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Google to fund charities to tackle youth violence

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

| CYP Now

Internet giant Google will provide grants totalling £600,000 to charities and community organisations as part of efforts to tackle violent crime, it has been announced.

'County lines' child trafficker convicted in landmark case

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Friday, October 5, 2018

| CYP Now

A drug dealer has been jailed for 14 years in the first successful prosecution under legislation to tackle "county lines" crime, in which gangs exploit vulnerable children to establish drug networks.

MPs to probe rise in knife crime in wake of spate of deaths

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Friday, September 15, 2017

| CYP Now

A new cross-party group of MPs and peers has been launched to investigate the rise in knife crime across the UK.

Sale of controversial water cannons set to fund youth projects

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Monday, December 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Three unused water cannons bought by former London Mayor Boris Johnson are to be sold, with the proceeds invested into youth projects, it has been announced.

Domestic violence advisers placed in London hospitals

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Monday, December 14, 2015

| CYP Now

A London youth work charity has teamed up with a domestic violence prevention service to place advisers into the capital's major hospital emergency departments.

Vulnerable missing children exploited by drug gangs, report finds

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Thursday, July 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Runaway and missing children are being exploited by criminal gangs in order to expand inner city drug networks into county towns, a study has found.

Gang prevention work needs to start in primary school, say MPs

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Friday, February 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Urgent action is needed in schools to warn pupils as young as seven of the dangers of gang involvement, according to a report by MPs.

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.

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth workers should receive basic mental health training as part of a shake-up of services in order to support young people in gangs, MPs have been told.

Doncaster launches review into child sexual exploitation 'failings'

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

| CYP Now

A review has been launched into the way social services in Doncaster and South Yorkshire police deal with children at risk of child sexual exploitation (CSE), CYP Now can reveal.

Rotherham: The key questions answered

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Friday, August 29, 2014

| CYP Now

The child abuse scandal in Rotherham has shocked the nation and dominated the news agenda for several days. Here, CYP Now looks at the background to the independent inquiry, what questions it has answered and what issues still need to be resolved.

ADCS urges safeguarding agencies to learn lessons from Rotherham

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders have said the Rotherham child sexual abuse inquiry report should be a "call to action" for all organisations and professionals working in child protection.

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has issued updated advice on crisis mental health care that states police cells should never be used to hold children and young people.

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

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Friday, December 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Report blames sexual grooming of young girls on police failings; MPs call for fairer children's palliative care funding; and a youth offending service in Teeside wins praise, all in the news today.

Labour must youth-proof all policies, says former minister

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

| CYP Now

A senior Labour politician has called on the party to prioritise youth work and youth engagement ahead of the next general election.

Council budget cuts ‘put services at risk'

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Charities and councils have warned that children's services will be endangered by plans to cut local government budgets by 2.3 per cent between 2014/15 and 2015/16.

Daily roundup: Council sued, no action against Paris Brown and youth cuts

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Monday, April 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Rochdale faces legal action over care comments; no further action against former youth police and crime commissioner, and half of youth service jobs to go in Warwickshire, all in the news today.

Loughton fears backlash over youth PCC furore

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Monday, April 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Former children's minister Tim Loughton has called on police and crime commissioners to stick to plans to recruit young people in the wake of a media storm around the first youth police commissioner.

Two thirds of police and crime commissioners pledge to consult young people

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Thursday, November 22, 2012

| CYP Now

Two thirds of newly elected police and crime commissioners (PCCs) have pledged to take young people's views into account when drawing up local plans.

Projects hailed for tackling antisocial behaviour

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

| CYP Now

Two projects with contrasting approaches to youth crime have been praised after contributing to plummeting levels of antisocial behaviour in the North East.

Police commissioner candidates asked to sign youth charter

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Friday, October 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Police and crime commissioner (PCC) candidates are being asked to commit to taking young people's views into account by signing a pledge.

Young people to train police in bid to improve relations

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

| CYP Now

Young people are to develop and run training sessions for police in three London boroughs as part of a pilot scheme to improve community relations.

Police commissioner plan to involve young people wins praise

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Monday, September 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Plans to give young people a say over policing in Warwickshire should be replicated nationally, youth work professionals have said.

Youth training for police officers gains sector support

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Sunday, July 15, 2012

| CYP Now

A senior Metropolitan Police figure's call to equip officers working with young people with specialist "youth training" has received the backing of the National Youth Agency and youth justice campaigners.

Young people link up with police to tackle crime

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

| CYP Now

Young people and the police have joined forces to come up with new approaches to dealing with youth crime in a London borough.

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Google to fund charities to tackle youth violence

'County lines' child trafficker convicted in landmark case

MPs to probe rise in knife crime in wake of spate of deaths

Sale of controversial water cannons set to fund youth projects

Domestic violence advisers placed in London hospitals

Vulnerable missing children exploited by drug gangs, report finds

Gang prevention work needs to start in primary school, say MPs

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

Doncaster launches review into child sexual exploitation 'failings'

Rotherham: The key questions answered

ADCS urges safeguarding agencies to learn lessons from Rotherham

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

Labour must youth-proof all policies, says former minister

Council budget cuts ‘put services at risk'

Daily roundup: Council sued, no action against Paris Brown and youth cuts

Loughton fears backlash over youth PCC furore

Two thirds of police and crime commissioners pledge to consult young people

Projects hailed for tackling antisocial behaviour

Police commissioner candidates asked to sign youth charter

Young people to train police in bid to improve relations

Police commissioner plan to involve young people wins praise

Youth training for police officers gains sector support

Young people link up with police to tackle crime

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