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Three new builds in London will provide homes for young care leavers. Picture: Habitat for Humanity

News 22 June 2023

Toolkit urges councils to convert empty buildings into homes for care leavers

Black kinship families face feeling unsupported, Families in Harmony warns. Picture: rawpixel.com/Adobe Stock

Blogs 22 June 2023

Acknowledging the role of kinship care on Windrush Day

Kinship carers are calling for equal paid leave. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 22 June 2023

Kinship carers call for paid leave to match adoption offer

According to latest government figures there are 389,171 pupils with EHC plans in England. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 22 June 2023

SEND reform will not ‘stem the tide of demand’ for support

Lisa Harker: 'Concerns about deprivation of liberty orders are the norm and not an exception'. Picture: Nuffield FJO

News 22 June 2023

Half of children deprived of liberty placed in unregistered settings

News 22 June 2023

Campaign launches to champion social work

The report notes that increased data is needed to ensure siblings are not being separated while in care. Picture: SnapicPhotoProduct/Adobe Stock

News 22 June 2023

Scotland’s care system reforms ‘no longer on track’, report finds

Derren Hayes: "Is it right to expect educators to solve the problems caused by toxic social media, junk food or poverty of opportunity?"

Opinion 22 June 2023

Make schools part of wider support system

Deborah McMillan is former children's commissioner for Jersey

Opinion 22 June 2023

Lack of access, not technology, is enemy of play

John Drew is senior associate at the Prison Reform Trust

Opinion 22 June 2023

Keep children in custody at the front of our minds

'We are young people who have had traumatic journeys', former child migrants wrote. Picture: Lydia Geissler/Adobe Stock

News 22 June 2023

Child migrants urge peers to vote against Illegal Migration Bill

Almost a fifth of asylum seekers arriving in the UK are under 18, according to government figures. Picture: Angelov/Adobe Stock

News 21 June 2023

Charities call for plan to support child refugees

Ray Jones, former chair of the British Association of Social Workers, authored the report. Picture: CSC Review NI

News 21 June 2023

Regional organisation could fix child protection crisis, Northern Irish care review finds

The report was launched at Oasis Academy South Bank in London. Picture: NYA

News 21 June 2023

Youth work in schools key to improving attendance rates, NYA inquiry finds

Hackney Council says it is committed to 'justice and success'. Picture: BasPhoto/Adobe Stock

News 21 June 2023

Child Q report: Multi-agency strategy needed to ‘eradicate racism’ in Hackney