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Study highlights postcode lottery of child health

    News
  • Monday, September 7, 2015
    • | CYP Now
The health and development of children under five varies dramatically between different parts of England, with a child living in one area far more likely to be condemned to poor health than another living relatively close by, a study has found.

Legal Update: Government rights failings exposed

    Other
  • Monday, July 6, 2015
    • | CYP Now
Children's charities have launched a damning report highlighting the government's failure to prioritise children, reports Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Children's rights are powerful tools for improving young lives

    Other
  • Monday, July 6, 2015
    • | CYP Now
The voluntary sector's attitude to rights is ambivalent. When we appeal to the public, make our case to funders or seek to influence policy makers, we tend to emphasise children's needs and the services that we offer rather than talking about children's rights. In private, despite our own stated beliefs, we conclude that rights language is toxic - a turn-off to our supporters and politically unpopular.

Government to scrap Child Poverty Act

    News
  • Wednesday, July 1, 2015
    • | CYP Now
The Child Poverty Act will be scrapped and replaced with a system of reporting on levels of children living in workless homes, the government has announced.

Divisive cuts and reforms must be countered with radical collaboration

    Other
  • Tuesday, May 26, 2015
    • | CYP Now
As the election dust settles, I have found myself thinking about physics even more than I have about policy. Specifically, I have been thinking about Newton's Third Law - "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" - and how it might inform strategies for action from the children's voluntary sector over the coming years.

This is how the government can improve children's lives

    Other
  • Monday, May 25, 2015
    • | CYP Now
Although all the political parties featured children's issues in their manifestos, with all of the debate about national priorities in the run-up to the general election, I am sure I was not alone in being disappointed that children did not feature more prominently in the promises made by any of them.

School transition project set for launch

    News
  • Monday, April 20, 2015
    • | CYP Now
Early years providers are to develop closer working with primary schools in two English regions as part of a pilot project to improve the transition of children into formal education.

In Focus: Family support

    Other
  • Tuesday, February 17, 2015
    • | CYP Now
All the research shows that it is never too early to transform a child's life chances. The school readiness gap between disadvantaged children and their peers can be as wide as 19 months on their first day of school and once children have fallen behind, their chances of catching up are slim.

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