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Thursday, November 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Nearly half of young people believe current initiatives to tackle cyber-bullying are insufficient, research from the Diana Award has found.

Government puts work of children's sector bodies on hold

Monday, May 17, 2010

| CYP Now

The new Department for Education has called a moratorium on the work of all government quangos and arm's length bodies in the children and young people's sector.

Election 2010: Party Policy Guide

Friday, April 23, 2010

| CYP Now

The general election will have a huge influence on how we improve young lives. CYP Now has scrutinised the manifestos and other policy commitments to bring you the definitive guide to what the main parties pledge on the key issues for children, young people and their families.

Council invests £4m to cut social work caseloads

Thursday, November 10, 2016

| CYP Now

??A council has announced plans to invest £4m to cut social worker caseloads in order to save money in the long-term by reducing the number of children taken into care.

Manchester to slash children's services budget by 26 per cent

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Manchester council is set to cut 26 per cent of its children's services budget with youth services and universal Sure Start services likely to take the biggest hit.

Hilton in the Community Foundation

Thursday, February 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Funding for projects supporting young people, with a special focus on promoting the health and education of disadvantaged young people

Noel Buxton Trust

Thursday, February 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Funding for charities helping socially disadvantaged groups throughout the UK

Tesco Charity Trust

Thursday, February 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Grants of up to 4,000 to support local communities

Information sharing

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

| CYP Now

While England will be launching a nationwide information-sharing system for most children's services in 2009, Ross Watson and Lauren Higgs look at different approaches across the UK to sharing sensitive information.

Wates Foundation

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

| CYP Now

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

Children's services cuts 'a false economy', Ofsted warns

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

| CYP Now

Cuts to children's services budgets for family support and youth work represent a "false economy", simply leading to greater pressure on safeguarding provision, Ofsted has warned.

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Family Action has developed a tool to help councils track their performance in supporting families through the Troubled Families programme.

Youth justice roundup

Thursday, August 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Railway arrests, cash from criminals, and coastal decline, all in the news in the past seven days.

Daily roundup: Homeless families, job satisfaction, and call for Royal Commission on child abuse

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

| CYP Now

More families in B&B accommodation, youth work and childcare staff rate their job satisfaction, and a call for wide-ranging commission on child abuse, all in the news today.

4Children and LGA consortium to run Early Intervention Foundation

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

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

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.

Professionals to receive training to spot child trafficking

Thursday, January 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Professionals working with children and young people will receive specialist training to spot and help victims of child trafficking as part of a Home Office scheme.

Third of councils yet to consider future multi-agency arrangements