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LGA fears children's centre closures if cuts continue

Friday, May 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's centres, libraries and sports centres will all be at risk of closure if central government makes significant further cuts to council budgets, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

DfE announces voluntary sector funding

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Friday, May 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Promotion of adoption 'parties' and connecting vulnerable young people with arts and cultural facilities are among the projects that have received government voluntary sector funding.

Study exposes extent of ‘sexting' among children

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Primary school children view pornography and are regularly "sexting" explicit pictures of themselves to others, a study has found.

DfE bids to boost early literacy skills

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Monday, April 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged children are to get targeted help with reading and language as part of a Department for Education-backed project.

CYP Now 2013 Awards open for entry

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Monday, April 15, 2013

| CYP Now

The 2013 Children & Young People Now Awards - the gold standard in services for children, young people and families across the UK - are open for entries.

Daily roundup: Early intervention, emotional health, and troubled families

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Friday, March 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Sector calls for an "early intervention Budget", emotional support for primary school children, and troubled families research announced, all in the news today.

TUC says majority of children face 'unacceptable' living standards

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Low wages, welfare changes and taxes will push down living standards for 690,000 more children in the next two years, the union federation claims.

Daily roundup: Self-harm; Manchester serious case review; and redundancies at the DfE

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Friday, March 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Charities claim the number of children self-harming is on the rise, a serious case review into the death of a four-year-old let down by seven agencies, and a warning over unfair dismissal claims at the DfE, all in the news today.

Call to extend virtual school heads duty in Children and Families Bill

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's charities are calling for education support for looked-after children to be extended up to age 25, since care leavers are more likely to go to college or university at a later age than their peers.

Third of professionals work with children who 'go hungry' daily

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Monday, February 25, 2013

| CYP Now

A third of children's services professionals say the young people they work with are failing to get enough to eat on a daily basis, according to a survey conducted by the Children's Food Trust.

Ministers pledge to reduce child deaths in response to health outcomes forum

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has pledged to reduce child mortality and boost the extent to which young patients are consulted on the care they receive, as part of its response to the Children and Young People's Health Outcomes Forum report.

Councils cut back on short breaks for disabled children

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

| CYP Now

More than 60 per cent of councils cut spending on short breaks for disabled children last year, while 40 per cent intend to cut provision this year, an investigation by the charity Mencap has revealed.

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Nine out of ten teachers, police officers and social workers are regularly coming into contact with children they suspect to be suffering from neglect, but up to 40 per cent feel powerless to intervene, a report has warned.

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms will create a two-tier system of support for children with disabilities, campaigners have warned.

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.

Drop in deaf children's educational achievement blamed on cuts

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Cuts to local authority support for children with special educational needs (SEN) have been blamed for the first fall in the proportion of deaf children achieving five good GCSE grades for five years.

Adoption reforms ‘risk undermining support for vulnerable children'

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Plans to redirect £150m of early intervention funding into adoption reform risk reducing frontline services for vulnerable children, the chair of the Local Government Association's (LGA) children and young people board has warned.

Government raids Early Intervention Grant to fund adoption reform

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has slashed £150m from the Early Intervention Grant to plough into attempts to increase the number of adoptions in England, children's minister Edward Timpson has confirmed.

Youth Contract to help more young people

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

| CYP Now

An additional 15,000 16- and 17-year-olds are to receive help to find work or training through the Youth Contract, following a government review of the programme's "narrow" criteria.

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

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Monday, January 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Government plans to cap benefit payments until 2015 will reverse efforts to reduce child poverty and plunder the income of low- to middle-earning families, charities have warned.

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LGA fears children's centre closures if cuts continue

DfE announces voluntary sector funding

Study exposes extent of ‘sexting' among children

DfE bids to boost early literacy skills

CYP Now 2013 Awards open for entry

Daily roundup: Early intervention, emotional health, and troubled families

TUC says majority of children face 'unacceptable' living standards

Daily roundup: Self-harm; Manchester serious case review; and redundancies at the DfE

Call to extend virtual school heads duty in Children and Families Bill

Third of professionals work with children who 'go hungry' daily

Ministers pledge to reduce child deaths in response to health outcomes forum

Councils cut back on short breaks for disabled children

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

Drop in deaf children's educational achievement blamed on cuts

Adoption reforms ‘risk undermining support for vulnerable children'

Government raids Early Intervention Grant to fund adoption reform

Youth Contract to help more young people

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

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