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Cuts spell the end of early intervention as we know it

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  • Monday, October 15, 2012
  • | CYP Now
The proposed removal of the Early Intervention Grant to local authorities might not attract the same level of attention as other headline-grabbing plans, such as the abolition of housing benefit for under-25s, but it is without doubt one of the scandals of the year - the policy itself and the way it was (not) communicated.

Happier beginnings

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  • Monday, April 16, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Mothers can be unprepared for having a baby, feeling overwhelmed or depressed, but Family Action's "befriender" projects aim to relieve the pressure. Emily Rogers visits one project in Nottinghamshire

The ideas importer

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  • Monday, March 19, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Lauren Higgs talks to George Hoskings, chief executive of the Wave Trust

Volunteers absent among first family champions

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  • Monday, October 31, 2011
  • | CYP Now
One of the first areas to trial the government's flagship scheme to get families into work has revealed it has no plans to recruit volunteers to boost provision, despite the founder of the programme wanting to "see thousands" of volunteers supporting the initiative.

Financing intervention: Allen report at a glance

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  • Monday, July 11, 2011
  • | CYP Now
MP Graham Allen's second report in his government-commissioned review into early intervention was published last week. It began to address how evidence-based schemes can be financed. While reiterating the now widely-recognised evidence that intervening before problems arise yields savings in the long term, Allen challenges the government to take the lead and make widespread early intervention a reality.

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