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Wates Foundation

Funding

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

| CYP Now

The foundation offers funding across five areas including building family values and sustaining the environment

Daily roundup: Library closures, free childcare, and DNA swabs

Other

Monday, September 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's laureate criticises government failure to stop library closures; Labour outlines free childcare plans; and Welsh police have taken the DNA of 5,000 children, all in the news today.

4Children and LGA consortium to run Early Intervention Foundation

News

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

| CYP Now

A consortium led by the charity 4Children has been selected as the preferred bidder to run the first Early Intervention Foundation, the Department for Education has confirmed.

Daily roundup: Profit-making schools, help to stop smoking, and preparing young people for work

Other

Thursday, January 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Plan to allow profit-making companies to run free schools, a stop smoking service for young people in Wales, and a Department for Education scheme to get young people into work, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Electronic tags, 'train surfing', and a new training agency for teachers

Other

Thursday, January 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Figures show two-thirds of young people fitted with electronic tags go on to break their court order, warning over 'train surfing' craze in Wales, and plans to merge the Teaching Agency and the National College for School Leadership, all in the news today.

Third of councils yet to consider future multi-agency arrangements

News

Thursday, May 17, 2018

| CYP Now

One in three councils are yet to consider how they will replace local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) with new arrangements for multi-agency working, a study has found.

Legal Update: The Children and Families Bill

Other

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Bill includes a number of proposed reforms to existing legislation. Christopher Sykes, legal officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the principal changes

A fresh workforce strategy is vital

Other

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

The ability to make a difference to children's lives is critically affected by the quality and training of the professionals and practitioners who work with them.

Daily roundup: Riots warning, Wetherby YOI and West Mercia anti-rape campaign

Other

Friday, August 3, 2012

| CYP Now

A quarter of young people say the riots could erupt again, inspectors visit Weatherby YOI, and West Mercia Police apologise over a rape campaign poster, all in the news today.

Deep education cuts predicted for next spending review

News

Friday, September 21, 2012

| CYP Now

Children, young people and families could be hit particularly hard in the next government spending review, because of cuts to education and welfare spending, a leading think-tank has claimed.

Daily roundup: Visual impairments, Youth Audit and education support

Other

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Guidelines launched to improve commissioning of child eye health services; council undergoes first Youth Audit; and plans to raise education support for disabled young people to 25 gains backing, all in the news today.

Labour works to plug policy holes with general election a year away

Other

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

| CYP Now

An overarching vision for children and young people, an improvement body for schools and children's services, and a revamp of neglect laws are some of the areas the Labour Party needs to address over the next 12 months.

Daily roundup: Care proceedings, teacher training, and physical education

Other

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Social workers to get help understanding care proceedings legislation; teacher training on SEN insufficient; and most pupils "not bothered" by loss of competitive school sport, all in the news today.

Birmingham practitioners urged to participate in review

News

Friday, June 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The chair of the independent children's inquiry in Birmingham has called on children's professionals in the city to provide it with evidence of what services work well and should be expanded.

Daily roundup: Vocational training, health and parenting

Other

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| CYP Now

New practical qualifications for school children introduced next year; huge rise in Crohn's disease hospital admissions of young people; and parents warned not to give children alcohol at end of exams, all in the news today.

Judges confirmed for CYP Now Awards as entry deadline looms

News

Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's Commissioner for England Maggie Atkinson, tri-borough director of children's services Andrew Christie and Ofsted's lead on youth strategy Tony Gallagher are among the judges confirmed for this year's Children & Young People Now Awards.

Ask the Experts: Deterring children from tattoos

Other

Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on young people and tattoos, holiday cover, children living with substance misuse and mud kitchens.

Labour Conference 2011: Miliband promises young people 'a new bargain'

News

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Young people are being given a false impression of the routes to success in life due to the influences of celebrity culture and gangs, Labour leader Ed Miliband has said.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

News

Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Councils to share services to make savings

Other

Monday, October 17, 2011

| CYP Now

The vast majority of children's services decision-makers in local authorities across England are planning to share work with other councils to make financial savings, it has emerged.