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Record numbers of young people have contacted councils for support with homelessness, research finds. Picture: Searching for Sartori/Adobe Stock

News 6 November 2023

Record number of young people seeking homelessness support

John Pearce is director of children’s services at Durham County Council

Blogs 6 November 2023

Children need change

Jonathan Stanley is manager of National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care. Picture: Tom Campbell

Blogs 6 November 2023

Residential child care futures - we are stuck, no closer to a solution after years of reports

June O’Sullivan is chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation. Picture: LEYF

Blogs 6 November 2023

What does mental health look like for a small child?

The funding is designed to give kinship carers greater support. Picture: AdobeStock/ Halpfpoint

News 3 November 2023

Charity to deliver government-funded national kinship care training

Councils warn that 'an acute rise in the costs of placing children in care mean in-year spending on children’s services is spiralling out of control'. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 2 November 2023

Children’s services spending ‘spiralling out of control’, councils warn

The initiative is aimed at supporting young people who are unlikely to report crimes against them. Picture: C Fizkes/Adobe Stock

News 2 November 2023

Youth workers to be trained to support young victims of unreported crime

De Souza: 'It is my ambition that every child should be in school 100 per cent of the time.' Picture: Office of the Children's Commissioner for England

News 2 November 2023

Make data sharing on school attendance mandatory, children’s commissioner says

NCS's Gifford: 'We know schools would like to up their enrichment offer'. Picture: NCS Trust

News 1 November 2023

National Citizen Service partners with DoE for school activities pilot

Too many care-experienced young people in Devon live in unsuitable accommodation, according to Ofsted

News 1 November 2023

Ofsted calls for action over council's care leaver accommodation crisis

Experts will discuss how to best support pupils with visual and hearing problems in school. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

News 1 November 2023

Webinar to examine impact of vision and hearing problems on child development

The National Tutoring Programme is being used to help close the attainment gap. Picture: AdobeStockPicture: AdobeStock/ AntonioDiaz

News 31 October 2023

Success of National Tutoring Programme threatened by funding shortage

A significant proportion of child protection plans cite HSB as a factor. Picture: Photographee EU Adobestock

News 31 October 2023

CYP Now webinar will explore effective responses to HSB in children

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, visited Our GreenHut in Brixton which provides meals to children outside of school hours. Picture: Greater London Authority

News 30 October 2023

Mayor of London calls for action over child food poverty

James Hempsall is a director at Hempsall’s & Professional Lead Childcare Works. Picture: Hempsall's

Blogs 30 October 2023

Reducing stigma around holiday food schemes