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Child and youth projects among beneficiaries of £21m funding ?

Monday, December 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Projects designed to benefit children, young people and families are among 648 community projects across England to receive a slice of £21m Big Lottery Fund cash.

Educational psychology services feel strain of budget cuts

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils across England have cut funding for educational psychology services by five per cent over the last three years, figures show.

Daily roundup: Forced Caesarean, eating disorders and cigarettes

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Monday, December 2, 2013

| CYP Now

MP pledges to raise case of Italian woman whose child was taken at birth; more children being treated for eating disorders; and Labour seeks to strengthen law around underage smoking, all in the news today.

Study raises prospect of youth mental health service

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

| CYP Now

A government study to assess the benefits of existing youth health services could be the first step in the development of a national mental health service for adolescents and young adults, campaigners have said.

LGA warns over impact of council funding cuts

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Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Services for children and young people look set to bear the brunt of local authority funding cuts over the next two years, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Narey defends private sector role in child protection

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's adviser on children's social care has defended proposals to allow child protection services to be outsourced, which he said does not amount to large-scale privatisation.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority spending on children's social care has increased by more than five per cent in a single year, government figures show.

Bristol youth services outsourced in £22m deal

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Friday, September 28, 2012

| CYP Now

A major reorganisation of young people's services in Bristol has resulted in £22m of contracts being awarded for provision over the next five years.

Children's services procurement 'too costly and bureaucratic'

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Organisations representing 400 providers of services for children have called on Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to address the spiralling cost and bureaucracy of delivering services on behalf of local authorities.

Small youth charities to bear the brunt of funding cuts

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Friday, January 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Increasing numbers of small youth charities will face funding problems similar to the Stephen Lawrence Centre unless they learn to adapt to the economic environment, it has been warned.

Universal children's centres face extinction, MPs are warned

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Thursday, September 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Children centres that offer services to all children and parents in the community will soon be consigned to the history books in many parts of the country, local government and children's services leaders have told MPs.

DfE overspends by £1bn on academy expansion

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Thursday, November 22, 2012

| CYP Now

The Department for Education overspent by £1bn on its academy expansion programme in just two years, it has emerged.

Play England director Catherine Prisk steps down

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Catherine Prisk is to step down as director of Play England at the end of the week after a restructure of management arrangements at the charity.

Checks on school spending must be stronger, MPs warn

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Friday, May 11, 2012

| CYP Now

An influential group of MPs has warned that systems for monitoring schools spending in England are not up to scratch.

Analysis backs drive for youth-led services

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Monday, November 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people and communities should be given the authority to decide the shape of youth work services in their area, a study has found.

Health reforms fail to improve prevention services

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Reforms to the NHS have failed to address a lack of focus on early intervention and joined-up working in children's health services, a report has found.

Council announces plans to close majority of children's centres

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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

| CYP Now

The majority of Oxfordshire's 44 children's centres will close under plans to save £8m from the local authority's children's services budget.

Councils face £1bn funding shortfall

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Cuts to children's services over the next three years could be even deeper than feared after the government published new figures to show local authority funding will be less than expected.

Welsh care reforms place post-18 duty on councils

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Monday, February 3, 2014

| CYP Now

The Welsh government has defended proposed care reforms that it says will place new duties on local authorities to provide funding for post-18 foster care.

Devon children's centres face closure threat

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's centre closures are being considered in Devon as the county council looks to make £1.2m of cuts to the service.

Swindon considers halving number of children's centres

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Swindon Borough Council wants to slash £770,000 from its £2m children's centres budget, just a year after cutting the service's spend by £380,000.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Gove announces 261 schools to receive building money

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Thursday, May 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced that fewer than half of those who applied for a share of £2bn funding to renovate or rebuild run-down schools have been successful.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

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Child and youth projects among beneficiaries of £21m funding ?

Educational psychology services feel strain of budget cuts

Daily roundup: Forced Caesarean, eating disorders and cigarettes

Study raises prospect of youth mental health service

LGA warns over impact of council funding cuts

Narey defends private sector role in child protection

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

Bristol youth services outsourced in £22m deal

Children's services procurement 'too costly and bureaucratic'

Small youth charities to bear the brunt of funding cuts

Universal children's centres face extinction, MPs are warned

DfE overspends by £1bn on academy expansion

Play England director Catherine Prisk steps down

Checks on school spending must be stronger, MPs warn

Analysis backs drive for youth-led services

Health reforms fail to improve prevention services

Council announces plans to close majority of children's centres

Councils face £1bn funding shortfall

Welsh care reforms place post-18 duty on councils

Devon children's centres face closure threat

Swindon considers halving number of children's centres

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Gove announces 261 schools to receive building money

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

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