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Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

Thursday, June 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Reducing child poverty, investing in school-based careers and mental health support for young people and giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote are among the Labour Party’s pledges in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

DfE offers funding for development of intensive interventions for vulnerable children

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Friday, March 18, 2011

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is inviting councils and partner agencies to bid for up to 200,000 of funding to develop intensive interventions for looked-after children or children on the edge of care or custody.

Cameron announces key worker role in 448m troubled families initiative

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Thursday, December 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that "troubled families" will be given key workers to co-ordinate services in an attempt to turn their lives around as part of a 448m programme.

Children 'left traumatised' by police raids

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Monday, November 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Children who are at home during police raids to arrest a parent or family should get more support to help them deal with the trauma, a charity has said.

CYP Now 2013 Awards open for entry

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Monday, April 15, 2013

| CYP Now

The 2013 Children & Young People Now Awards - the gold standard in services for children, young people and families across the UK - are open for entries.

New restraint system criticised by children's rights campaigners

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Campaign groups have criticised a new system of restraint being adopted in youth custody settings because it continues to allow techniques that involve inflicting pain on young people.

Campaign urges police to halt the use of stop and search on young people

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Thursday, August 9, 2012

| CYP Now

A campaign group of 15 youth organisations is calling on government and the police to radically reduce the use of stop and search on young Londoners.

Young people demand sound recording cameras in youth custody settings

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Youth custody settings and police stations should contain cameras that record sound to prevent young offenders being subjected to violence, a report has claimed.

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils could save more than £32,000 for each troubled family they work with by providing services in a more effective way, a government report has claimed.

Plan to axe YJB weakened its influence, says chief

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Government attempts to scrap the Youth Justice Board (YJB) resulted in it losing its authority, the chief executive of the organisation has conceded.

YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams must work closely with new health and wellbeing boards to drive down high numbers of vulnerable young people with mental health needs in the justice system, a charity has said.

Troubled Families programme on course to miss targets

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Friday, April 4, 2014

| CYP Now

The government will miss its target to turn around the lives of 120,000 "troubled families" unless it speeds up the rate of success, a group of MPs has warned.

Performance-related payments ‘too risky' for charities, analysis warns

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Public sector payment methods that link funding to performance outcomes are putting off many charities from bidding to deliver government programmes, research by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has found.

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and young people's charities face funding cuts of almost £405m over the five years up to 2015/16, the National Children's Bureau (NCB) has estimated.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Children's services chiefs hit out at youth justice cuts

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Thursday, September 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to make emergency in-year cuts of £13.5m to youth justice work have been blasted by children's services chiefs and youth justice managers.

Leicester lockdown: Concern over 'negative' impact of tightened restrictions on young people

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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

| CYP Now

Sector leaders in Leicester have raised concerns over the impact of a local lockdown on children and young people.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first year target for the numbers of families to be worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

Budget 2024: Chancellor commits £165 million to boost children's homes capacity

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

A £165 million boost to increase children’s homes capacity in England is among measures to support children and families included in the government’s latest budget.

Legal aid changes 'ignore children and young people'

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Justice for children and young people will be seriously undermined because the government has failed to recognise them as a group distinct from adults in its reforms to legal aid, the Children's Society has claimed.

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Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

DfE offers funding for development of intensive interventions for vulnerable children

Cameron announces key worker role in 448m troubled families initiative

Children 'left traumatised' by police raids

CYP Now 2013 Awards open for entry

New restraint system criticised by children's rights campaigners

Campaign urges police to halt the use of stop and search on young people

Young people demand sound recording cameras in youth custody settings

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

Plan to axe YJB weakened its influence, says chief

YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

Troubled Families programme on course to miss targets

Performance-related payments ‘too risky' for charities, analysis warns

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Children's services chiefs hit out at youth justice cuts

Leicester lockdown: Concern over 'negative' impact of tightened restrictions on young people

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Budget 2024: Chancellor commits £165 million to boost children's homes capacity

Legal aid changes 'ignore children and young people'

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