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Children’s Society to expand mental health services with £1mn award

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

| CYP Now

The Children’s Society has been awarded £1 million to provide early intervention mental health support to young people across all four nations of the UK, with a focus on those from marginalised communities.

Parents must act to tackle obesity, says 'fat camp' head

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Friday, April 17, 2009

| CYP Now

Parents need to take a more active role in tackling childhood obesity, according to the head of a weight-loss summer camp.

Laming is a 'missed opportunity' say councils

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

| CYP Now

Lord Laming failed to consider how much his proposals to improve child protection would cost local authorities to put into practice, councils have told Children's Secretary Ed Balls in a strongly worded letter.

Chair announced for new government award scheme

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

| CYP Now

Dame Denise Platt, chair of the recently abolished Commission for Social Care Inspection, is to chair a new government award scheme to recognise innovation and excellence in local government.

Autism affects one in 100 five- to nine-year-olds

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

| CYP Now

A new study has found that one in 100 children between the ages of five and nine are autistic.

Scots invest in specialist medical services for children

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Thursday, March 6, 2008

| CYP Now

The Scottish Government is investing 32 million pounds in specialist services for children and young people over the next three years.

Tesco teams up with Glasgow to promote healthy eating

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Monday, March 10, 2008

| CYP Now

Tesco stores in Glasgow are helping children and young people learn about healthy eating and exercise following an agreement with the council.

Budget 2008: Drug treatment charity issues warning on alcohol prices

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

| CYP Now

Alcohol and drug treatment charity Addaction has warned that the government will need to do more than raise prices to stop young people drinking excessively.

Local authorities may lose control of special needs assessment

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Friday, March 14, 2008

| CYP Now

A group of experts is to examine whether distancing special educational needs (SEN) assessment from local authorities would increase parents' confidence in the system.

Green paper sets out measures to prevent family breakdown

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

| CYP Now

The government is to launch a comprehensive review of the family justice system that will focus on settling disputes out of court, under plans set out in the families green paper today.

Police get increased powers to confiscate alcohol

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Friday, January 29, 2010

| CYP Now

New powers have come into effect making it easier for police to confiscate alcohol and stop retailers selling to underage children.

Parents of disabled children lack mental health support

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Thursday, February 4, 2010

| CYP Now

A third of parents of disabled children say they are getting no support with their children's emotional or mental health problems, according to a survey by the charity YoungMinds.

Calls for joint service plans to improve care of looked-after children

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Monday, February 15, 2010

| CYP Now

Children's trusts should develop joint service plans for looked-after children spanning health, education and social care services, according to proposals announced by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice).

Police receive funds to crack down on underage drinking

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

| CYP Now

Measures to tackle underage drinking, including additional funding to help police enforce powers, have been announced by the government.

Regions invited to bid for disability service money

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

| CYP Now

The Department of Health is inviting all strategic health authorities to bid for 50,000 to improve the delivery of equipment and services to disabled children.

Drop in underage drinkers in north west England

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Thursday, July 2, 2009

| CYP Now

Numbers of underage drinkers are falling, although one in four young people consume dangerous quantities every week, a study has shown.

Youth project may have increased teenage pregnancies

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

| CYP Now

A government-backed pilot scheme to reduce teenage pregnancies may have actually increased them, it has been claimed.

NHS sex pamphlet attracts negative media attention

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

| CYP Now

Skewed media reporting of an NHS pamphlet encouraging frank discussion about young people's sex lives risks damaging debate on the issue, it has been claimed.

STIs still rife among 16 to 24 age group

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Friday, July 24, 2009

| CYP Now

Young people continue to be disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted infections, the latest figures show.

Free swimming sessions a hit with young people

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Friday, July 24, 2009

| CYP Now

Young people swam for free almost three million times since the launch of a government scheme in April this year, according to new figures.

Teachers need more training in assessing parenting support

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

| CYP Now

Paediatricians and teachers need more training in family support, according to a study by the Family and Parenting Institute.

Nice issues guidance on wellbeing in secondary education

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

| CYP Now

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has issued guidance on promoting the social and emotional wellbeing of young people in secondary education.

Labour conference: Teachers lack special needs training

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Monday, September 28, 2009

| CYP Now

Parents would be shocked by the lack of training teaching staff receive to help children with special health needs, it has been claimed.

Children of working mothers have unhealthier lives

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

| CYP Now

The children of working mothers are more likely to be unhealthy than those whose mothers stay at home, according to research.

Labour conference: MP calls for compulsory sex education to be key pledge

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

| CYP Now

A Labour MP has called for the introduction of compulsory sex education to be a key pledge for the party at the forthcoming general election.

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Children’s Society to expand mental health services with £1mn award

Parents must act to tackle obesity, says 'fat camp' head

Laming is a 'missed opportunity' say councils

Chair announced for new government award scheme

Autism affects one in 100 five- to nine-year-olds

Scots invest in specialist medical services for children

Tesco teams up with Glasgow to promote healthy eating

Budget 2008: Drug treatment charity issues warning on alcohol prices

Local authorities may lose control of special needs assessment

Green paper sets out measures to prevent family breakdown

Police get increased powers to confiscate alcohol

Parents of disabled children lack mental health support

Calls for joint service plans to improve care of looked-after children

Police receive funds to crack down on underage drinking

Regions invited to bid for disability service money

Drop in underage drinkers in north west England

Youth project may have increased teenage pregnancies

NHS sex pamphlet attracts negative media attention

STIs still rife among 16 to 24 age group

Free swimming sessions a hit with young people

Teachers need more training in assessing parenting support

Nice issues guidance on wellbeing in secondary education

Labour conference: Teachers lack special needs training

Children of working mothers have unhealthier lives

Labour conference: MP calls for compulsory sex education to be key pledge

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