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Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on growing vegetables, telling stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and help for Eastern European children.

DfE extends Children's Strategic Partnership backing

News

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

| CYP Now

The children's charity partnership set up two years ago to boost links between the voluntary sector and government is to be extended for another year.

Early years groups criticise plans to promote school-based childcare

News

Monday, March 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Government moves to make schools publish details of their own childcare provision alongside their academic results will disadvantage other nursery providers, early years groups have said.

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The way public services are commissioned is undergoing considerable change, but charities pitched into competition for funding with private companies have a possible advantage - as long as they can demonstrate the additional social values they provide above and beyond the primary aims of a project.

Recruitment in children's services: trends and challenges

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Funding cuts coupled with increased demand for services are intensifying the recruitment challenges for children's services employers. Joe Lepper explores the trends across the children's workforce.

ADCS backs early intervention drive for next government

News

Friday, March 6, 2015

| CYP Now

The next government must take action to ensure savings from early intervention work is ploughed back into children's services, the Association of Directors of Children's services (ADCS) has said.

Children's centres bear brunt of Newcastle service cuts

News

Friday, March 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Newcastle City Council has approved £3.2m worth of cuts to Sure Start and family services.

Ask the Experts: Bereavement, YOI education support, youth work news project and spring in the nursery

Other

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on helping bereaved children, education support in YOIs, a youth work news project and celebrating spring.

Brent Council rejects youth service closure plans but backs outsourcing

News

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

| CYP Now

The London Borough of Brent has thrown out plans to axe youth services, close children's centres and impose sweeping cuts to its Connexions services.

Prioritise free childcare for disadvantaged children, say peers

News

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

| CYP Now

A House of Lords Committee is calling for a radical rethink in childcare funding to ensure disadvantaged children are prioritised.

Campaigner raises concerns over Northamptonshire outsourcing plans

News

Monday, February 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Northamptonshire County Council plans to outsource all of its children's services, including child protection, to a staff-run mutual have been criticised by Children England.

Government criticises 'underperforming' London councils over free childcare

News

Thursday, February 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Around half of disadvantaged two-year-olds in London who are eligible for free childcare are missing out on provision, latest government statistics show.

4Children appoints Imelda Redmond as new chief

News

Thursday, February 5, 2015

| CYP Now

A longstanding campaigner for better end of life care is to become the new chief executive of charity 4Children.

DfE staff survey reveals extent of mental health and bullying concerns

News

Monday, December 8, 2014

| CYP Now

More than half of staff at the Department for Education are suffering from moderate to high levels of anxiety, a survey has found.

Independent voice a must for commissioner Anne Longfield

Other

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The next children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield must stand up to the government if she is to champion the rights of children and young people and allay concerns over the role's independence.

Labour appoints new shadow childcare minister

News

Thursday, November 6, 2014

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has appointed Wirral South MP Alison McGovern as the new shadow childcare minister.

Let's be ready to answer for our children's rights record

Other

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's commissioner for England Maggie Atkinson looks ahead as the UNCRC marks its Silver Jubilee.

Complete communicator

Other

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Anna Feuchtwang, chief executive of the National Children's Bureau.

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

News

Friday, October 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

Greater focus on baby support for Central Bedfordshire children's centres

News

Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Central Bedfordshire Council has voted to keep all nine of the area's children's centres open but with a greater focus on support for families with babies.

Online user feedback is as vital to choosing care as it is a restaurant

Other

Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

These days, it's absolutely expected to be able to see genuine user feedback before making any kind of buying decision.

Majority of children's centres expect funding cut

News

Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

More than half of children's centres are set to see their budgets reduce over the next year, a charity survey has shown.

NDNA urges early years expertise in new school inspection framework

News

Friday, October 10, 2014

| CYP Now

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has warned that the move to a single inspection framework covering all education provision must not lead to further "schoolification" of the early years.

Early intervention leaders' debate

Features

Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders from councils across England discussed the current challenges of resourcing effective early help services at a debate hosted by CYP Now in partnership with Capita One.

Children's centres funding cut by £400m in three years

News

Friday, September 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Spending on children's centres and early years services has been slashed by more than £400m in the space of just three years, government figures show.

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Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

DfE extends Children's Strategic Partnership backing

Early years groups criticise plans to promote school-based childcare

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Recruitment in children's services: trends and challenges

ADCS backs early intervention drive for next government

Children's centres bear brunt of Newcastle service cuts

Ask the Experts: Bereavement, YOI education support, youth work news project and spring in the nursery

Brent Council rejects youth service closure plans but backs outsourcing

Prioritise free childcare for disadvantaged children, say peers

Campaigner raises concerns over Northamptonshire outsourcing plans

Government criticises 'underperforming' London councils over free childcare

4Children appoints Imelda Redmond as new chief

DfE staff survey reveals extent of mental health and bullying concerns

Independent voice a must for commissioner Anne Longfield

Labour appoints new shadow childcare minister

Let's be ready to answer for our children's rights record

Complete communicator

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Greater focus on baby support for Central Bedfordshire children's centres

Online user feedback is as vital to choosing care as it is a restaurant

Majority of children's centres expect funding cut

NDNA urges early years expertise in new school inspection framework

Early intervention leaders' debate

Children's centres funding cut by £400m in three years

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