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Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

News

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

| CYP Now

A High Court judge is set to rule on the legality of controversial housing benefit cuts after a child poverty charity launched a legal challenge.

LGBT young people ‘more likely to be homeless'

News

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) young people are more likely to be homeless compared with their non-LGBT peers, a report has claimed.?

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

News

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

Ombudsman criticises council's failure to support homeless 16-year-old

News

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been rebuked for the second time in two years by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) for its treatment of homeless young people.

Interview: Seyi Obakin, Centrepoint chief executive

Features

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes speaks to Centrepoint’s chief executive about youth homelessness.

Tackling youth homelessness

Features

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

| CYP Now

Gabriella Józwiak investigates the factors making it increasingly difficult for young people to find housing and looks at three innovative projects that are helping to prevent youth homelessness.

MP calls for emergency housing programme to help families in crisis

News

Friday, May 6, 2011

| CYP Now

A housing crisis in the London Borough of Hillingdon has left families living in "developing world conditions", according to the area's MP.

Young people face 'housing crisis'

News

Monday, July 8, 2013

| CYP Now

More hostels and supported accommodation will be needed by the end of the decade to house young people who become homeless because a shortage of affordable homes is reaching crisis point, it has been claimed.

Daily roundup: Kent academies, homelessness in Burnley and youth philanthropy

Other

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Academies and concerns over school places in Kent, Burnley's homelessness problem and 40,000 young philanthropists, all make the news today.

Case of tent-dwelling teenager highlights councils' neglect of homeless

Other

Monday, August 20, 2012

| CYP Now

Local authorities urged to train staff in joint protocols for providing support to vulnerable homeless 16- and 17-year-olds, following the case of the teenager who was forced to live in a tent for nine months

Call for council collaboration over care leaver housing

News

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities should set up agreements to allow looked-after children placed in their areas from other parts of the country to access local housing support when they leave care, a charity says.

Low-cost youth housing project gets go-ahead

News

Friday, September 5, 2014

| CYP Now

A £1.7m housing scheme designed to support young people struggling to live independently is to be built in south-west London.

Councils ‘fail to protect young homeless people'

News

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Children are being left at risk of sexual exploitation because councils are turning them away when they are homeless, a damning report has claimed.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Vulnerable young people in B&Bs

Other

Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

The Local Government Ombudsman has reiterated that B&B accommodation is not suitable to house homeless young people.

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

Daily roundup: Youth homelessness, school inspections branded 'toxic' and vocational education

Other

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth Homelessness Alliance launched, Demos calls school inspections "profoundly toxic", and report questions vocational education for under-16s, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Childcare funding, youth homelessness and school dinners

Other

Friday, June 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Survey shows free childcare funding gap, no referrals for 60 per cent of young claiming 'housing need', and closure threat for thousands of school canteens, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: homelessness, child abuse, and healthy eating

Other

Monday, November 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Long-term B&B use reaches decade-high; ex-DPP says professionals who fail to report child abuse should be prosecuted; and families cut back on healthy food due to cash shortage, all in the news today.

Fall in crisis loans 'raises youth homelessness risk'

News

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of crisis loans and grants given by local authorities to young people has dropped eight-fold since a new funding support system was introduced last year, analysis shows.

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

News

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services in Blackpool are improving but problems remain with support for care leavers and planning for looked-after children, inspectors have found.

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

News

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

News

Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Big jump in B&B use for homeless families

News

Friday, December 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of homeless families with children being placed in emergency bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation has rocketed by 45 per cent over the last year.

Housing and support gap faced by vulnerable 16- and 17-year-olds without care status

Features

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

Local authorities have a duty to provide accommodation for children unable to live with family, but not all get the support they need, says Scarlett Cowling, 16+ specialist advocate at Coram Voice’s Always Heard service.

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Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

LGBT young people ‘more likely to be homeless'

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

Ombudsman criticises council's failure to support homeless 16-year-old

Interview: Seyi Obakin, Centrepoint chief executive

Tackling youth homelessness

MP calls for emergency housing programme to help families in crisis

Young people face 'housing crisis'

Daily roundup: Kent academies, homelessness in Burnley and youth philanthropy

Case of tent-dwelling teenager highlights councils' neglect of homeless

Call for council collaboration over care leaver housing

Low-cost youth housing project gets go-ahead

Councils ‘fail to protect young homeless people'

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Vulnerable young people in B&Bs

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

Daily roundup: Youth homelessness, school inspections branded 'toxic' and vocational education

Daily roundup: Childcare funding, youth homelessness and school dinners

Daily roundup: homelessness, child abuse, and healthy eating

Fall in crisis loans 'raises youth homelessness risk'

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

Big jump in B&B use for homeless families

Housing and support gap faced by vulnerable 16- and 17-year-olds without care status

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