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Conservative Conference 2011: Cameron reaffirms commitment to families

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has reaffirmed his pledge to make the coalition the most "family-friendly" government in history during his keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference.

Families suffer as mothers struggle to speak out about postnatal depression

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Sunday, October 2, 2011

| CYP Now

Half of mothers with postnatal depression are going without the support they need to avert long-term problems for their families, according to a report by the charity 4Children.

Parent Gym scheme expands to help more vulnerable children

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Friday, September 23, 2011

| CYP Now

The mayor of London Boris Johnson has unveiled a scheme to help parents deal with children's challenging behaviour.

Lib Dem Conference 2011: Government to pilot classes for parents of under-fives

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's minister Sarah Teather has announced that up to four local areas will be involved in a scheme that will offer parenting classes to every parent of a child aged under five.

Cameron backs Early Intervention Foundation

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Friday, September 16, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has offered his support to the concept of an Early Intervention Foundation to promote effective practice, suggesting government funding could be available.

Half of families will struggle to pay child maintenance fees

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Close to half (46 per cent) of single parents currently using the Child Support Agency (CSA) will not be able to afford proposed fees to access the new child maintenance service, a poll by charity Gingerbread has found.

Action for Children gets results through 'assertive' approach to parents

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

| CYP Now

The ability to challenge both parents and other service providers can enable professionals to achieve the best results for vulnerable children, a report commissioned by Action for Children has found.

DfE offers councils cash boost for community budgets pilot

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

| CYP Now

Councils taking part in a pilot scheme to support families with complex needs are to receive a cash boost of 20,000 from the Department for Education (DfE), CYP Now has learned.

Loughton to mentor workless family

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's minister Tim Loughton has volunteered to "adopt" a family as part of a scheme to help people back into work.

Cameron's 'social fightback' does not go far enough, says 4Children chief

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Monday, August 15, 2011

| CYP Now

The government must lead a "revolution" to increase support for families over the long-term and not wait for a crisis before intervening, charity 4Children has warned.

Riots reinforce need for early intervention, says Allen

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

| CYP Now

The MP who led a review on early intervention has called for the government to hold its nerve in pursuing long-term societal change in the wake of riots across England.

Family relationships should form key measurement of wellbeing, says public

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Monday, July 25, 2011

| CYP Now

People in the UK believe their wellbeing should be measured in terms of the quality of their family relationships, according to a report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Financial pressures on parents have made the UK less family-friendly

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

| CYP Now

The UK is less "family-friendly" than last year due to rising childcare costs, housing problems and the economic climate, a report by charity the Family and Parenting Institute (FPI) has found.

Charities urge more support for separating couples sharing care of a child

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Friday, July 8, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is failing to do enough to help separating couples share responsibility for their children, a study has claimed.

Charities react to Cameron's desire to stigmatise absent fathers

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Monday, June 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Calls by David Cameron to give absent fathers a tough time have received a mixed response from leading charities.

Weekend working has negative impact on children, charity warns

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Friday, May 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Three quarters of working families are affected by a parent working at the weekend, research from the Relationships Foundation has found.

Families experience fewer days out together

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Friday, May 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Concerns over finance and increasingly busy lifestyles are putting family relationships under pressure, charity 4Children has warned.

Families at heart of political agenda

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Monday, May 23, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband have sought to put families and young people at the heart of their political agendas.

Universal credit will deter single parents from full-time work

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Friday, May 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Single parents wanting to work full-time will be worse off when the universal credit is implemented, according to the latest analysis of government welfare reforms.

Think tank blasts performance of coalition's family support policy

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

| CYP Now

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), the think tank set up by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, has criticised the coalition government's track record on supporting families.

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Conservative Conference 2011: Cameron reaffirms commitment to families

Families suffer as mothers struggle to speak out about postnatal depression

Parent Gym scheme expands to help more vulnerable children

Lib Dem Conference 2011: Government to pilot classes for parents of under-fives

Cameron backs Early Intervention Foundation

Half of families will struggle to pay child maintenance fees

Action for Children gets results through 'assertive' approach to parents

DfE offers councils cash boost for community budgets pilot

Loughton to mentor workless family

Cameron's 'social fightback' does not go far enough, says 4Children chief

Riots reinforce need for early intervention, says Allen

Family relationships should form key measurement of wellbeing, says public

Financial pressures on parents have made the UK less family-friendly

Charities urge more support for separating couples sharing care of a child

Charities react to Cameron's desire to stigmatise absent fathers

Weekend working has negative impact on children, charity warns

Families experience fewer days out together

Families at heart of political agenda

Universal credit will deter single parents from full-time work

Think tank blasts performance of coalition's family support policy

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