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In Practice: Know how - Promoting health

    Other
  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009
  • | CYP Now
A survey by the Department for Children, Schools and Families has found a high satisfaction rate among families that use children's centres. However, it revealed many weren't aware of the health services on offer. Children's centres should be an important vehicle for health services and there is plenty centres can do to ensure these are promoted to local health professionals and families.

Quiz of the year 2009

    Other
  • Tuesday, December 8, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Have you been keeping up with the key developments in the children and young people's sector? Try our 2009 quiz to find out.

Chief executive of Action for Children made a Dame

    News
  • Monday, January 4, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Clare Tickell, chief executive of Action for Children, and Helen Dent, chief executive of Family Action, are among at least 115 professionals and volunteers from the children and young people's sector recognised in the Queen's New Years honours list.

Children's sector welcomes Primarolo

    News
  • Monday, June 8, 2009
  • | CYP Now
The children's sector has welcomed the appointment of new children's minister Dawn Primarolo, highlighting her experience in health and the fight against child poverty.

Education - Sex on the Curriculum

    Other
  • Tuesday, June 9, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Sex education is set to become a compulsory part of the National Curriculum from September 2011. But how do you teach the subject so the message gets through to teenagers? Gordon Carson finds out.

New inspections not integrated

    Other
  • Tuesday, June 9, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Ofsted inspections are not being integrated with the new Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA), the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

The next commissioner needs bite

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 16, 2009
  • | CYP Now
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has fired the starting gun to recruit a children's commissioner for England to succeed Sir Al Aynsley-Green early next year.

CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2016

    News
  • Monday, December 19, 2016
  • | CYP Now
With the UK voting to leave the European Union, a new Prime Minister and government installed, policy u-turns, and an influx of children and families from war-torn Syria, 2016 has been a turbulent year. Here is a run-down of the most-read stories published on the CYP Now website over the past 12 months.

Lack of training on youth sexuality

    Other
  • Tuesday, June 24, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people in Scotland are neglected due to a lack of knowledge and training among professionals, a report claims.

Analysis: Policy - DCSF under inspection - one year on

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  • Tuesday, June 24, 2008
  • | CYP Now
The Department for Children, Schools and Families celebrates its first anniversary this week. Here, CYP Now brings together a team of senior figures from the sector to deliver their verdicts on how the department has fared during its first 12 months.

Is basing sexual health clinics in schools a good idea?

    Other
  • Tuesday, June 24, 2008
  • | CYP Now
A pilot project has seen sexual health clinics for young people set up in secondary schools in Bristol. The local primary care trust now intends to continue funding the clinics over the long term (CYP Now, 18-24 June).

Cameron outlines plan to rescue troubled families

    News
  • Friday, December 10, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The government is to launch a pilot scheme designed to help transform the lives of the most troubled families in up to 10 local authority areas, the Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

Work Wise: Jargon Buster

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  • Tuesday, October 21, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Have you sat through an entire meeting and wondered what your colleagues are rambling on about? Use our handy jargon guide to find out what they mean.

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