Amrit Virdi

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Significant increase in children living with vulnerabilities, DfE figures reveal

Education
Future Foundations supports schoolchildren to organise and operate food schemes for local communities. Picture: Can Team
Features

Young people step out of comfort zone by volunteering for sustainable food schemes

Secondary school pupils have lessons on how to prevent harassment of girls.
Analysis

Scheme tackles harassment in schools

Education
The manifestos account for the lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and cost-of-living crisis. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Marco Govel
News

General Election 2024: What the children and young people's sector wants to see from the next government

Children's Services
Girlguiding members went to parliament to launch the organisation's manifesto for the next government. Picture: Girlguiding
Features

'Our ambitions can change society': Girlguiding’s strategy director on organisation's future vision

Youth Work
There are calls for the government to provide more free school meals. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Monkey Business
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Four in 10 teachers warn children are 'too hungry' to learn

Health
Tailored support for adopted teenagers is a recommendation made by Adoption UK. Picture: Synthex🇺🇦
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Support for adopted teenagers needs ‘urgent and dramatic improvement’, charity warns

Social Care
The scheme will support care leavers into paid healthcare careers. Picture: Amrit Virdi
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University scheme to support care leavers into nursing

Health
The funding will be used to provide more face-to-face support for children as young as eight. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Seventyfour
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Children’s Society to expand mental health services with £1mn award

Youth Work
Children's Commissioner for England Rachel de Souza called for government to listen to her young ambassadors, who she brought to the stage. Picture: Amrit Virdi
News

Young people: 'We are begging next government to improve children's services'

Children's Services
The award is being offered to a more diverse range of young people, the organisation's figures show. Picture: Duke of Edinburgh's Award
News

Duke of Edinburgh's Award sees highest ever participation level

Youth Work
Sector figures have questioned the success of the rollout of the funded childcare scheme. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Oksana Kuzmina
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Providers fear 'lack of nursery places' as funded childcare expansion applications open for nine-month-olds

Early Years