Ella Doyle

Young people with autism designed hospital passports for better communication with healthcare professionals. Picture: RFBSIP/Adobe Stock
Best Practice

Hospital passports assist young autistic people in expressing their health needs

Youth Work
Teenage volunteers from charity Aik Saath – Together As One lend their support in the fight against the virus at a vaccination centre
Analysis

Lockdown response: how services deliver vital support for children

Early Years
Illustration: Juliars/Adobe Stock
Funding

Local Connections Fund

Children's Services
Safeguarding policies should be updated to reflect increased home learning, experts say. Picture: Adobe Stock
News

Internet Safety Day: Top tips for online safeguarding during the pandemic

Coronavirus
Thousands of children do not have access to a device, research shows. Picture: Adobe Stock
News

#Chances4Children: Project launched to donate old laptops to disadvantaged students

Chances4Children
Many children do not have a laptop to work from, campaigners have warned. Picture: Adobe Stock
News

Latest boost to DfE laptop scheme ‘inadequate’, campaigners say

Coronavirus
Families have shared images of 'inadequate' food parcels on Twitter. Picture: Marcus Rashford/Twitter
News

DfE launches investigation over ‘woefully inadequate’ free school meals parcels

Coronavirus
Monitoring visits by Ofsted should be postponed until schools reopen fully, the LGA has said. Picture: Phil Adams
News

LGA urges Ofsted to postpone monitoring visits during lockdown

Coronavirus
The sector worked to protect vulnerable children worst affected by the pandemic. Picture: Adobe Stock
Features

Covid-19: Key challenges met by the sector in 2020

Coronavirus
The number of same-sex adoptions has reached a record high, figures show. Picture: Adobe Stock
News

Looked-after children numbers increased before pandemic, DfE figures show

Social Care
Tech company DeepMind has sponsored the grants. Picture: DeepMind
News

#Chances4Children: AI company to sponsor four Oxford university scholarships

Chances4Children
Michelle Lee-Izu spoke at the Early Intervention Foundation's national conference. Picture: Twitter
News

BAME families ‘subject to structural racism’ amid Covid-19 response

Coronavirus