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Joint working - Total Place bids to do more with less

Monday, February 1, 2010

| CYP Now

Councils can yield big savings by adopting a joined-up approach to public spending, dubbed Total Place. Lauren Higgs reports.

Campaign to promote autism

Other

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

| CYP Now

The youth justice system is to be targeted as part of a National Autistic Society campaign.

Poetry competition

Other

Monday, February 8, 2010

| CYP Now

Poetry is being used as part of a multi-pronged bid to reduce youth violence in the London borough of Islington.Funding: Through existing Islington Council budgets.

Police receive funds to crack down on underage drinking

News

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

| CYP Now

Measures to tackle underage drinking, including additional funding to help police enforce powers, have been announced by the government.

Interview: Not just for boys - Michael Nerini, service manager, Clare Lodge Secure Children's Home

Features

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| CYP Now

When you think of a secure children's home (SCH) what image springs to mind? Young male offenders? If that's a "yes" then you hold the stereotype Michael Nerini, service manager at Clare Lodge SCH wants to break.

YJB considers assessment shake-up

Other

Monday, March 1, 2010

| CYP Now

Questions have been raised about how sentence recommendations are calculated under the government's latest youth crime intervention system.

Call to keep young offenders out of adult courts

News

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

| CYP Now

Action for Children Scotland is calling for new laws to ensure the majority of young offenders are kept out of the adult court system.

Third of YOTs see rise in custodial rates

News

Thursday, June 25, 2009

| CYP Now

Around a third of youth offending team (YOT) areas have seen an increase in the number of young people remanded in custody, according to latest figures.

Funds for youth prison social workers in disarray

Other

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

| CYP Now

The future funding of social workers in young offender institutions (YOIs) has been cast into doubt after attempts to get local authorities to club together to pay for them have failed.

Ministers consider young offenders academy

News

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

| CYP Now

Proposals for a pilot young offenders academy (YOA) in East London have been submitted to ministers.

Revolution

News

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

| CYP Now

A scheme to address problem behaviour, based in West Sussex.

It's the preventative services, stupid

Opinion

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

| CYP Now

Bill Clinton unseated George Bush (Senior) in the 1992 US presidential election owing partly to the slogan, "It's the economy, stupid".

Restraint review retires to consider evidence

News

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

| CYP Now

The chairs of a review into the use of restraint on children and young people in custody are now considering the evidence submitted to them.

Minister rejects criminal justice bill changes

News

Thursday, January 10, 2008

| CYP Now

Legal changes designed to ensure custody is only used as a last resort for under 18s have been thrown out by the government.

Conservative conference: Vow to end automatic privacy of criminals

News

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

| CYP Now

The Conservatives have pledged to end the "automatic privacy" of criminals by giving police the power to disclose offenders' identities to protect the public and prevent crime.

Conservative conference: Breakdown of intergenerational trust needs to be repaired

News

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

| CYP Now

The shadow skills minister has said the "breakdown" of trust between the younger and older generation is to blame for many of Britain's problems.

Hackney Resettlement and Aftercare Provision (Rap) music programme

Other

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

| CYP Now

A music programme that helps young offenders gain confidence for employment.

Special report: Conservative Conference 2009 - Tory fringe debates focus on the quality of services

Other

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

| CYP Now

Fringe events at the conference in Manchester looked at Tory plans to rid children and young people's services of bureaucracy and to boost the quality of education and family life. CYP Now brings you some of the highlights

Knife convictions rocket under Labour

News

Friday, January 18, 2008

| CYP Now

The number of young people convicted of carrying knives and other offensive weapons has more than doubled in the last decade.

Balls overrules MPs' objections to Atkinson commissioner appointment

News

Monday, October 19, 2009

| CYP Now

Children's Secretary Ed Balls has overridden MPs' objections to the appointment of Maggie Atkinson as children's commissioner for England.

Colleges urged to introduce anti-knife and gang measures

News

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

| CYP Now

Colleges are being asked to consider introducing ID cards, turnstiles and random drug testing to tackle gang and knife culture.

Young Londoners quizzed on policing

News

Thursday, January 24, 2008

| CYP Now

Young Londoners are being asked to give their views on policing in the capital, to improve the way services meet their needs.

Assessment loophole could release offenders for a day

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

| CYP Now

Concerns have been raised over an apparent loophole in the new system for assessing young offenders that will mean they are not subject to their sentence until the day after the court's judgement.

Joint working - 20 years on: The impact of the 1989 Children Act

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

| CYP Now

Next month marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the Children Act 1989. Neil Puffett assess the successes and failures of the legislation for children and young people.