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The hits and misses of a ‘patchy’ parliament for children’s services

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

The past five years saw a pandemic, Brexit fallout, the cost-of-living crisis and regular political upheaval. For children’s services, there was progress and missed opportunities. Experts pick the key developments.

King’s Birthday Honours: Surrey DCS recognised for services to children’s social care

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

| CYP Now

Surrey’s director of children’s services Rachael Wardell has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours.

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

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Friday, June 14, 2024

| CYP Now

The three main parties have published policy pledges in a bid to win the general election on 4 July.

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Reducing child poverty, investing in school-based careers and mental health support for young people and giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote are among the Labour Party’s pledges in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

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Monday, June 10, 2024

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have pledged a series of policies to narrow the attainment gap for disadvantaged children and boost educational opportunities for young people in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

Mayor of London to invest £14.5mn to tackle violence in key capital hotspots

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Friday, May 10, 2024

| CYP Now

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced an additional £14.5mn investment in the approach taken by his Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) to tackle violence in 11 key hotspots across the capital.

Mayoral elections 2024: What the results could mean for children and young people’s services

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Friday, May 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Members of the public have taken to the polls in devolved areas and in the capital to vote for elected mayors, signaling a big win for Labour which took all but one of 10 mayoral seats in England.

Sadiq Khan reveals plans for youth investment ahead of mayoral election

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Sadiq Khan has pledged to provide 250,000 more positive opportunities for young Londoners in youth clubs, including mentoring and youth worker investment, in the lead up to next month's mayoral election.

Lack of strategy to tackle child criminal exploitation ‘harming young people’

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The lack of a UK-wide strategy to tackle child criminal exploitation and support children affected by it is resulting in “serious and preventable harm” to young people, a review of the current system finds.

Youth workers step in amid lack of family help to protect children from crime

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

| CYP Now

Youth workers are stepping in to cover for a lack of help from parents and families to prevent children in London from being involved in violent crime, a report has found.

Youth services funding cut linked to increased risk of children's involvement in crime

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Friday, March 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Funding for youth work services has fallen by more than 60 per cent over the past decade, with reductions in provision linked to a rise in anti-social behaviour and young people's involvement in crime, according to research commissioned by the government.

Redthread to close Nottinghamshire violence intervention programme

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Friday, March 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Charity Redthread has announced the closure of its Nottinghamshire youth violence intervention programme due to a lack of funding.

Justice and youth work partnerships 'key to continued support' for racially minoritised young people

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Improved partnerships between justice services and youth workers are needed to better support racially minoritised young people when they transition between children’s and adult services, according to a report.

Labour pledges new youth hubs in plan to tackle knife crime

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has reiterated proposals for a network of youth hubs across the UK in a bid to reduce knife crime among young people.

Labour Conference 2023: Yvette Cooper reveals ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ plan

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has announced plans to launch a “Sure Start for teenagers” designed to reduce levels of youth violence and poor mental health among young people if elected.

Home Office and YEF to invest in childhood trauma response training

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Friday, September 29, 2023

| CYP Now

The Home Office and the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) will invest in assessing how effective trauma-informed practice is to protect children against violence, it has been announced.

Mayor of London invests £3.4m in after-school programmes to reduce violence

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Thursday, September 28, 2023

| CYP Now

The Mayor of London has announced a new £3.4m investment for London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) to help with the prevention of violence during after-school hours.

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24

Features

Friday, September 1, 2023

| CYP Now

With many parts of the sector facing recruitment challenges, Joe Lepper identifies developments in entry-level requirements and ongoing professional development for children's services practitioners.

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

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Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

The September edition of Children & Young People Now has all the latest news, views and analysis on the key issues affecting services for children, young people and families.

How I Got Here: Juliette Greenwich, Engage programme youth worker

Best Practice

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Juliette Greenwich, Engage programme youth worker at London VRU, on some of the milestones in her career journey to date.

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The hits and misses of a ‘patchy’ parliament for children’s services

King’s Birthday Honours: Surrey DCS recognised for services to children’s social care

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

Mayor of London to invest £14.5mn to tackle violence in key capital hotspots

Mayoral elections 2024: What the results could mean for children and young people’s services

Sadiq Khan reveals plans for youth investment ahead of mayoral election

Lack of strategy to tackle child criminal exploitation ‘harming young people’

Youth workers step in amid lack of family help to protect children from crime

Youth services funding cut linked to increased risk of children's involvement in crime

Redthread to close Nottinghamshire violence intervention programme

Justice and youth work partnerships 'key to continued support' for racially minoritised young people

Labour pledges new youth hubs in plan to tackle knife crime

Labour Conference 2023: Yvette Cooper reveals ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ plan

Home Office and YEF to invest in childhood trauma response training

Mayor of London invests £3.4m in after-school programmes to reduce violence

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

How I Got Here: Juliette Greenwich, Engage programme youth worker

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