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£150m eating disorder fund to focus on prevention

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to invest £150m in community-based eating disorder services for children and young people over the next five years.

Laws outlines Lib Dem pledges to boost childcare profession

News

Thursday, November 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Improving the pay and status of early years professionals will be a key priority if the Liberal Democrats form part of the next government, the schools minister David Laws has said.

Charity raises fears over cuts to early help funding

News

Monday, November 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Support services for vulnerable children are fast approaching a "tipping point" due to cuts to early intervention spending, Action for Children has warned.

Manchester youth groups launch campaign against funding cuts

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Friday, November 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Voluntary youth groups in Manchester have launched a campaign against council proposals to cut future youth spending.

Childcare minister launches drive to boost school early education provision

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to fund 26 schools to act as "champions" for providing early education to disadvantaged two-year-olds as part of a major drive to get schools more involved in delivering free childcare.

Play Wales wins funding and closure reprieve

News

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Play Wales has been saved from closure after being handed £400,000 by the Welsh government to support local efforts to encourage play and tackle poverty.

Greater focus on baby support for Central Bedfordshire children's centres

News

Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Central Bedfordshire Council has voted to keep all nine of the area's children's centres open but with a greater focus on support for families with babies.

Child poverty target will be missed, says government commission

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Efforts to end child poverty by 2020 are in tatters, according to a damning report by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.

Children's centres funding cut by £400m in three years

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Friday, September 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Spending on children's centres and early years services has been slashed by more than £400m in the space of just three years, government figures show.

Schools failing to deliver on free childcare places

News

Friday, September 19, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's plan to rely on school-based nurseries to deliver more free childcare places for two-year-olds has been described as "nonsensical", after latest figures reveal less than one in 10 of such settings are providing the free entitlement.

Government climbdown on plan to scrap council crisis fund

News

Thursday, September 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to reconsider plans to scrap a fund that helps support young people in crisis after legal action was launched to challenge the decision.

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.

Early years premium needs London weighting, councils warn

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Friday, August 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged children in London could miss out on up to £1.1m of funding unless the £300 early years pupil premium is amended to reflect the capital's higher living costs, councils have warned.

Osborne unveils first youth groups to get social action funding

News

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

| CYP Now

The first tranche of uniformed youth groups to receive a share of a £10m fund has been announced by the government.

Councils receive Staying Put funding allocations

News

Friday, August 8, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has announced how much each council will receive this year to extend support up to age 21 for young people in foster care, but concerns remain that the money is not enough.

Daily roundup: Healthy eating, parental fines and mental health

News

Friday, August 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Oldham teenager's poster design to front youth healthy eating campaign; huge rise in fines for parents who take children out of school; and grant made to develop outcomes-based mental health services, all in the news today.

Free schools fail to enrol most disadvantaged pupils

News

Thursday, August 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Free schools are failing to admit the most disadvantaged pupils in their areas, research suggests.

Call for social investment to fund youth services

News

Thursday, August 7, 2014

| CYP Now

The government should develop a framework for social investment in youth provision in a bid to provide services for all young people, a report recommends.

Campaigners highlight health and social benefits of play

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

| CYP Now

Play campaigners are highlighting to policymakers the health and social benefits of play schemes in an attempt to encourage more government investment in the sector.

Campaigners urge rethink on withdrawal of Play Wales funding

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The UK play sector has come together in a bid to save Play Wales after the Welsh government announced its funding is to be withdrawn.

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£150m eating disorder fund to focus on prevention

Laws outlines Lib Dem pledges to boost childcare profession

Charity raises fears over cuts to early help funding

Manchester youth groups launch campaign against funding cuts

Childcare minister launches drive to boost school early education provision

Play Wales wins funding and closure reprieve

Greater focus on baby support for Central Bedfordshire children's centres

Child poverty target will be missed, says government commission

Children's centres funding cut by £400m in three years

Schools failing to deliver on free childcare places

Government climbdown on plan to scrap council crisis fund

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

Early years premium needs London weighting, councils warn

Osborne unveils first youth groups to get social action funding

Councils receive Staying Put funding allocations

Daily roundup: Healthy eating, parental fines and mental health

Free schools fail to enrol most disadvantaged pupils

Call for social investment to fund youth services

Campaigners highlight health and social benefits of play

Campaigners urge rethink on withdrawal of Play Wales funding

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