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Tackling persistent absenteeism in 2024

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  • Friday, January 12, 2024
    • | CYP Now
The new year is usually a fresh start but for many professionals who work with children and young people the challenges they face in 2024 will be very familiar.

Can federations weather the perfect storm?

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  • Friday, January 12, 2024
    • | CYP Now
It is 50 years since Home-Start began supporting families in Leicester in 1973. In that time, Home-Start has grown to 180 charities around the UK and our relational support for families and parents has never felt more needed.

Campaign to support young trans people

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  • Monday, November 20, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Thank you so much for the support today. I was feeling very lost and overwhelmed and the person I spoke to was so kind and helpful. I am looking forward to joining the forum, this has been a lifesaver, quite literally.’

Marking the anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

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  • Monday, November 20, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Today is the 34th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly adopting the Convention on the Rights of the Child, after 10 painstaking years of a drafting process that sought to ensure the final treaty’s rights and protections would secure worldwide backing and compliance.

Tackling the cost of childcare for UK nurseries

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  • Friday, November 10, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Since the announcement of the 2023 spring budget, there has been much debate around the most pertinent topic facing the entirety of the early years sector — adequate funding for nurseries.

Prioritising parental support

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  • Thursday, November 9, 2023
    • | CYP Now
A recent study by UNICEF UK found that 70 per cent of parents in Britain believe it is getting harder to be a parent.

How policymakers should respond to the rise in eating disorders

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  • Tuesday, November 7, 2023
    • | CYP Now
The number of young people being treated for eating disorders has doubled in the past six years. Alongside this exponential increase in cases is a rise in wait times on the NHS, too, as they struggle to deal with the influx in the face of government cuts and the cost-of-living crisis.

Reducing stigma around holiday food schemes

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  • Monday, October 30, 2023
    • | CYP Now
So, do you think HAF has stigma? Think again. Sometimes people worry about children and young people or their parents/carers experiencing stigma when they attend Holiday Activities and Food (HAF). What are the considerations and the possible ways forward so we can improve on that position?

Professionals must act to support young people with eating disorders

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  • Friday, October 13, 2023
    • | CYP Now
With the increasing prevalence of eating disorder awareness in recent times, it can be difficult to navigate the abundance of ‘helpful’ information on the topic and decipher what is relevant and applicable to identifying and supporting individuals with eating disorders as professionals working with children and young people.

Anxiety is real, but labelling too many children can be damaging

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  • Wednesday, October 11, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Childline has reported delivering 105,000 counselling sessions in 2022-23 where the child’s main concern was mental and emotional health and wellbeing. 31,000 of these counselling sessions on mental health were specifically about stress and anxiety.

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