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CYP Now Awards 2011: The shortlist

    Other
  • Monday, October 3, 2011
  • | CYP Now
This year marks the sixth Children & Young People Now Awards. Thank you to all those who entered. Our judging panel has shortlisted the entries that represent the best work with children, young people and families.

Home in on your evidence

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  • Friday, April 15, 2011
  • | CYP Now
Billions of pounds have been spent on programmes that don't have a robust evidence base, the government argues. So how can children's and youth sector organisations prove that they are worthy of investment, asks Joe Lepper.

Progress in joint working must go on

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 22, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The decision last week to strip the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) of government funding will inevitably raise concerns that any genuine "development" of the workforce will stall. A plan for how the Department for Education intends to take forward the quango's work is yet to be articulated.

In Pictures: CYP Now Awards 2010

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  • Monday, November 22, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The 2010 Children & Young People Now Awards, held at the Royal Horticultural Halls in central London last week, was a scene of jubilation and pride for those who work with children, young people and families.

Interview: Andy Burnham, shadow education secretary

    Features
  • Monday, October 25, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Andy Burnham is still in migration phase, getting to grips with the role of shadow education secretary after moving from his previous brief in government on health. But the enthusiasm he holds for his new post is clear.

Interview: Baroness Beverley Hughes, Labour peer

Beverley Hughes, the former children's minister who was awarded a peerage in May, is preparing to get stuck into her new role in the House of Lords, in which she says her old brief will be her top priority.

Careers Special: Where next for the children's workforce?

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  • Monday, September 20, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The previous government set out an ambitious plan less than two years ago to ensure all of the children's workforce received proper training and were able to move more freely between roles. Ben Willis asks whether the vision remains on track.

Government clarifies ban on Every Child Matters

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  • Monday, August 9, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The Department for Education (DfE) has moved to allay fears that a ban on the use of the phrase Every Child Matters in the new government signals a shift in policy for children and young people.

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