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British Youth Council calls for pre-2010 funding levels for youth services

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Funding levels for youth services must be restored to pre-austerity levels if young people are to thrive, says the British Youth Council (BYC).

Timpson reveals initial action to tackle children's services 'failures'

News

Monday, December 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has unveiled a raft of immediate actions the government will take to tackle poor standards across "failing" children's services departments.

Coronavirus: campaigners warn on capacity of children’s charities

Analysis

Monday, March 30, 2020

| CYP Now

Amid the response to the Covid-19 crisis, third sector leaders have called on the government to prioritise economic assistance for children’s charities so they can meet the rising support needs of vulnerable groups.

Providers of children's centres look at new models to offset budget cuts

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

As local authority data reveals a doubling of cuts in spending on children's centres, forcing them to prioritise the protection of statutory functions, a DfE report suggests that councils' ability to do this is being stretched to the limit.

Five lessons for charities and ministers from the collapse of Kids Company

Other

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

The closure of Kids Company highlighted problems over the checks and balances used by government and charities to ensure public funding is spent well, from which the rest of the children's voluntary sector can learn.

LGA board chief: let councils solve children's services challenges

Other

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

| CYP Now

Richard Watts, chair of the Local Government Association's children and young people board, says councils must be given freedoms to overcome a crisis in funding, recruitment and excessive demand across children's social care.

Analysis backs drive for youth-led services

News

Monday, November 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people and communities should be given the authority to decide the shape of youth work services in their area, a study has found.

Funding for Birmingham recovery plan falls short of estimate

News

Thursday, April 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Birmingham City Council will spend just two-thirds of the extra £140m in funding that was originally estimated would be needed to turn around its troubled children's services.

Meagre pay could spark nursery staff shortage

News

Friday, July 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Low rates of pay could trigger a future shortage of nursery staff and undermine the government's expansion of free childcare provision, researchers have warned.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

News

Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

News

Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

News

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Children's centres funding cut by £400m in three years

News

Friday, September 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Spending on children's centres and early years services has been slashed by more than £400m in the space of just three years, government figures show.

Council at centre of CSE scandal gets innovation cash

News

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has awarded £3.8m of Children's Social Care Innovation Fund money to four projects involved in supporting victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Government reveals extent of council education funding cuts

News

Friday, December 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has confirmed the extent of cuts to council funding for education support services next year.

Ask the Experts: Is a parent really working with me?

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on working with a mother on child protection, data collection, treasure baskets and fundraising.

Call for youth group collaboration to increase influence

News

Friday, April 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Youth groups are being urged to form a lobbying alliance to get a better deal for the sector from the next government.

Leadership: How to win grants

Features

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| CYP Now

With statutory funding in short supply, grants can enable charities to continue to deliver vital support. But making grant applications stand out requires a range of skills and techniques that must be honed.

Third London youth zone gets green light

News

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to build a £6m state-of-the-art youth zone have been given the go-ahead by a London council.

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

News

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: Children's services, funding, and nursery education

Other

Thursday, September 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Doncaster's children's trust close to launch; £5.8m of extra children's services funds approved in Bucks; and attending nursery gives children advantage in later life, all in the news today.

Children's centres bear brunt of Newcastle service cuts

News

Friday, March 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Newcastle City Council has approved £3.2m worth of cuts to Sure Start and family services.

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The way public services are commissioned is undergoing considerable change, but charities pitched into competition for funding with private companies have a possible advantage - as long as they can demonstrate the additional social values they provide above and beyond the primary aims of a project.

Budget 2015: £30m fund a 'shot in the arm' for sector, say adoption experts

News

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Adoption experts have welcomed the government's decision to provide £30m to councils to pay the cost of them placing children with adoptive parents outside of their area.

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

News

Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Politicians in Kensington & Chelsea have outlined their vision of standards for children's services for a new combined department across three authorities, stating that outstanding inspection ratings are expected.

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British Youth Council calls for pre-2010 funding levels for youth services

Timpson reveals initial action to tackle children's services 'failures'

Coronavirus: campaigners warn on capacity of children’s charities

Providers of children's centres look at new models to offset budget cuts

Five lessons for charities and ministers from the collapse of Kids Company

LGA board chief: let councils solve children's services challenges

Analysis backs drive for youth-led services

Funding for Birmingham recovery plan falls short of estimate

Meagre pay could spark nursery staff shortage

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Children's centres funding cut by £400m in three years

Council at centre of CSE scandal gets innovation cash

Government reveals extent of council education funding cuts

Ask the Experts: Is a parent really working with me?

Call for youth group collaboration to increase influence

Leadership: How to win grants

Third London youth zone gets green light

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

Daily roundup: Children's services, funding, and nursery education

Children's centres bear brunt of Newcastle service cuts

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Budget 2015: £30m fund a 'shot in the arm' for sector, say adoption experts

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

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