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Ombudsman finds flaws in Bexley's handling of child protection case

Thursday, November 24, 2011

| CYP Now

Bexley Council's handling of a child protection investigation was seriously flawed, according to the Local Government Ombudsman.

Equality duty scrapped

News

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

| CYP Now

The duty for all public bodies to focus spending and target services on poorer areas, due to be implemented under the 2010 Equalities Act, has been scrapped, Home Secretary and equalities minister Theresa May has announced.

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2010 announced

News

Thursday, November 18, 2010

| CYP Now

A group of looked-after children who produced a film about domestic abuse and a national campaign to change perceptions of young people with facial disfigurements were among the winners of this year's Children & Young People Now Awards.

How we are improving... Health of looked-after children

Other

Monday, November 22, 2010

| CYP Now

Extra investment from the local primary care trust has helped Medway to greatly increase the number of looked-after children who receive regular health assessments.

Progress in joint working must go on

Opinion

Monday, November 22, 2010

| CYP Now

The decision last week to strip the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) of government funding will inevitably raise concerns that any genuine "development" of the workforce will stall. A plan for how the Department for Education intends to take forward the quango's work is yet to be articulated.

Conservative conference: Give projects time, urges Action for Children chief

News

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

| CYP Now

New initiatives should be given time to "bed down" before decisions are made about their future, the chief executive of Action for Children (formerly NCH) has said.

Resources: Get with it

Other

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

| CYP Now

US pop trio Jonas Brothers were virtually unknown in the UK until last month when British comedian Russell Brand took a swipe at their clean-living image at the MTV Video Awards in LA.

Court Report: Withdrawal from care proceedings

Other

Thursday, November 25, 2010

| CYP Now

Case name: WSCC v M and others; Case number: [2010] EWHC 1914; Judge: Mr Justice Hedley; Location: High Court of Justice (Family Division)

Waltham Forest children's services threatened with government intervention

News

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's services at Waltham Forest Council need to improve significantly to avoid government intervention, children's minister Tim Loughton has warned.

Development of a Survey on Services for Disabled Children.

Other

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

| CYP Now

The new performance indicator for disabled children's services should be based on a nationwide survey, latest research has found.

People Power: Keep the Promise rally organised by End Child Poverty

Other

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

| CYP Now

Last weekend's Keep the Promise rally - organised by the End Child Poverty campaign - lived up to expectations as 10,000 people marched through central London, calling on the government to keep its promise and put an end to child poverty in the UK by 2020.

Single parents need clear advice on leaving children unattended

Other

Monday, December 6, 2010

| CYP Now

Lone parents are being advised by Jobcentre Plus workers to accept jobs that force them to leave older children alone at home, according to the Single Parent Action Network (Span).

TV ad banned for condoning teenage pregnancy

News

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

| CYP Now

A TV advert for the Oasis soft drink has been banned by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) after a number of complaints from viewers.

Bill fails to deliver on foster care hopes

News

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

| CYP Now

Fostering organisations are furious that the Children and Young Persons Bill failed to make sure looked-after children can stay with foster carers up until the age of 21.

Schools will receive pupil premium for all children entitled to free school meals

News

Monday, December 13, 2010

| CYP Now

Schools are to be given an extra 430 pupil premium for all children entitled to free school meals or living in care, the government has announced.

Government reveals council cuts of up to 8.9 per cent

News

Monday, December 13, 2010

| CYP Now

Local authorities are facing average cuts of 4.4 per cent in central government funding, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has announced.

Numbers game - The effects of long-term bad housing

Other

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

| CYP Now

Children who live in overcrowded, run-down or poorly heated accommodation for more than three consecutive years are more likely to suffer worse outcomes than their counterparts who live in similar conditions for shorter periods of time, according to research by NatCen.

Widespread stigma threatens government plans to combat drug use, says policy commission

News

Sunday, December 19, 2010

| CYP Now

The government's drug strategy is doomed to fail unless public attitudes towards drug use change, an independent analyst of drugs policy has warned.

End of child trust fund will harm vulnerable children's life chances, think tank cautions

News

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

| CYP Now

The abolition of the child trust fund will hit children in care hard, a think tank has warned.

Nursery assistant arrested on suspicion of child abuse

News

Thursday, January 6, 2011

| CYP Now

West Midlands Police have arrested a 20-year-old male nursery assistant on suspicion of child abuse.

Parents face charges for child maintenance services

News

Thursday, January 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Parents will be charged to access statutory child maintenance services under proposals put forward by government today (13 January).

Worker suspended after child murder

Other

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

| CYP Now

A social worker has been suspended for two years after admitting she ignored warnings that a toddler was being abused a week before the child was murdered by her mother's partner.