, the National Children's Bureau (NCB) has estimated.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

News

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Joint working - Minister-in-waiting gets ready for battle

Other

Monday, January 11, 2010

| CYP Now

With the Conservatives favourites to triumph in the coming general election, the children's and youth sector better get prepared. Ravi Chandiramani finds out what changes shadow children's minister Tim Loughton has in mind.

Integrated working is threatening to dilute specialist expertise, warns report

Other

Monday, January 25, 2010

| CYP Now

Specialist professionals working with children face being marginalised in modern-day children's services departments, a report by the Children's Services Professional Network has found.

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Joint working: ContactPoint - The verdict so far

Mr Pugnacious - Barry Sheerman MP, chairman, Children, Schools and Families Select Committee

Damning report blasts government's children's rights record

Speculation grows over who will replace Ed Balls and Beverley Hughes

News Insight: This is the age of the super-director

Spending Review Insight: Guide to how the spending plans affect children and families

Cumbria children's services jobs at risk

CYP Now ready for relaunch

Analysis: Children's trusts get a reality check

Wakeham Trust

Church Urban Fund

CPP Community Charity Fund

UK faces hung parliament after night of drama

Labour regains control of key local authorities

Children's ministers confirmed

CYP Now 2013 Awards open for entry

Daily roundup: Heart surgery U-turn, child poverty figures, and female genital mutilation

DfE data shows funding shift from universal to targeted services

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

Mutual benefits

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Joint working - Minister-in-waiting gets ready for battle

Integrated working is threatening to dilute specialist expertise, warns report

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