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Young people with SEND explain how simple adjustments by professionals can make a big difference to their lives. Picture: YouTube

1 June 2022

Young people with SEND create video about education changes they want to see

Derren Hayes Youth Work

A new free computer game helps teach children with SEN how to stay safe online

27 April 2022

Council educators design e-safety game for SEND students

Derren Hayes Education

Latest report by Ofcom details how young children engage with different media

27 April 2022

Digital toolkit helps young children grasp the building blocks of online safety

Nina Jacobs Social Care

Videos help young people get the skills they need to navigate difficult situations

27 April 2022

Virtual reality brings experiences of exploitation to life

Neil Puffett Safeguarding and child protection

Sessions focus on specific sectors such as sport, the NHS, rail industry or robotics

27 April 2022

Teaching children the world is their oyster

Charlotte Goddard Education

Lynne Hindmarch evaluates what breakfast clubs offer children in Canada

27 April 2022

International Focus: Breakfast clubs, Canada

Lynne Hindmarch Early Years

Wendy Minhinnett: "It’s called PLACE, which reflects my belief that there should always be a place for parents and carers in young people’s mental health”

27 April 2022

How I Got Here: Wendy Minhinnett, Charlie Waller Trust

Wendy Minhinnett Mental health

Participants are encouraged to deliver speeches on any subject they care about

29 March 2022

How workshops help young people find their voice

Charlotte Goddard Education

Lucy Warner: “I’ve ended up doing a job I love because I like helping people”

29 March 2022

How I Got Here: Lucy Warner, Adviza

Lucy Warner Youth Work

Young people support each other on and off the pitch

29 March 2022

Care-experienced young people gain life skills and confidence through football

Alex Jones Youth Work

Children and parents think about their own "super powers" at a puppet workshop

1 March 2022

Positive changes for children at the edge of care

Charlotte Goddard Social Care

Sue-Ellen Lamb: “Making a career change is never easy, but it was vital for me to do something that could really make a difference”

1 March 2022

How I Got Here: Sue-Ellen Lamb

Sue-Ellen Lamb Education

Gatherings hosted by hub carers allow the foster families and social workers in the constellation to get to know one another. Picture: JackF/Adobe Stock

1 February 2022

Mockingbird grows as foster carers value ‘extended family’ support network

Nina Jacobs Foster Care

‘Out There’ is about the positive difference fostering can make to everyone involved

1 February 2022

West Midlands councils’ films change script on fostering

Neil Puffett Social Care

Theresa Leavy says the county has a complex make up, combining rural areas, coastal communities and pockets of deep poverty. Picture: Patryk Kosmider /Adobe Stock

1 February 2022

Local Spotlight: Dorset Council

Derren Hayes Children's Services