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Redthread relaunches youth violence prevention events

Thursday, January 5, 2023

| CYP Now

Redthread has relaunched a series of events on safeguarding for professionals working to reduce youth violence after a three-year hiatus.

Solutions to failing youth court on ministers' desks

Opinion

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Elizabeth Haslam, a former nurse, founded the Michael Sieff Foundation in memory of her late husband in 1987. Immediate motivation came from the publication of the report into the death of Jasmine Beckford some four years earlier. Jasmine had been beaten and starved to death by her stepfather.

Directors of children’s services among sector leaders recognised in New Year Honours

News

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) are among sector leaders to be recognised in King Charles III first New Year's Honours list.

Projects to support Ukrainian refugee children over Christmas

Features

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

| CYP Now

Richmond Council's call for new hosts to house Ukrainian children and their families over the festive period is one of many projects aiming to help refugee families prepare for their first Christmas in the UK.

North West local authorities submit one fifth of deprivation of liberty applications, figures show

News

Friday, December 16, 2022

| CYP Now

More than one fifth of deprivation of liberty applications involving children were made by were made by local authorities in the North West of England between July and November this year, figures show.

App to support victims of LGBTQ+ hate crime launches

News

Friday, December 16, 2022

| CYP Now

A rise in LGBTQ+ hate crime across the UK has prompted the launch of an app to encourage reporting of incidents and provide confidential support to victims.

Children’s rights leaders slam ‘deeply disturbing’ weakening of modern slavery framework

News

Thursday, December 15, 2022

| CYP Now

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a raft of proposed changes to the asylum system, including measures which campaigners say will “significantly weaken” child protection and modern slavery frameworks.

Lessons on unhealthy relationships could reduce youth violence levels, research finds

News

Thursday, December 15, 2022

| CYP Now

Teaching young people about the early signs of domestic violence and its impact on victims could reduce youth violence levels by 17 per cent, according to researchers.

Safeguarding pilot offers free training around online grooming

News

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

| CYP Now

Safeguarding professionals are invited to join a pilot training programme designed to increase understanding of online grooming.

Care-experienced young people more likely to receive criminal conviction than peers, figures show

News

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

| CYP Now

More than half of looked-after children born in 1994 had a criminal conviction by the time they were 24, official figures have shown.

London VRU forms partnership to tackle school exclusions

News

Friday, December 2, 2022

| CYP Now

London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) has revealed plans to to work with schools, pupil referral units (PRU) and local authority safeguarding teams to reduce the number of children excluded from school in a bid to protect them from involvement in violent crime.

Factors behind the sharp growth in deprivation of liberty orders

Analysis

Thursday, December 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Concerns continue to grow over the rise in the use of deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders, which allow local authorities to place restrictions on vulnerable children’s movements and freedoms.

Interview: Anne Longfield on how commission sets out action to tackle youth violence

Features

Thursday, December 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes speaks to Anne Longfield, former children’s commissioner for England, about plans for a systemic approach to support vulnerable young people at risk of exploitation.

Improvements sustained at Feltham YOI, inspectors find

News

Monday, November 28, 2022

| CYP Now

Improvements in the safety, care and education of young offenders at Feltham Young Offender Institution (YOI) have been maintained three years after it was deemed “unsafe”, inspectors have found.