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

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Monday, May 17, 2021

| CYP Now

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

Money management programme to launch for young people

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Monday, May 16, 2016

| CYP Now

An initiative designed to help young people manage their money better is to be launched by a national youth work body and banking group.??

Rise in students on youth work courses

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Monday, June 20, 2016

| CYP Now

The number of students being recruited onto professionally validated youth and community programmes has increased but the gender gap is widening, data has revealed. ??

Base police officers in schools, urges children's commissioner

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Monday, September 9, 2019

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Police officers and youth workers should be based in schools to help protect pupils from violence, according to the children's commissioner for England.

Charity urges Scottish government to meet needs of forces children

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Monday, August 22, 2022

| CYP Now

A charity supporting children in Scotland whose parents are in the armed forces has unveiled a new strategy which aims to improve outcomes for more young people from veteran or serving families.

Childnet publishes guidance for supporting children facing online sexual harassment

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

| CYP Now

Guidance, co-designed by young people, could help educators, youth workers and foster carers to talk to young people about online sexual harassment.

Heritage programme improves children's pride in local area, research finds

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

| CYP Now

A programme funded by the Department for Education to encourage the teaching of local history in schools improves children’s sense of pride in their local area, according to new research.

Therapeutic support programme reducing exclusions in London, research finds

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

| CYP Now

A therapeutic intervention programme designed to reduce rates of exclusion in London has supported hundreds of children at risk of involvement in youth violence, according to an evaluation report.

Youth work in schools key to improving attendance rates, NYA inquiry finds

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

| CYP Now

Stronger collaboration between youth work providers and schools is key to improving attendance rates for vulnerable children, an independent inquiry commissioned by the National Youth Agency (NYA) has found.

Singleton report calls for extension of smacking ban

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

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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.

Government invests 146m in teen community service programme

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Friday, April 24, 2009

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The government has announced a 146m package of funding to encourage community service among 16 to 19 year olds.

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

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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.

CYP Now subscribers affected by postal strike can get digital copy

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Friday, October 23, 2009

| CYP Now

CYP Now subscribers who do not receive their issue because of the current postal strike can access a digital copy.

Family charities urge services to work together

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

| CYP Now

A coalition of family charities has called for all forms of children and young people's services to consider ways of working together to prevent family breakdown during the recession.