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Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

East Sussex children's social care judged "good" by Ofsted; spend on agency staff triples at Windsor children's services; and new chair announced for mental health body, all in the news today.

Smarter spending for children's services

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services budgets have never been tighter, with commissioners and providers having little choice but to cut funding and staff. Joe Lepper identifies 11 ways to save money - and maintain quality services.

Providers of children's centres look at new models to offset budget cuts

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

As local authority data reveals a doubling of cuts in spending on children's centres, forcing them to prioritise the protection of statutory functions, a DfE report suggests that councils' ability to do this is being stretched to the limit.

Five lessons for charities and ministers from the collapse of Kids Company

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

The closure of Kids Company highlighted problems over the checks and balances used by government and charities to ensure public funding is spent well, from which the rest of the children's voluntary sector can learn.

Rebuilder of Slough: Nicola Clemo, chief executive of Slough Children's Services Trust

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

It seems wholly appropriate for an organisation charged with rebuilding the reputation of children's services in Slough that it will be doing so from offices next door to those of the giant Lego corporation.

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Measures announced in the Chancellor's Spending Review will result in core funding for councils falling 24 per cent in real terms over the next four years. How will this affect children, young people and their families?

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's professionals struggle to keep pace with child abusers' tactics; 23 campaign groups highlight need for child-friendly policies; and Bracknell Forest youth hub set to open by 2016, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

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Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Poorer parents struggle to feed their children during the summer holidays; Department for Education publishes child-friendly guide to the special educational needs reforms; and judge warns of "paedophile panic", all in the news today.

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The way public services are commissioned is undergoing considerable change, but charities pitched into competition for funding with private companies have a possible advantage - as long as they can demonstrate the additional social values they provide above and beyond the primary aims of a project.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

Census shows measures taken in response to children's centre cuts

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

4Children's annual census of children's centres shows two-thirds have had a budget cut. As a result, providers are having to cut provision, target it at those most in need and charge for previously free services to make ends meet.

Ask the Experts: Social care budget cuts

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Ask the Experts: Deter young people from drugs

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Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on "legal highs", saving money while safeguarding, partnership working concerns and coping with hot weather.

Fighting for the frontline: Association of YOT Managers chair Gareth Jones

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Gareth Jones, chair of the Association of Youth Offending Team Managers.

First youth mutuals prosper by extending reach and expertise

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Since taking on the running of youth work in Knowsley and Kensington and Chelsea, youth mutuals have increased income, maintained services and reduced overheads, but it has not been an easy transition, say those in charge.

Skills for the Job: Social investment for charities

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

With public sector funding reducing, children's charities could increasingly turn to social investment to achieve their goals.

Daily roundup: Youth centres, children's services and leadership

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Charities set to take on running of Liverpool youth centres; tri-borough arrangements to be reviewed by Labour; and new DCS appointed in Southwark, all in the news today.

Funding cuts lead councils to seek new ways of delivering youth work

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

A new round of government funding through the Delivering Differently for Young People programme will aim to help more local authorities develop effective models of providing youth services at a reduced cost

Collaboration, creativity and more cuts: 2016 in children's services

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

CYP Now has collected the views of children's services experts from a range of backgrounds to hear what they think the key challenges and opportunities will be in 2016 across services for children, young people and families.

Zika threat highlights need for public health investment

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

In the first half of the 20th Century, polio became feared across the world.

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Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

Smarter spending for children's services

Providers of children's centres look at new models to offset budget cuts

Five lessons for charities and ministers from the collapse of Kids Company

Rebuilder of Slough: Nicola Clemo, chief executive of Slough Children's Services Trust

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Census shows measures taken in response to children's centre cuts

Ask the Experts: Social care budget cuts

Ask the Experts: Deter young people from drugs

Fighting for the frontline: Association of YOT Managers chair Gareth Jones

First youth mutuals prosper by extending reach and expertise

Skills for the Job: Social investment for charities

Daily roundup: Youth centres, children's services and leadership

Funding cuts lead councils to seek new ways of delivering youth work

Collaboration, creativity and more cuts: 2016 in children's services

Zika threat highlights need for public health investment

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