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The Tavistock Centre will close in spring 2023. Picture: Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

News 2 August 2022

Children’s gender identity service to be replaced by regional model

Camp Beaumont is offering free places for Ukrainian refugee children. Picture: Camp Beaumont

News 2 August 2022

Schemes to reduce holiday hunger

Girlguiding is among organisations supporting girls' access to football. Picture: Girlguiding

News 1 August 2022

Lionesses’ victory highlights gaps in girls’ PE

Longfield: 'We face a generational threat to our country’s future national prosperity and success'. Picture: Commission on Young Lives

News 1 August 2022

Children’s mental health services ‘buckling’ under post-Covid pressure, Longfield warns

Magic Breakfast has joined forces with CPAG to campaign for greater access to wraparound care for children. Picture: Magic Breakfast

News 11 July 2022

Charities call for free wraparound care to tackle cost of living crisis

Steve Crocker is ADCS president. Picture: ADCS

News 7 July 2022

ADCS president reiterates call for children’s mental health review

Suffolk Council has apolosied for the delay is implementing support. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 4 July 2022

Council delay in processing EHCP left girl without support, ombudsman finds

The guidance provides advice on assessing all eating disorders that can lead a patient into a state of clinical emergency. Picture: PhotoDisc

Analysis 21 June 2022

Call for more training to identify eating disorders in children earlier

Inspectors found ‘dynamic and inspirational’ leaders at Heswall Disabled Children’s Holiday Fund's week-long camp at the Bartonsdale Activity Centre in 2019

Features 21 June 2022

Inspections Clinic: Residential holiday schemes

Increased pressure on councils due to a rise in applications for EHCPs is a factor behind the proposals, DfE says. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 16 June 2022

DfE launches consultation on doubling EHCP timescales

Diabetes UK is urging government to ensure all children have access to healthy food in the UK. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 16 June 2022

Concern over jump in children treated for type 2 diabetes

The uplift does not match inflation, campaigners have warned. Picture: Adobe Stock/WavebreakMediaMicro

News 15 June 2022

Infant free school meals uplift branded ‘inadequate’

Deaf children spoke at the event alongside MP Emma Lewell-Buck and AVUK chief executive Anita Grover. Picture: AVUK

News 15 June 2022

SEND Review ‘misses opportunity’ to increase support for deaf children, MP warns

The new white paper has been described as 'disappointing' by critics. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 13 June 2022

Government food strategy ‘misses the mark’, critics warn

Parents should be offered specialist support to reduce the impact of early trauma, experts say. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 13 June 2022

Call for specialist teams to prevent early childhood trauma