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Professionals 'collectively failed' to protect Keanu Williams

Thursday, October 3, 2013

| CYP Now

A two-year-old boy from Birmingham was beaten to death by his mother after professionals "missed a significant number of opportunities" to intervene, a serious case review has found.

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Labour's youth justice minister has called for sweeping changes to the way young offenders are dealt with, suggesting that anything that does not work should be ditched.

Daniel Pelka SCR: Four-year-old "invisible" to professionals

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

| CYP Now

A four-year-old who was murdered after months of starvation and beatings was effectively "invisible" to professionals as a result of language barriers, a probe has found.

Report highlights social deficiencies of reception children

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Children from some of the UK's poorest families are starting school in nappies and with the social skills of a toddler, according to a report by the Centre for Social Justice.

Nice urges help for families of autistic children

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Health and social services should identify the support needs of siblings and parents of children on the autism spectrum, according to new guidance.

Lottery gives £5m to support long-term early help plans

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

The Big Lottery Fund has distributed a total of £5m to charities in 15 areas of England as part of a bid to improve the life chances of vulnerable under-fours.

MPs call for pooled budgets in early years support

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Support for families would be dramatically improved if local children's centres and health budgets were combined, according to a group of MPs.

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Poor families will be hit hard by government plans to shave a further £4bn from the welfare bill in 2015/16, charities have warned.

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Family Action has developed a tool to help councils track their performance in supporting families through the Troubled Families programme.

Sex education must cover porn, says children's commissioner

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Friday, May 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Sex and relationships education must be updated to cover online pornography in order to protect children from harm, the children's commissioner for England has said.

Troubled families initiative misses first-year target

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first-year target for the number of families they worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

LGA fears children's centre closures if cuts continue

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Friday, May 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's centres, libraries and sports centres will all be at risk of closure if central government makes significant further cuts to council budgets, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

School project tackles parental drug abuse

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Action on Addiction and Place2Be have joined forces to offer school-based services to children and families affected by parental substance abuse.

MPs and Lords urge right to support for young carers

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Young carers should be given the right to support so that they do not have to carry out inappropriate caring duties, a report by a parliamentary committee has concluded.

Daily roundup: Early intervention, emotional health, and troubled families

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Friday, March 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Sector calls for an "early intervention Budget", emotional support for primary school children, and troubled families research announced, all in the news today.

TUC says majority of children face 'unacceptable' living standards

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Low wages, welfare changes and taxes will push down living standards for 690,000 more children in the next two years, the union federation claims.

Daily roundup: Self-harm; Manchester serious case review; and redundancies at the DfE

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Friday, March 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Charities claim the number of children self-harming is on the rise, a serious case review into the death of a four-year-old let down by seven agencies, and a warning over unfair dismissal claims at the DfE, all in the news today.

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils could save more than £32,000 for each troubled family they work with by providing services in a more effective way, a government report has claimed.

Leading children's charities warn of spike in poverty due to austerity measures

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Friday, July 6, 2012

| CYP Now

Three leading charities have warned that the number of children living in poverty will rise to more than one million by 2015 as a result of austerity measures and the impact of the recession.

Body image packs unmask reality of airbrushed images for parents and children

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Friday, June 22, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has published a new guide to help parents educate their children about how the media alters images of celebrities and models.

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Professionals 'collectively failed' to protect Keanu Williams

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

Daniel Pelka SCR: Four-year-old "invisible" to professionals

Report highlights social deficiencies of reception children

Nice urges help for families of autistic children

Lottery gives £5m to support long-term early help plans

MPs call for pooled budgets in early years support

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

Sex education must cover porn, says children's commissioner

Troubled families initiative misses first-year target

LGA fears children's centre closures if cuts continue

School project tackles parental drug abuse

MPs and Lords urge right to support for young carers

Daily roundup: Early intervention, emotional health, and troubled families

TUC says majority of children face 'unacceptable' living standards

Daily roundup: Self-harm; Manchester serious case review; and redundancies at the DfE

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

Leading children's charities warn of spike in poverty due to austerity measures

Body image packs unmask reality of airbrushed images for parents and children

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