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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

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Spending Review Insight: So, after the proclamation, where does this leave us?

Monday, October 25, 2010

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The spending review outlined the government's deficit reduction plan, ending months of speculation. Here, a 10-strong panel delivers its verdict on last week's announcement and foretells of some of the tough decisions that lie ahead for children and young people's services.

Futurebuilders England

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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Grants and loans for organisations that deliver services in areas including crime, support for children and young people, and health and social care

Reaching Communities

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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Funding to help support projects that respond to needs raised by local communities

Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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Funding for organisations working to address rural issues, urban deprivation and mental health issues for prisoners and ex-offenders

People and Places

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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Grants to support projects that improve communities, both locally and regionally across Wales

Daily roundup: Council sued, no action against Paris Brown and youth cuts

Monday, April 22, 2013

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Rochdale faces legal action over care comments; no further action against former youth police and crime commissioner, and half of youth service jobs to go in Warwickshire, all in the news today.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Wales

Monday, May 13, 2013

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Edited By Jane Williams; University of Wales Press; ISBN: 978-0708325629; £34.99; 240 pages

How we can lead the way in promoting positivity

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

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In 2012, I launched my first campaign to smash the stereotypes and improve attitudes towards children and young people.

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Monday, December 10, 2012

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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 roundup: Youth unemployment, citizen police, and children on adult hospital wards

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

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Figures show fewer young people out of work, a call for the public to get involved in crime prevention, and 4,000 children in Northern Ireland are admitted to adult hospital wards, all in the news today.

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

Friday, January 4, 2013

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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".

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

Monday, May 26, 2014

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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.

Research Report: Which Behavioural and Emotional Problems Predict Early Sexual Behaviour?

Monday, May 26, 2014

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Researchers examine the associations between problems children experience in middle childhood and early sexual behaviour.

Legal Update: Call for action plan on FGM

Monday, July 21, 2014

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The home affairs committee has published a report calling for a national action plan on female genital mutilation. Catrin Gosby, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the report's proposals.

Daily roundup: Child abuse inquiry, sexual assaults and radiation risks

Friday, August 15, 2014

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Home Office draws up list of candidates to chair historical child sex abuse inquiry; NSPCC figures show children as young as 10 are committing sex attacks on other youngsters; and rising number of CT scans on children prompts radiation concerns, all in the news today.

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

Monday, January 14, 2013

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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

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

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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

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

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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?

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

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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: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

Monday, March 4, 2013

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Disabled children start legal bid on room-sharing plans; policy advice network launches, and concerns over prevalence of strip-searching in youth custody, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

Friday, December 20, 2013

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Report blames sexual grooming of young girls on police failings; MPs call for fairer children's palliative care funding; and a youth offending service in Teeside wins praise, all in the news today.

Seven key steps to ensure best interests of children

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

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

Children and Families Act receives royal assent