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5 July 2009
The latest news across services for children and young people in the UK
SOCIAL CARE
Government urged to engage with social work crisis
The head of the UK's biggest professional body of social...
NCB chief appointed chair of CWDC
National Children's Bureau (NCB) chief executive Paul Ennals has been...
Under-resourced services fail to detect forced marriages
Lack of resources, trust and knowledge are preventing the detection...
Therapy not helping abuse victims
Residential and play therapy experts have hit out at a...
Young witnesses denied specialist court therapy
Police are turning child witnesses away from pre-trial therapy despite...
HEALTH
Drop in underage drinkers in north west England
Numbers of underage drinkers are falling, although one in four...
Youth counselling under threat due to changes in way services commissioned
Young people could miss out on vital counselling because local...
SkillsActive defends its competency
SkillsActive has been forced to launch a damage limitation exercise...
SEN parents fight for basic support
Parents of children with special educational needs (SEN) struggle to...
Health must shoulder corporate parent role for children in care
Health services must take on a corporate parenting responsibility alongside...
EDUCATION
Action promised to tackle LSC staff vacancies
Lord Young, junior minister at the Department for Business, Innovation...
Schools white paper proposals concern ADCS
Government plans to devolve improvement budgets to schools could damage...
LSC suffers huge staff vacancies
Local authorities will not receive a full complement of staff...
Balls intervenes in inadequate Milton Keynes services
Children's Secretary Ed Balls has formally intervened in Milton Keynes'...
Balls names Young People's Learning Agency chief
Top civil servant Peter Lauener will be the first chief...
CHILDCARE & EARLY YEARS
Youth leadership scheme launches £1m third sector fund
A consortium of youth organisations has launched a £1m fund...
Green children's centre turns brown
Islington council is blaming poor design for the failure of...
Young people are ashamed to claim benefits
Young people feel ashamed when claiming Job Seekers' Allowance and...
Misconception of public opinion could influence sentencing
Sentencing policy risks being driven by a "misconception of what...
Rochester YOI fails to provide enough quality activities
Rochester Young Offenders Institute (YOI) does not provide enough purposeful...
YOUTH WORK
NYA issues redundancies
Staff at The National Youth Agency are facing further redundancies,...
Worcs provides online sex advice
Young people in Worcestershire are to benefit from a new...
Locals help rescue crime-hit club
A Cambridgeshire youth club targeted by burglars has reopened after...
Open Weekend to get under way
Youth services in England are preparing to run extra activities...
Library opens just for young people
Seaton Library in Devon is to open exclusively for young...
YOUTH JUSTICE
Half of YOIs are not on LSCBs
Youth justice professionals are failing to engage with local safeguarding...
YJB faces High Court challenge over secure home contracts
The Howard League for Penal Reform is challenging the Youth...
Delay to public spending review criticised by NCVYS
The government's decision to delay its public spending review has...
School sex attacks on the increase in London
A dramatic rise in rapes and sexual assaults in London...
Third of YOTs see rise in custodial rates
Around a third of youth offending team (YOT) areas have...
ADVICE & GUIDANCE
Connexions lacks national identity
Connexions services are "drifting" because of a lack of support...
Anger over MP's Connexions criticism
Connexions leaders have reacted angrily to a speech made by...
Primarolo takes the reins from Hughes as children's minister
The new children's minister Dawn Primarolo has pledged to use...
Jobcentre Plus blamed for failure of New Deal
Jobcentre Plus is failing to deliver on a crucial part...
Deadline nears for CYP Now Awards
There is less than a month left to enter this...
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