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Children and Families Act heralds new era for children's sector

Monday, March 17, 2014

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The Children and Families Act has wide-ranging implications for children's services, from the creation of childminder agencies to better support for young people in care. Following its approval by parliament last week, the sector has given its reaction to the main provisions of the act.

DfE announces £120m grant funding programme

Monday, October 29, 2012

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A total of £120m will be made available to boost services for early years, safeguarding and the care system as part of a Department for Education grant programme, it has been announced.

Children's policy ‘must not suffer' as a result of DfE job cuts

Thursday, November 15, 2012

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Plans to cut 1,000 jobs at the Department for Education must not further downgrade the standing of children and young people's policy in government, professionals have warned.

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2012 announced

Friday, November 30, 2012

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A literature festival for children in the care system, a film and live performance featuring poetry composed by young deaf children, and a scheme to take cricket from the village green to the inner cities, were just some of the inspiring winners of the 2012 Children & Young People Now Awards.

Tim Loughton 'asked to step down' as Elizabeth Truss named children's minister

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

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Children's minister Tim Loughton has been axed from his children's minister post in the cabinet reshuffle.

CYP Now 2012 Awards open for entry

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

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The Children & Young People Now Awards, the gold standard in services for children, young people and families, are this week open for entries.

Youth Contract to help more young people

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

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An additional 15,000 16- and 17-year-olds are to receive help to find work or training through the Youth Contract, following a government review of the programme's "narrow" criteria.

Government raids Early Intervention Grant to fund adoption reform

Thursday, January 24, 2013

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The government has slashed £150m from the Early Intervention Grant to plough into attempts to increase the number of adoptions in England, children's minister Edward Timpson has confirmed.

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

Thursday, August 31, 2023

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The September edition of Children & Young People Now has all the latest news, views and analysis on the key issues affecting services for children, young people and families.

#Chances4Children: Call to 'put children first' in post-lockdown recovery planning

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

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More than 150 organisations supporting vulnerable children have urged the Prime Minister to prioritise children as the UK begins the next phase of recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

Friday, June 14, 2024

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The three main parties have published policy pledges in a bid to win the general election on 4 July.

Ofsted reports increase in 'excellent' children's services

Monday, November 7, 2011

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More local authorities are providing excellent services for children this year, the latest annual round-up of Ofsted assessments has found.

CYP Now Awards extends deadline to 11 July

Thursday, July 4, 2013

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The deadline to enter the 2013 Children & Young People Now Awards has been extended by one week, to Thursday 11 July. Entries must be received before 12 noon that day.

NCAS Conference: Timpson unveils children's services innovation programme

Monday, October 21, 2013

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The government has launched a sector-wide initiative to harvest and test "adventurous" ideas that professionals have to improve services for vulnerable children.

Adoption reforms ‘risk undermining support for vulnerable children'

Thursday, January 24, 2013

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Plans to redirect £150m of early intervention funding into adoption reform risk reducing frontline services for vulnerable children, the chair of the Local Government Association's (LGA) children and young people board has warned.

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

Friday, May 30, 2014

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The College of Social Work (TCSW) has called for a government consultation on controversial plans to outsource child protection services to be extended.

Longfield commission sets out ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ plans

Friday, November 4, 2022

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The creation of an England-wide network of 1,000 community hubs dubbed ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ that would provide support for those vulnerable to exploitation from criminal gangs is a key recommendation of a year-long review of services for young people led by former children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield.

Loughton launches bid to become chair of education select committee

Monday, June 1, 2015

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Former children's minister Tim Loughton is to stand for election to become the next chair of the powerful parliamentary committee that scrutinises government policy on children and young people, CYP Now can reveal.

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