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Childhood obesity campaign targets 'unhealthy snacking'

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

| CYP Now

Public Health England (PHE) has launched a campaign to tackle childhood obesity by encouraging parents to clamp down on their children's consumption of unhealthy snacks.

DfE to revamp 'outdated' sex education guidance

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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

| CYP Now

The government is to revise its "outdated" statutory guidance on relationships and sex education, which hasn't been updated for more than 17 years.

Free school meals 'to be provided to 50,000 more children'

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Friday, November 17, 2017

| CYP Now

Around 50,000 more children could be entitled to free school meals from next year as part of a review of eligibility arrangements for additional support, the government has said.

Government launches early years healthy eating drive

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Monday, November 13, 2017

| CYP Now

Example menus and recipes have been published by government as part of efforts to encourage early years settings to provide healthy meals for young children.

Child obesity: Government 'not doing enough' to tackle problem

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Thursday, August 17, 2017

| CYP Now

The government is not making enough progress to tackle child obesity a year after it published its childhood obesity strategy, it has been claimed.

'Tsunami of cuts' puts health visitor jobs at risk, warns union

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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

| CYP Now

Around 20 children's community nurse posts, including health visitors, are at risk as part of a council's plan to cut its public health spending by more than £600,000 a year, a union has warned.

More than 400,000 children 'do not have their own bed'

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Friday, August 4, 2017

| CYP Now

More than 400,000 disadvantaged children do not have their own bed and are forced to sleep on the floor or share with parents or siblings, according to analysis of support offered to families living in poverty over the last decade.

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.

Government abandons plans to axe free lunches for infants

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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

| CYP Now

The government has confirmed it has abandoned its manifesto pledge to axe free lunches for infant school children.

Councils set to commit to universal free school meals until 2025

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Thursday, June 1, 2017

| CYP Now

Two councils are set to continue providing free school meals for all primary-age children until 2025 as part of a contract worth as much as £75m.

Election 2017 Party Policy Guide: Free school meals

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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

| CYP Now

MPs criticise government for 'missed opportunities' in child obesity strategy

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Monday, March 27, 2017

| CYP Now

MPs have criticised the government for missing "important opportunities" to tackle childhood obesity.

Green Party calls for halt to cadet unit expansion

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

| CYP Now

The Green Party has called on the government to stop expanding cadet units in state schools and to raise the minimum recruitment age for the military to 18.??

Charities urge more help in tackling pressures facing girls

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

| CYP Now

A "perfect storm" of life pressures is harming girls' mental wellbeing, and government and schools need to do more to help reduce them, two children's charities have said. ??

Early education profile pilot results raise questions over standards

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Just more than two fifths of five-year-olds assessed as part of a pilot for the government's revised early years curriculum have reached its ideal standard.

Sport England allocates £40m for children and families

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Friday, May 20, 2016

| CYP Now

Sport England has set aside £40m over the next five years to offer new opportunities for families with children to get active and play sport together, it has been announced.

Youth sports social action programme launches

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

| CYP Now

An initiative designed to encourage young people to run their own sport and physical activity projects has been launched by a youth social action charity. ??

Participation in Action: Young parents educate peers on the realities of parenthood

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Young mothers and fathers are gaining new skills and preventing teenage pregnancies by educating school children about the realities of parenthood.

£520m ‘sugar tax' set to fund child health initiatives

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

| CYP Now

A tax on sugary drinks will be used to fund initiatives to promote school sports and lengthen the school day, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.

Government confirms delay to childhood obesity strategy

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Friday, February 26, 2016

| CYP Now

The government's childhood obesity strategy has been delayed until the summer, it has been announced.

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Childhood obesity campaign targets 'unhealthy snacking'

DfE to revamp 'outdated' sex education guidance

Free school meals 'to be provided to 50,000 more children'

Government launches early years healthy eating drive

Child obesity: Government 'not doing enough' to tackle problem

'Tsunami of cuts' puts health visitor jobs at risk, warns union

More than 400,000 children 'do not have their own bed'

Children's Food Trust announces closure

Government abandons plans to axe free lunches for infants

Councils set to commit to universal free school meals until 2025

Election 2017 Party Policy Guide: Free school meals

MPs criticise government for 'missed opportunities' in child obesity strategy

Green Party calls for halt to cadet unit expansion

Charities urge more help in tackling pressures facing girls

Early education profile pilot results raise questions over standards

Sport England allocates £40m for children and families

Youth sports social action programme launches

Participation in Action: Young parents educate peers on the realities of parenthood

£520m ‘sugar tax' set to fund child health initiatives

Government confirms delay to childhood obesity strategy

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