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Interview: More than just a name - Clare Tickell, chief executive, Action for Children

17 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

NCH is dead. Long live Action for Children. This week, after 139 years of working under the National Children's Home or NCH banner, the charity changed its name.

Analysis: Youth justice - Does mentoring cut reoffending?

17 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

Charities claim mentoring schemes can prevent young prisoners reoffending after they are released, but this support isn't widely available. Alison Bennett looks at the arguments for and against a central...

Wellbeing comes in different guises

17 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

The government is testing out the Penn Resiliency Programme, an American approach designed to improve the emotional wellbeing of pupils. Lauren Higgs asks how it works and what its introduction...

Feature: Looked-after children: Care in the chair

10 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

What really matters when you're in care? Sam Thorp asks young people at one of the largest gatherings of looked-after children.

Feature: Youth culture: My endz

10 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

For many young people their "endz", or where they live, dictates where they go and who they meet. Lauren Higgs asks eight young Londoners what the phrase means to them.

Interview: Pudsey gets proactive - Sheila Jane Malley, director of grants and policy, BBC Children in Need

10 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

When the BBC launched its Children in Need appeal back in 1980, the corporation didn't really know what it was getting itself into.

News Insight: Children's services - Every Child Matters: a 5-year appraisal

10 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Every Child Matters green paper was published five years ago this week. It focused action on four main areas - accountability and integration, early intervention, support for parents and...

Feature: Countdown to ContactPoint

3 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

The roll-out of ContactPoint, the controversial information sharing database for children and young people, was delayed last week. Ben Willis investigates how the sector is addressing security concerns.

Interview: Crime stopper - Paul Cavadino, chief executive, Nacro

3 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

Nacro has changed a bit since Paul Cavadino joined in 1972. The organisation has gone from having 30 staff back then to become one of the UK's biggest crime reduction...

Feature: Care in custody

3 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

Can prison ever be child-friendly? Ruth Smith visits the largest young offender institution in Europe to find out.