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County councils seek to innovate to tackle social care challenges

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Rising demand for care services and falling funding for early help has put huge pressure on county council budgets, forcing many areas to think creatively about how they can deliver more support for less money.

How charities are doing more for less

Features

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| CYP Now

The cost-of-living crisis means charities working with children and families have seen costs spiral as demand for services increases. Sector experts and charities discuss key challenges and solutions.

Funding Focus: Support for BAME groups

Funding

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

| CYP Now

Black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) communities have been hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, both in terms of the health and economic impact.

Maximise pupil premium impact

Features

Monday, August 26, 2019

| CYP Now

What are the barriers that need to be overcome to get the best value from the pupil premium, asks Toni Badnall-Neill.

Maximise pupil premium impact

Features

Monday, August 26, 2019

| CYP Now

What are the barriers that need to be overcome to get the best value from the pupil premium, asks Toni Badnall-Neill.

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

News

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

| CYP Now

A struggling council that a government report recommended be scrapped and replaced with two new unitary authorities is pushing ahead with plans to establish children's services to an independent trust in 12 months' time.

Tories propose political pay cuts to save youth services

News

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

| CYP Now

Senior politicians should take a pay cut in order to free up money to preserve youth services, Conservatives at a council in England have proposed.

DfE advised to shake up children's services financial reporting

News

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

| CYP Now

An overhaul of the way councils report children's services spending to ministers is needed as the current system is too burdensome and offers little value, a study has suggested.

Child and youth projects among beneficiaries of £21m funding ?

News

Monday, December 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Projects designed to benefit children, young people and families are among 648 community projects across England to receive a slice of £21m Big Lottery Fund cash.

Council plans to cut early help services by £4m

News

Monday, September 19, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has announced plans to cut early help funding by £4m one the next four years, with 11 children's centres at risk.

‘Childcare passport' plans outlined

Other

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Consolidating childcare support schemes into a single fund could reduce costs and improve services.

First youth mutuals prosper by extending reach and expertise

Other

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Since taking on the running of youth work in Knowsley and Kensington and Chelsea, youth mutuals have increased income, maintained services and reduced overheads, but it has not been an easy transition, say those in charge.

Foundations to spur youth services

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Camden is latest to create a charitable foundation in a bid to increase capacity in voluntary youth provision.

Schools need proper scrutiny to guard against malpractice

Other

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

One of the problems of democracy is that leaders have views on many issues, and citizens don't always agree with all of the policies of "their" party or their government. So, I find myself supporting the principle of the new national funding formula for schools while deeply opposing the academisation programme.

Skills For The Job: Paying the National Living Wage

Other

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

The introduction of the living wage will have a major impact on nursery providers' business, which need to be well prepared for.

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County councils seek to innovate to tackle social care challenges

How charities are doing more for less

Funding Focus: Support for BAME groups

Maximise pupil premium impact

Maximise pupil premium impact

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

Tories propose political pay cuts to save youth services

DfE advised to shake up children's services financial reporting

Child and youth projects among beneficiaries of £21m funding ?

Council plans to cut early help services by £4m

‘Childcare passport' plans outlined

First youth mutuals prosper by extending reach and expertise

Foundations to spur youth services

Schools need proper scrutiny to guard against malpractice

Skills For The Job: Paying the National Living Wage

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