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CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2015

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

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With a general election, new policy announcements, ongoing austerity measures and high-profile charity closures, 2015 was another busy year in the children and young people sector. Here is a rundown of the most-read stories published on the CYP Now website over the past 12 months.

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

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If children's services are to deliver improved outcomes with declining resources, the sector must embrace technology, joint working and volunteers, says Pillars and Foundations, a radical paper from the ADCS.

Enter the Children & Young People Now Awards 2011

Friday, April 1, 2011

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The Children & Young People Now Awards have become the gold standard for everyone working with children, young people and families.

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.

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: 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: Support for young mums, funding for disabled children and youth justice

Thursday, April 4, 2013

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Family Nurse Partnerships extended, funding for disabled children renewed and new youth justice chief sets out her aims, 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

Thursday, March 13, 2014

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The Children and Families Act has received royal assent, ushering in a raft of changes including adoption reforms, greater protection for vulnerable children and shared parental leave.

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

Monday, June 8, 2015

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Charities working with children and young people have lost more than £150m of government funding in the past year, it has emerged.

Awards highlight how hard work improves children's lives

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

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Every year, two events are guaranteed to re-energise my diminishing bank of optimism - the judging for the CYP Now Awards, and the awards ceremony itself.

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