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Groundbreaking programme helps working families fund childcare

Monday, December 12, 2011

| CYP Now

The cost of childcare is one of the biggest barriers to children accessing high quality early education. Chancellor George Osborne's autumn statement last month did little to allay parent worries over making work pay.

The hardline taskmaster

Analysis

Monday, December 12, 2011

| CYP Now

University College London (UCL) and the schools in which Tony Sewell used to teach might inhabit the same city, but for many of his former pupils, the comparison ends there.

Labour Conference: Straw backs local responsibility for child custody

Analysis

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

| CYP Now

The government should legislate to make local authorities responsible for children in custody, according to justice secretary Jack Straw.

PM's plan 'overstretched and underfunded'

Analysis

Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

In the coming weeks, local authorities are faced with the daunting task of calculating the number of "troubled families" in their area, identifying where they live and what their needs are.

Court ruling uncovers knowledge gap in gender identity practice

Analysis

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

| CYP Now

The increase in children referred with gender identity issues is putting social workers under pressure over how to respond appropriately. Experts say a legal ruling highlights the need for practitioners to be properly trained.

Enterprise fund: how it works

Analysis

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| CYP Now

UK Youth outlines how youth groups can access new funding scheme to become more sustainable.

Supporting Traveller children

Analysis

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| CYP Now

Experts warn on the impact of cuts to specialist school support for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children.

Mythbuster guide: helpful advice or confusing and unnecessary?

Analysis

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| CYP Now

Government document offers advice on working around statutory guidance that is a barrier to good practice. Some leaders say it helps identify unnecessary duties, while others warn it dilutes protections for vulnerable children.

Decade of cuts: the policies that have dismantled youth work

Analysis

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Swingeing cuts to youth services since 2010 are the result of an ideological drive to target support at disadvantaged young people, with little prospect of any change, says youth work expert and author Bernard Davies.