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Youth homelessness up a quarter on pre-pandemic levels, Centrepoint reveals

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

| CYP Now

Calls to Centrepoint’s youth homelessness helpline have increased by almost a quarter on pre-pandemic levels, the charity has said.

Warning over record levels of youth homelessness this Christmas

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

| CYP Now

The number of young homeless people in England could reach a record high this Christmas, according to youth homeslessness charity Centrepoint.

Councils support more homeless young people

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Wednesday, April 1, 2020

| CYP Now

The proportion of young people in housing crisis supported by councils rose last year but homelessness cases that were prevented remained low, according to analysis by youth homelessness charity Centrepoint.

Homelessness charity to develop youth volunteering programme

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Friday, December 9, 2016

| CYP Now

A youth charity is to launch a volunteering programme for young people affected by homelessness after receiving nearly £400,000 in Big Lottery Fund cash.

Councils 'fail to equip' care leavers to manage their money

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

| CYP Now

??Young people leaving the care system are falling into debt and losing benefits due to insufficient financial education and support from councils, research has found.

Youth rough sleeping falls six per cent in London

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Monday, July 4, 2016

| CYP Now

There has been a six per cent fall in young people sleeping rough in London at a time when the overall figure for street homelessness is on the rise, data has revealed.

Immigration Bill changes ‘put vulnerable children at risk'

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Thousands of the most vulnerable children in the UK could be left facing homelessness and at risk of exploitation and abuse as a result of changes in the Immigration Bill, a charity has claimed.

Reducing stigma can prevent youth homelessness, says charity

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Friday, April 22, 2016

| CYP Now

Policymakers and commissioners must reduce the stigma of youth homelessness so that young people are more willing to seek help for housing problems, a charity has said. ??

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

Big jump in B&B use for homeless families

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Friday, December 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of homeless families with children being placed in emergency bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation has rocketed by 45 per cent over the last year.

Ombudsman criticises council's failure to support homeless 16-year-old

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been rebuked for the second time in two years by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) for its treatment of homeless young people.

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

Kids Company chief defends failure to pass all cases to councils

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Collapsed children's charity Kids Company has failed to hand over to local authorities all the cases of vulnerable children and young people it was dealing with, its founder Camila Batmanghelidjh has told MPs.

Lack of support to blame for care leaver housing problems, report finds

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Monday, September 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services departments are not doing enough to secure good quality housing support for care leavers and other vulnerable teenagers, The Children's Society has said.

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.

Government 'failing migrant children', charity claims

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Friday, August 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Thousands of migrant children entering the UK on their own are being failed by government because they are not getting long-term support, it has been claimed.

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Work (BASW) is to take on the majority of functions performed by The College of Social Work (TCSW) from next month, it has been announced.

Watchdog tells councils not to use B&Bs for young homeless people

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Thursday, August 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Bed and breakfast accommodation is not a suitable place to house young homeless people, the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has warned councils.

Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA

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Friday, June 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to withdraw housing benefit for 18- to 21-year-olds threatens to decimate efforts to tackle youth homelessness and unemployment, YMCA England has warned.

LGBT young people ‘more likely to be homeless'

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) young people are more likely to be homeless compared with their non-LGBT peers, a report has claimed.?

Homelessness support fails families with young children, report finds

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Support for the estimated 15,700 babies living in homeless households needs to urgently improve, a damning report by the NSPCC and Anna Freud Centre has found.

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Nearly six months since professor Alexis Jay's report revealed the extent of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, the government's troubled families tsar Louise Casey's has pulled no punches in her assessment of how the authority has fared since.

Vulnerable young Londoners to benefit from building skills scheme

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Vulnerable young people across London are to receive training in construction skills through a £10m joint initiative run by the Mayor of London and charity The Big Issue.

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Youth homelessness up a quarter on pre-pandemic levels, Centrepoint reveals

Warning over record levels of youth homelessness this Christmas

Councils support more homeless young people

Homelessness charity to develop youth volunteering programme

Councils 'fail to equip' care leavers to manage their money

Youth rough sleeping falls six per cent in London

Immigration Bill changes ‘put vulnerable children at risk'

Reducing stigma can prevent youth homelessness, says charity

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

Big jump in B&B use for homeless families

Ombudsman criticises council's failure to support homeless 16-year-old

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

Kids Company chief defends failure to pass all cases to councils

Lack of support to blame for care leaver housing problems, report finds

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

Government 'failing migrant children', charity claims

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

Watchdog tells councils not to use B&Bs for young homeless people

Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA

LGBT young people ‘more likely to be homeless'

Homelessness support fails families with young children, report finds

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

Vulnerable young Londoners to benefit from building skills scheme

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