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Daily roundup: Junk food, child porn and social work ethics

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Food firms accused of bypassing ad rules, government summit to tackle child porn online, and a code of ethics for social workers, all in the news today.

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

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Monday, December 10, 2012

| CYP Now

England's children's commissioner should be given stronger powers, while the title of the role should be changed to include "young people", an influential group of MPs and peers has said.

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

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Friday, January 4, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's decision to compel local authorities to reveal their early intervention expenditure by publishing a funding profile has been attacked as a "meaningless exercise".

Children and Families Act receives royal assent

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Act has received royal assent, ushering in a raft of changes including adoption reforms, greater protection for vulnerable children and shared parental leave.

Government launches drive for youth work and early years volunteers

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Thursday, February 16, 2017

| CYP Now

An initiative designed to attract thousands of volunteers to youth work and early years initiatives has been launched by government.

Two-year-old entitlement to be funded by cut to Early Intervention Grant

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Friday, September 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Hundreds of millions of pounds allocated to fund free nursery places will be deducted from the Early Intervention Grant, reducing local authority children's services budgets across the country, it has emerged.

Leeds says job cuts will not hit frontline children's services

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

| CYP Now

Leeds City Council has insisted that frontline services for children and young people will not be seriously affected by recent job cuts forced upon it by the recession.

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

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Monday, June 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Charities working with children and young people have lost more than £150m of government funding in the past year, it has emerged.

In Profile: Camila Batmanghelidjh

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Friday, July 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Amid a storm of controversy, it has been announced that Camila Batmanghelidjh will step down as chief executive of Kids Company. Here, CYP Now examines the charismatic figure's history working with vulnerable children.

Latest Covid-19 guidance for children’s social care, education, early years and youth work providers

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Services supporting vulnerable children and young people face changes to Covid-19 guidance as more restrictions lift across the UK.

What is the latest Covid-19 guidance for out-of-school clubs and youth services?

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Monday, April 12, 2021

| CYP Now

Changes to guidance for youth service and out-of-school clubs have come into force as part of the latest stage of lifting Covid-19 restrictions.

Easing of Covid-19 restrictions: what new rules mean for children's sector

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Monday, May 17, 2021

| CYP Now

Some Covid-19 restrictions across England have lifted allowing more freedom for people across the country.

Singleton report calls for extension of smacking ban

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

| CYP Now

The government is to ban everyone working with children and young people from using smacking and physical punishment, in light of a report by the government's chief adviser on child safety.

C4EO to study education gap for looked-after children

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Friday, May 22, 2009

| CYP Now

Research body the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services (C4EO) will explore ways to reduce the education gap between children in care and their peers.

Local authorities get twice as long to appeal CAAs

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

| CYP Now

Local authorities and their partners will be given more time to appeal judgments made by Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) inspectors, following pressure from councils.

CYP Now subscribers affected by postal strike can get digital copy

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Friday, October 23, 2009

| CYP Now

CYP Now subscribers who do not receive their issue because of the current postal strike can access a digital copy.

Family charities urge services to work together

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

| CYP Now

A coalition of family charities has called for all forms of children and young people's services to consider ways of working together to prevent family breakdown during the recession.

Director of Harrow's children's services to stand down

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Monday, September 14, 2009

| CYP Now

The director of Harrow's children's services is to leave the council after more than seven years in the post.

Fears abuse accusations could be lost in the post

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Monday, October 19, 2009

| CYP Now

Concerns have been raised about the security of the new vetting and barring procedures after it emerged allegations against adults working with children can be sent in the post.

First 500 play strategy sites open for Easter

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Monday, March 30, 2009

| CYP Now

The first 500 play sites funded by the government's 235m play strategy have opened, the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has announced.

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Daily roundup: Junk food, child porn and social work ethics

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

Children and Families Act receives royal assent

Government launches drive for youth work and early years volunteers

Two-year-old entitlement to be funded by cut to Early Intervention Grant

Leeds says job cuts will not hit frontline children's services

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

In Profile: Camila Batmanghelidjh

Latest Covid-19 guidance for children’s social care, education, early years and youth work providers

What is the latest Covid-19 guidance for out-of-school clubs and youth services?

Easing of Covid-19 restrictions: what new rules mean for children's sector

Singleton report calls for extension of smacking ban

C4EO to study education gap for looked-after children

Local authorities get twice as long to appeal CAAs

CYP Now subscribers affected by postal strike can get digital copy

Family charities urge services to work together

Director of Harrow's children's services to stand down

Fears abuse accusations could be lost in the post

First 500 play strategy sites open for Easter

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