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Residential trips are a priceless commodity

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  • Monday, August 4, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Necessity is the mother of invention, so the saying goes. It is a maxim that could be applied to most of the services for children and young people today - being able to do more with less is a key requirement for any chief executive, middle manager or frontline practitioner.

Richmond and Kingston plot combined social enterprise

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  • Monday, June 27, 2011
  • | CYP Now
Richmond's director of children's services has hailed plans to change his department into a pioneering joint social enterprise with Kingston Council as an opportunity for the authorities to expand and improve provision for local families.

Schools need proper scrutiny to guard against malpractice

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  • Tuesday, April 12, 2016
  • | CYP Now
One of the problems of democracy is that leaders have views on many issues, and citizens don't always agree with all of the policies of "their" party or their government. So, I find myself supporting the principle of the new national funding formula for schools while deeply opposing the academisation programme.

Special Report: Children's Mental Health

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  • Tuesday, July 5, 2016
  • | CYP Now
The Future in Mind national strategy and £1.4bn in funding is seeing a reorganisation of children's mental health services that is aiming to transform the outcomes of children and young people.

Central intelligence

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  • Tuesday, February 5, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Multi-agency safeguarding hubs bring together different professionals to share intelligence about children at risk. As they spring up nationwide, Joe Lepper examines what impact they are having

Where is the long-term plan on job Šcreation?

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  • Monday, March 31, 2014
  • | CYP Now
At an event in parliament last week, young people and MPs gathered to discuss the challenge of youth unemployment. Organised by youth initiative the 99% Campaign, the panel concluded that unless speedy solutions are found to help the near one million young people not in education, employment or training (Neet), the problem could blight a generation for decades.

Better speech and language services

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  • Tuesday, March 15, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Speech and language services ensure children keep up with their learning, but cuts have hit provision hard. Joe Lepper looks at how some councils and partners are managing to deliver successful services.

Learnings on school readiness

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  • Tuesday, April 12, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Pilot scheme improved young children's transition to formal education through collaboration and involving families.

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