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Councils told to use social networking to engage children

Thursday, October 22, 2009

| CYP Now

Local government leaders should consider using social networking sites to incorporate children's views when commissioning services, according to a local government think tank.

Damning report blasts government's children's rights record

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

| CYP Now

MPs and Lords have slammed the government for failing to safeguard children's rights, in a damning report to mark the 20th anniversary of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

Speculation grows over who will replace Ed Balls and Beverley Hughes

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

| CYP Now

Betting on who will be the next Chancellor was suspended at 9am yesterday after bookies' favourite Children's Secretary Ed Balls was backed heavily over the weekend.

Play strategy unlocks thirty million pounds funding a year early

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

| CYP Now

Local authorities in England will be able to access at least a million pounds each to spend on play by next spring, after the Government brought forward funding plans.

Westminster launches text service to help locate children's services

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Thursday, January 8, 2009

| CYP Now

Westminster City Council has introduced a texting service that allows people to locate their nearest youth club, children's centre, library or leisure centre.

Resources to make fathers feel welcome

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

| CYP Now

The Fatherhood Institute has produced a set of posters and photo-cards to help services involve fathers and make them feel welcome.

Early intervention bodies called on to offer evidence of best practice

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Thursday, September 16, 2010

| CYP Now

Organisations that focus on early intervention are being asked to submit evidence of best practice for the national independent review of the area.

Labour Conference 2010: Miliband seeks policies that enhance family life

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

| CYP Now

"Family-friendly employment" must be at the centre of attempts to rebuild the economy because "there is more to life than the bottom line", the new leader of the Labour party has announced.

Labour Conference 2010: Children's professionals called on to challenge government's plans for cuts

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

| CYP Now

Professionals and volunteers working with families have been told they have a responsibility to challenge the government on its deficit reduction plans and demand the most vulnerable are protected from budget cuts.

Children in the countryside battle against poor housing and transport links, says commission

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

| CYP Now

Isolation, poor housing and inadequate transport links are some of the problems affecting children and young people living in the countryside, according to guidance from the Commission for Rural Communities.

Threshold for CRB offences under review

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is to consider widening the definition of a criminal record when employers decide on a person's suitability to work with children.

Cumbria children's services jobs at risk

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Monday, November 29, 2010

| CYP Now

Around 300 children's services posts are at risk in Cumbria as the county council braces itself for a raft of cuts to government grants.

Early intervention schemes 'must prove their worth'

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

| CYP Now

A US expert on youth crime prevention and early intervention believes the UK must embrace evidence-based practice if it wants to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people.

Loughton trusts local leaders to safeguard early intervention funds

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Thursday, November 4, 2010

| CYP Now

Local authority leaders must be trusted not to spend money intended for early intervention on other services, children's minister Tim Loughton has said.

Tories reveal plans for community-run public services

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

| CYP Now

The Conservatives plan to win the election by calling on community members to run their own schools and public services, according to the party's manifesto.

UK faces hung parliament after night of drama

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Friday, May 7, 2010

| CYP Now

The UK faces its first hung parliament since 1974, with the Conservatives on course to win the most seats but falling short of an overall majority.

Labour regains control of key local authorities

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Monday, May 10, 2010

| CYP Now

The Labour Party made key gains in last week's local elections, in areas including Liverpool, Doncaster and the London Borough of Enfield, while some Conservative losses have resulted in councils falling to no overall control.

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.

Department for Education confirms responsibilities of new ministerial team

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Monday, September 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Liberal Democrat David Laws is to take charge of the pupil premium, raising the participation age, school improvement and government efforts to combat child poverty as the Department for Education confirmed the responsibilities of the new ministerial line-up.

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.

Scores of youth and children's centres to close in Doncaster

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Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Doncaster Council is set to close 17 youth and children's centres as part of efforts to cut children's services spending.

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and young people's charities face funding cuts of almost £405m over the five years up to 2015/16, the National Children's Bureau (NCB) has estimated.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Out of school clubs 'on brink of collapse'

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Friday, May 29, 2020

| CYP Now

More than eight in 10 out of school clubs are currently closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, raising concerns that wraparound care is “on the brink of collapse”, a new survey shows.

In the new edition of CYP Now: Academies everywhere

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

| CYP Now

The latest issue of CYP Now magazine takes an in-depth look at the government's controversial plans to turn all schools into academies.

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Councils told to use social networking to engage children

Damning report blasts government's children's rights record

Speculation grows over who will replace Ed Balls and Beverley Hughes

Play strategy unlocks thirty million pounds funding a year early

Westminster launches text service to help locate children's services

Resources to make fathers feel welcome

Early intervention bodies called on to offer evidence of best practice

Labour Conference 2010: Miliband seeks policies that enhance family life

Labour Conference 2010: Children's professionals called on to challenge government's plans for cuts

Children in the countryside battle against poor housing and transport links, says commission

Threshold for CRB offences under review

Cumbria children's services jobs at risk

Early intervention schemes 'must prove their worth'

Loughton trusts local leaders to safeguard early intervention funds

Tories reveal plans for community-run public services

UK faces hung parliament after night of drama

Labour regains control of key local authorities

CYP Now 2013 Awards open for entry

Department for Education confirms responsibilities of new ministerial team

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

Scores of youth and children's centres to close in Doncaster

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Out of school clubs 'on brink of collapse'

In the new edition of CYP Now: Academies everywhere

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