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Enter the Children & Young People Now Awards 2011

Friday, April 1, 2011

| CYP Now

The Children & Young People Now Awards have become the gold standard for everyone working with children, young people and families.

Critics slam poverty strategy for breach of law

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Friday, April 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Campaigners are threatening to take legal action after claims that the government's child poverty strategy has breached the law and lacks significant targets.

4Children campaign renews calls for investment in early intervention

News

Monday, May 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Seven out of ten people believe councils and central government are wrong to focus funding on the most disruptive families, prompting charity 4Children to renew calls for a greater focus on early intervention.

Frank Field tells government to step in to stop Sure Start cuts

News

Monday, February 7, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's poverty tsar Frank Field has urged the government to take immediate action to stop the closure of hundreds of Sure Start children's centres.

Nearly 200,000 babies at risk of harm in the UK

News

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Nearly 200,000 babies in the UK are at risk of serious harm, according to figures released by the NSPCC as it launched its campaign to highlight the vulnerability of children aged under one.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Wales

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Monday, May 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Edited By Jane Williams; University of Wales Press; ISBN: 978-0708325629; £34.99; 240 pages

How we can lead the way in promoting positivity

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

In 2012, I launched my first campaign to smash the stereotypes and improve attitudes towards children and young people.

Daily roundup: Rochdale's social care chief steps down, primary admissions appeals and statistics on heroin addiction

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Friday, October 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Rochdale's head of children's social care to leave the troubled council, primary school admissions appeals on the rise and fewer young people seeking heroin treatment, all in the news today.

Council faces legal action over decision to outsource provision to Virgin Care

News

Monday, October 8, 2012

| CYP Now

A council has defended its decision to outsource children's health and social care services to a private healthcare provider, ahead of a judicial review.

Government urged to reconsider Early Intervention Grant changes

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Monday, October 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Professionals warn that changes to the Early Intervention Grant spell uncertainty for services ranging from children's centres and short breaks for disabled children to youth work and counselling for teenagers

Crawley council urged to consult children on play area closures

News

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

| CYP Now

Twenty play areas in West Sussex are under threat of closure after the local council declared the sites "underused" following a two-week inspection.

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

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Monday, December 10, 2012

| CYP Now

England's children's commissioner should be given stronger powers, while the title of the role should be changed to include "young people", an influential group of MPs and peers has said.

Daily round up: Care for abuse victims, the two-year-old offer, and Mumsnet on miscarriages

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Plan to offer 24-hour support to child abuse victims over Christmas, Daycare Trust to support local authorities on delivering the two-year-old entitlement, and Mumsnet concerns over NICE guidelines on miscarriages, all in the news today.

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

News

Friday, January 4, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's decision to compel local authorities to reveal their early intervention expenditure by publishing a funding profile has been attacked as a "meaningless exercise".

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

News

Monday, January 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Government plans to cap benefit payments until 2015 will reverse efforts to reduce child poverty and plunder the income of low- to middle-earning families, charities have warned.

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

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Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority chief executives' group says the requirement for a director of children's services is stifling innovation in children's services and isolating it from the rest of local government - arguments that don't stack up, say leaders.

Charities warn against reduction in maternity leave

News

Friday, May 4, 2012

| CYP Now

A coalition of charities is calling on government not to reduce basic maternity leave from six months to 18 weeks, ahead of proposed legislation expected in the Queen's Speech next week.

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, call to decriminalise drugs, and the LGA on healthy school food

Other

Monday, January 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted to question schools on preventing female genital mutilation, a cross-party group of peers say drugs should be decriminalised, and the Local Government Association calls for a single food standard for all schools, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Free schools, Somerset youth cuts, and child protection in the Isle of Wight

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is ordered to publish a list of groups bidding to run free schools, a 21-year-old from Somerset is granted permission to appeal against cuts to youth services, and Ofsted rates child protection in the Isle of Wight 'inadequate', all in the news today.

DfE must serve children, not our sitcom writers

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

In what ended up as an explosive exit interview, Tim Loughton lifted the lid on the inner workings of the Department for Education at a select committee hearing last week with the department's former ministers.

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Enter the Children & Young People Now Awards 2011

Critics slam poverty strategy for breach of law

4Children campaign renews calls for investment in early intervention

Frank Field tells government to step in to stop Sure Start cuts

Nearly 200,000 babies at risk of harm in the UK

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Wales

How we can lead the way in promoting positivity

Daily roundup: Rochdale's social care chief steps down, primary admissions appeals and statistics on heroin addiction

Council faces legal action over decision to outsource provision to Virgin Care

Government urged to reconsider Early Intervention Grant changes

Crawley council urged to consult children on play area closures

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Daily round up: Care for abuse victims, the two-year-old offer, and Mumsnet on miscarriages

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

Charities warn against reduction in maternity leave

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, call to decriminalise drugs, and the LGA on healthy school food

Daily roundup: Free schools, Somerset youth cuts, and child protection in the Isle of Wight

DfE must serve children, not our sitcom writers

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