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Bodies selected to run commissioning programme

Thursday, October 23, 2008

| CYP Now

The government has chosen a consortium of five organisations to run a programme to help children's trusts commission services.

Half of all children worry about the future

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

| CYP Now

Half of all ten to 15 year olds are concerned about the future and worry about school exams, an Ofsted survey has found.

Funding for children's services slashed in Cumbria

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Thursday, September 16, 2010

| CYP Now

Children's services in Cumbria face multi-million-pound cuts as the council loses money from government grants.

Vetting and barring scheme review gets underway

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Friday, October 22, 2010

| CYP Now

The vetting and barring scheme (VBS) is being reconsidered by the government under terms outlined today (22 October) by the Home Office.

DfE bans charities from publicising their work, leaked letter reveals

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Thursday, July 29, 2010

| CYP Now

A letter leaked to CYP Now has revealed the Department for Education (DfE) is ordering charities delivering government-funded programmes to stop publicising their work with immediate effect in an apparent bid to save on spending.

Clegg pledges commitment to improving social mobility

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

| CYP Now

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has pledged dramatic improvements in social mobility in a speech to mark the first 100 days of the coalition government.

Longfield defends 4Children record

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Monday, September 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield has defended her record as chief executive of collapsed children's charity 4Children, arguing that it was "in good shape" when she departed last year.

Private tutors refuse to register with vetting and barring scheme

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Friday, April 16, 2010

| CYP Now

Thousands of private tutors are set to refuse to register for the government's controversial vetting and barring scheme, a poll has revealed.

Children's charities urge Gove to protect voluntary sector from 'devastating cuts'

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

| CYP Now

Children and families' charities have written an open letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove expressing concern about the impact spending cuts will have on the most vulnerable children and the charities that support them.

Election 2010 update: Tory candidates from the children's sector fail to win seats

News

Friday, May 7, 2010

| CYP Now

Two highly publicised Conservative candidates from the children and young people's sector failed to get into parliament last night in tightly fought constituency battles.

Daily roundup: Junk food, child porn and social work ethics

News

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Food firms accused of bypassing ad rules, government summit to tackle child porn online, and a code of ethics for social workers, all in the news today.

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

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Monday, December 10, 2012

| CYP Now

England's children's commissioner should be given stronger powers, while the title of the role should be changed to include "young people", an influential group of MPs and peers has said.

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

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Friday, January 4, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's decision to compel local authorities to reveal their early intervention expenditure by publishing a funding profile has been attacked as a "meaningless exercise".

Children and Families Act receives royal assent

News

Thursday, March 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Act has received royal assent, ushering in a raft of changes including adoption reforms, greater protection for vulnerable children and shared parental leave.

Government launches drive for youth work and early years volunteers

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Thursday, February 16, 2017

| CYP Now

An initiative designed to attract thousands of volunteers to youth work and early years initiatives has been launched by government.

Two-year-old entitlement to be funded by cut to Early Intervention Grant

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Friday, September 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Hundreds of millions of pounds allocated to fund free nursery places will be deducted from the Early Intervention Grant, reducing local authority children's services budgets across the country, it has emerged.

Leeds says job cuts will not hit frontline children's services

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

| CYP Now

Leeds City Council has insisted that frontline services for children and young people will not be seriously affected by recent job cuts forced upon it by the recession.

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

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Monday, June 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Charities working with children and young people have lost more than £150m of government funding in the past year, it has emerged.

In Profile: Camila Batmanghelidjh

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Friday, July 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Amid a storm of controversy, it has been announced that Camila Batmanghelidjh will step down as chief executive of Kids Company. Here, CYP Now examines the charismatic figure's history working with vulnerable children.

Latest Covid-19 guidance for children’s social care, education, early years and youth work providers

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Services supporting vulnerable children and young people face changes to Covid-19 guidance as more restrictions lift across the UK.

What is the latest Covid-19 guidance for out-of-school clubs and youth services?

News

Monday, April 12, 2021

| CYP Now

Changes to guidance for youth service and out-of-school clubs have come into force as part of the latest stage of lifting Covid-19 restrictions.

Easing of Covid-19 restrictions: what new rules mean for children's sector

News

Monday, May 17, 2021

| CYP Now

Some Covid-19 restrictions across England have lifted allowing more freedom for people across the country.

Singleton report calls for extension of smacking ban

News

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

| CYP Now

The government is to ban everyone working with children and young people from using smacking and physical punishment, in light of a report by the government's chief adviser on child safety.

C4EO to study education gap for looked-after children

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Friday, May 22, 2009

| CYP Now

Research body the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services (C4EO) will explore ways to reduce the education gap between children in care and their peers.

Local authorities get twice as long to appeal CAAs

News

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

| CYP Now

Local authorities and their partners will be given more time to appeal judgments made by Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) inspectors, following pressure from councils.

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Bodies selected to run commissioning programme

Half of all children worry about the future

Funding for children's services slashed in Cumbria

Vetting and barring scheme review gets underway

DfE bans charities from publicising their work, leaked letter reveals

Clegg pledges commitment to improving social mobility

Longfield defends 4Children record

Private tutors refuse to register with vetting and barring scheme

Children's charities urge Gove to protect voluntary sector from 'devastating cuts'

Election 2010 update: Tory candidates from the children's sector fail to win seats

Daily roundup: Junk food, child porn and social work ethics

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

Children and Families Act receives royal assent

Government launches drive for youth work and early years volunteers

Two-year-old entitlement to be funded by cut to Early Intervention Grant

Leeds says job cuts will not hit frontline children's services

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

In Profile: Camila Batmanghelidjh

Latest Covid-19 guidance for children’s social care, education, early years and youth work providers

What is the latest Covid-19 guidance for out-of-school clubs and youth services?

Easing of Covid-19 restrictions: what new rules mean for children's sector

Singleton report calls for extension of smacking ban

C4EO to study education gap for looked-after children

Local authorities get twice as long to appeal CAAs

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