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John Lewis has also formed an advisory board of people with care-experience. Picture: John Lewis Partnership

News 19 October 2022

John Lewis launches care leaver employment scheme

Josh MacAlister previously chaired the Care Review. Picture: Frontline

News 19 October 2022

Josh MacAlister to chair merged EIF and What Works for Children’s Social Care

Girls are more likely than boys to have changed their plans, based on lost-learning during the pandemic. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 18 October 2022

Young people in supported housing 'choosing between heating and food'

The project examine data from 70,000 young people with social work involvement. Picture: MoneyBusiness/AdobeStock

News 18 October 2022

Research on mental health support for children in care launches

Abolishing IROs would be 'dangerous for children in care', NAIRO says. Picture: AdobeStock

News 18 October 2022

NAIRO urges Tolhurst to reject recommendation to abolish IROs

Blackpool Council have hit out an MPs suggestions an 11-year-old is a 'gang ringleader'. Picture: Christopher Baigent/AdobeStock

News 17 October 2022

Council refutes MP's claims children's services interfered in police investigations

Adopted people should be given greater support to access details about their backgrounds, research finds. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 17 October 2022

Adopted people ‘need greater support’ to access records, finds research

Experts say online 'anonymity' could risk more LGBTQI+ being targeted by trolls. Picture: AdobeStock

News 17 October 2022

LGBT young people twice as likely to experience hate speech online, study shows

Asylum-seekers arriving in the UK are placed in hotels by the Home Office. Picture: Adobe Stock/Wirestock

News 14 October 2022

Strip Home Office of responsibility for migrant children, sector leaders urge

The majority of parents are worried about rising costs on their families, research shows. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 13 October 2022

‘Gravely concerned’ children’s charity leaders call for benefits uplift

Manchester City Council is the latest to pass a motion recognising care experience as a protected characteristic. Picture: AdobeStock

News 10 October 2022

Manchester City Council to recognise care experience as protected characteristic

Helen Hayes is shadow early years minister. Picture: Parliament UK

News 5 October 2022

Churn of DfE ministers ‘frustrating’ for sector, shadow minister says

Children's homes run by profit-making providers are less likely to have high Ofsted ratings, analysis shows. Picture: AdobeStock/Alex Fedorenko

News 5 October 2022

Profit-making children’s homes offer ‘inferior service’, academics suggest

Supporting children to build resilience online may be more beneficial than protecting them from harmful content, research suggests. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 4 October 2022

Youth workers instrumental in building children’s 'digital resilience', study finds

Anne Longfield is now chair of the Commission on Young Lives. Picture: Commission on Young Lives

News 4 October 2022

Anne Longfield appointed to Bradford Children and Families Trust board