Fiona Simpson

Fiona Simpson

fiona.simpson@markallengroup.com

All local authorities will now have to accept lone asylum-seeking children. Picture: Fizkes/Adobe Stock
Analysis

Questions on revamped national child asylum transfer scheme

Social Care
Campaigners are calling for urgent reinvestment in youth services. Picture: YMCA England and Wales
News

Youth services cuts exceed £1bn in a decade

Youth Work
Young people are often placed in secure children's homes more than 140 miles from home. Picture: Adobe Stock
News

Less than half of welfare referrals to secure children’s homes result in placements, research warns

Social Care
The Children's Society have warned children could be targeted at transport hubs. Picture: The Children's Society
News

Concern over increase in county lines grooming during pandemic

Youth Justice
Arthur Labinjo-Hughes was killed in June last year. Picture: West Midlands Police
News

Support social workers in wake of child deaths, experts urge

Social Care
Centrepoint has called for the government to create a youth homelessness strategy. Picture: Adobe Stock
News

Youth homelessness up a quarter on pre-pandemic levels, Centrepoint reveals

Youth Work
Unregulated settings must register with Ofsted by autumn 2023, DfE says. Picture: Adobe Stock
News

National standards for unregulated supported accommodation to come into force in 2023

Social Care
Arthur Labinjo-Hughes was killed in June last year. Picture: West Midlands Police
News

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: Education Secretary sets out expectations of joint inspection

Social Care
Covid-19 cases have increased in nurseries. Picture: Adobe Stock
News

Covid-19 cases in nurseries hit record high

Coronavirus
Rachel de Souza has said the investigation will focus on 10 local authority areas. Picture: Office of the Children's Commissioner for England
News

Children’s commissioner for England to launch investigation over children missing from education

Social Care
The Turing Scheme offers opportunities to young people to study abroad. Picture: Adobe Stock
News

Outsourcing of Turing Scheme to Capita branded ‘shameful’ by critics

Youth Work
The NCS Programme also boosts young people's self-confidence, research finds. Picture: Adobe Stock
News

Youth work programmes ‘boost political participation’ in young people

Youth Work