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Campaigners warn of school funding shortfall in disadvantaged areas

Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Schools in England's poorest areas will struggle to meet the needs of pupils despite the government pledge of an extra £350m for low-funded education authorities, claim campaigners.

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Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has selected a mixture of schools, charities and a leisure trust to run its 24 children's centres from April this year.

Daily roundup: Youth work, parental leave, charity funding

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Monday, March 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Hospital youth workers could help girls trapped in gangs; quarter of dads take no parental leave, study finds; and warning for charities over fundraising methods, all in the news today.

Learning through the Lottery

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Dawn Austwick, chief executive of the Big Lottery Fund.

Labour considers witholding cash from schools if young people become Neet

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Monday, March 3, 2014

| CYP Now

A proportion of schools' funding should be dependent on pupils' progress post-16, a group of experts has recommended to the Labour Party.

Two-year-old offer costs nurseries £7,000 a year

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years settings providing free childcare places for disadvantaged two-year-olds are losing on average nearly £7,000 a year because of underfunding of the scheme, research suggests.

Bradford scales back youth cuts

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Bradford Council has scaled back its planned cuts to youth services following an outcry and campaign by local young people.

Families in crisis face funding shortfall, warns LGA

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Monday, February 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils may be unable to provide emergency support for families in crisis as a result of government funding changes, local government leaders have warned.

£30m to fund innovative reforms to children's social care

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to make £30m available over the next year to help children's professionals develop innovative ideas for reforming how children's social care is delivered.

Daily roundup: Youth custody, child health, and charity leadership

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners and charities call for review of child deaths in custody; consultation launched on school support for children with medical conditions; and Contact a Family appoints new head, all in the news today.

Free childcare funding challenge

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Free childcare for two-year-olds is to be backed by £760m. But is it enough to overcome funding issues, asks Nigel Keohane.

CYP Now investigation: Play services decimated as funding slashed

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly a third of local authorities in England have closed play facilities as a result of spending on play services over the past three years being slashed by 39 per cent, an investigation by CYP Now has revealed.

Daily roundup: Sex offenders, bullying and budget cuts

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Convicted paedophiles avoid prison; rise in the number of children seeking support for bullying; and cuts to Salford's children's services, all in the news today.

Councils need the means to deliver foster care support

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

A little over two months ago, the Fostering Network called on the government to do the right thing - both morally and economically - by extending financial support to foster carers and in doing so enable children they care for to stay in the placement past their 18th birthday and up to 21 if they so wish.

Alternatives to government funding sought to fill hole in charity finances

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

The dual challenges of rising demand for services and reduced state financial support are creating a perfect storm that could sink all but the largest children's charities over the coming year, warn voluntary sector leaders.