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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: Junk food, child porn and social work ethics

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Food firms accused of bypassing ad rules, government summit to tackle child porn online, and a code of ethics for social workers, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: hospital inspections, genetic research and private schools

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Hospital paediatric departments to have in-depth inspections; new test developed to spot congenital cataracts in children; and requirement on subsidised places at private schools is scrapped, all in the news today.

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

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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

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'

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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'

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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.

Daily roundup: Youth votes, leadership and child mortality

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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

| CYP Now

Half of young people say they won't vote at next election; Doncaster Children's Trust appoints first chief executive; and report recommends how to reduce child mortality, all in the news today.

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.

Daily roundup: Safe houses, antisocial behaviour, and criminal records

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Report calls for "safe houses" for young Londoners fleeing violence, children's home closed following antisocial behaviour reports, and youth charities encouraged to employ staff with criminal records, all in the news today.

Skills for the Job: First aid for babies and children

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Monday, June 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Everyone working in a childcare setting should be able to respond effectively when faced with an incident requiring first aid knowledge.

Daily roundup: Early education, youth employment, and care proceedings

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Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Labour to look at boosting school nurseries; fewer young people in work than over-50s; and figures reveal number of mothers with multiple children taken into care, all in the news today.

Children's Food Trust announces closure

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Friday, July 21, 2017

| CYP Now

A charity set up by the government to improve the quality of school meals has announced its closure, four years after its government funding was pulled.

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

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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.

Do we need more men?

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Women outnumber men across the children's workforce, particularly in work with young children. Charlotte Goddard investigates whether it matters and what employers could do to redress the balance

Daily roundup: £1.5bn for childcare reform, votes at 16, and tackling drug and alcohol misuse among parents

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Friday, January 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Childcare reforms tipped to be announced next week, MPs show support for lowering the voting age, and the financial benefits of drug and alcohol support for families, all in the news today.

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms will create a two-tier system of support for children with disabilities, campaigners have warned.

In Focus: Fair4Families campaign

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

4Children examines the tough circumstances faced by families in 2013

The 2014 Report: Voluntary sector

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Welfare issues are bound to loom large with the 2015 election on the horizon.

Seven key steps to ensure best interests of children

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Wales children's commissioner Keith Towler shares his golden rules for promoting children's rights.

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How we can lead the way in promoting positivity

Daily roundup: Junk food, child porn and social work ethics

Daily roundup: hospital inspections, genetic research and private schools

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

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'

Daily roundup: Youth votes, leadership and child mortality

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

Daily roundup: Safe houses, antisocial behaviour, and criminal records

Skills for the Job: First aid for babies and children

Daily roundup: Early education, youth employment, and care proceedings

Children's Food Trust announces closure

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

Do we need more men?

Daily roundup: £1.5bn for childcare reform, votes at 16, and tackling drug and alcohol misuse among parents

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

In Focus: Fair4Families campaign

The 2014 Report: Voluntary sector

Seven key steps to ensure best interests of children

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