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Justice system needs to recognise impact of care

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Intersectionality is a concept to describe the interconnected nature of social categorisations as they apply to a given individual or group, which create interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.

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 & Young People Now Awards 2021 Shortlist

Features

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

| CYP Now

The CYP Now Awards highlight the very best practice in work with children, young people and families.

NYAS apologises over failure to comply with data protection rules

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Monday, August 2, 2021

| CYP Now

The National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) has vowed to strengthen its privacy policy after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found it had shared a young person’s information with a solicitor.

Review urges 'age-appropriate' drug services for young people

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Monday, July 12, 2021

| CYP Now

The government should invest in “age-appropriate” drug services for young people amid a 40 per cent rise in drug use in 11- to 15-year-olds, a major report finds.

Secure children’s home shortage letting children down, Ofsted warns

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Friday, July 9, 2021

| CYP Now

An acute shortage of secure children’s homes (SCHs) in England is leaving the most vulnerable children at risk of harm, Ofsted has warned.

Councils to pilot local decision-making for trafficked children

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

| CYP Now

A new pilot programme will give local authority safeguarding teams the power to decide upon a child’s status as a victim of trafficking.

Allow councils to run new secure academies, urge MPs and campaigners

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

| CYP Now

MPs and campaigners are backing calls to give local authorities the power to maintain and establish a new form of secure children’s home for 16- to 19-year-olds.

Stockport DCS receives OBE in Queen’s birthday honours list

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Monday, June 14, 2021

| CYP Now

Chris McLoughlin, director of children’s services at Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, has been awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s birthday honours.

Major study to explore new ways to prevent child exploitation

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Friday, May 7, 2021

| CYP Now

A £1.9m project studying safeguarding risks faced by young people outside their home will look at new ways of combating threats such as sexual and criminal exploitation and gang affiliation.

Race report 'vindicates' disproportionate exclusions of black children, critics say

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Thursday, April 1, 2021

| CYP Now

The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities' has been criticised over the "vindication" of disproportionate use of exclusions for children from minority ethnic backgrounds in its recent report.

Campaign calls for ban on handcuffing children

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Friday, March 26, 2021

| CYP Now

A new campaign is calling for a ban on the use of handcuffs on children and young people.

Scotland enshrines UNCRC in domestic law

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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

| CYP Now

Campaigners are celebrating after Scottish ministers voted to incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into domestic law.

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.

CYP Now Awards: Winners revealed

Features

Thursday, March 4, 2021

| CYP Now

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2020 were revealed during a special virtual ceremony held on 4 March 2021.

Coronavirus: Latest guidance for early years, schools, social workers, youth and youth justice services

Features

Thursday, February 25, 2021

| CYP Now

The government has published its latest "roadmap" out of lockdown which begins with the reopening of schools to all pupils next month.

Contextual Safeguarding tackles youth violence in Oldham

Features

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

Project has seen increased engagement from young people and the community and aims to deliver sustained change in areas affected by youth violence.

Rachel De Souza named as new children’s commissioner

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Thursday, December 17, 2020

| CYP Now

Dame Rachel De Souza has been named as the new children’s commissioner for England.

Children’s rights ‘worryingly low’ on political agenda, charities warn

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

| CYP Now

Children’s rights remain “worryingly low” on the political agenda in England, a coalition of charities supporting vulnerable young people have warned.

Ofsted announces return to full inspections in 2021

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

| CYP Now

Inspections are to resume across children’s services, schools, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision and early years settings in 2021 after visits were suspended due to Covid-19.

'Serious shortage' of secure children’s home places concerns Ofsted

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

| CYP Now

Ofsted has raised concerns over a “serious shortage” of placements in secure children’s homes.

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.

Sector ‘disappointed’ over Spending Review’s failure to do more for disadvantaged children

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Sector leaders have expressed “disappointment” over a lack of investment to support the most vulnerable children and young people following the announcement of Rishi Sunak’s Spending Review.

Getting the lowdown on fast-track training schemes

Features

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

| CYP Now

Recent years have seen a proliferation of fast-track and graduate training schemes designed to boost the children and young people’s workforce. Joe Lepper explores what these programmes have to offer.

Human rights committee criticises government actions to protect children during pandemic

News

Monday, September 21, 2020

| CYP Now

A damning report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has raised questions about government decisions to protect vulnerable children in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Justice system needs to recognise impact of care

Spending Review: Key asks for children and young people

Children & Young People Now Awards 2021 Shortlist

NYAS apologises over failure to comply with data protection rules

Review urges 'age-appropriate' drug services for young people

Secure children’s home shortage letting children down, Ofsted warns

Councils to pilot local decision-making for trafficked children

Allow councils to run new secure academies, urge MPs and campaigners

Stockport DCS receives OBE in Queen’s birthday honours list

Major study to explore new ways to prevent child exploitation

Race report 'vindicates' disproportionate exclusions of black children, critics say

Campaign calls for ban on handcuffing children

Scotland enshrines UNCRC in domestic law

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

CYP Now Awards: Winners revealed

Coronavirus: Latest guidance for early years, schools, social workers, youth and youth justice services

Contextual Safeguarding tackles youth violence in Oldham

Rachel De Souza named as new children’s commissioner

Children’s rights ‘worryingly low’ on political agenda, charities warn

Ofsted announces return to full inspections in 2021

'Serious shortage' of secure children’s home places concerns Ofsted

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

Sector ‘disappointed’ over Spending Review’s failure to do more for disadvantaged children

Getting the lowdown on fast-track training schemes

Human rights committee criticises government actions to protect children during pandemic

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