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This pen portrait was drawn up by a child speaking to a family they could be matched with. Picture: Five Rivers

Blogs 25 March 2022

New ways of connecting children to families to care for them

Most Brits believe access to nature is beneficial for children's mental health. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 25 March 2022

Two-thirds of UK adults back call for investment in outdoor education

Children excluded from school and those with mental health issues are among those most at risk, research shows. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 24 March 2022

Covid increases risk of criminalisation among vulnerable children, report warns

The persistent absence rate for FSM pupils was around three times greater than for non-FSM eligible children. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 24 March 2022

Absence rates higher among pupils eligible for free school meals

The woman was in the care of Staffordshire Council as a teenager. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 24 March 2022

Council to reconsider complaint from care leaver

Children will also be eligible for the pupil premium and free home to school transport. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 24 March 2022

Free school meals eligibility for disadvantaged migrant children made permanent

Derren Hayes: 'Moving to a ‘report card’ system should remove the stigma that came with being branded inadequate'

Opinion 24 March 2022

Childcare feels pinch of cost-of-living crisis

Denise Hatton, chief executive, YMCA England & Wales

Opinion 24 March 2022

Help young people through the cost-of-living crisis

John Drew, senior associate, the Prison Reform Trust and former chief executive, the Youth Justice Board

Opinion 24 March 2022

Make Oakhill review public to shape youth custody

Research shows that childhood mental illnesses have increased by 50 per cent over the last three years. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 23 March 2022

Quarter of children in care unable to access mental health support during pandemic

Most young women in the justice system have experienced trauma, experts say. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 23 March 2022

Fury over placement of three girls at all-male YOI

Professor Elaine Palmer said marginalised groups had been 'passed over' for a decade. Picture: Parliament TV.

News 23 March 2022

Black, single and older adopters ‘overlooked’ by providers, peers told

Rishi Sunak prepares to give his spring statement. Picture: Rishi Sunak/Twitter

News 23 March 2022

‘Frustrating’ spring statement fails to support vulnerable families, sector leaders say

Disabled parents and those from ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to be in lower paid jobs, research has warned. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 22 March 2022

Councils report sharp fall in childcare availability

Central Bedfordshire Council has been praised over good targeting of support for children. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 21 March 2022

Bedfordshire: Early help services effectively support children and families, inspection finds