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Quiz of the year 2015

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  • Tuesday, December 8, 2015
  • | CYP Now
An election result that defied pollsters, turmoil in children's charity funding and plummeting adoption figures - 2015 was a turbulent year. Test your knowledge of the past 12 months' events in children's services by taking the CYP Now quiz!

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

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  • 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.

Labour must produce a clear vision for children

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  • Tuesday, March 18, 2014
  • | CYP Now
After a slow start, Labour seems to be finding its feet in opposition. But with a general election a little over a year away, time is running out for the party to produce a coherent policy vision for children, young people and families.

New act heralds momentous time for children's rights

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  • Tuesday, March 18, 2014
  • | CYP Now
I am a fortnight away from the "go-live" point of a change on which we have been working since 2010. On 1 April, as a result of the royal assent to the Children and Families Bill 2013 making it the 2014 Act, the children's commissioner for England's primary function will change from "representing the views and interests of children" to "the promotion and protection of the rights of the child", with particular but not exclusive regard for the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The A to Z of evaluation

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  • Tuesday, March 4, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Good evaluation is critical for both children's services providers and commissioners since work that can demonstrate results is more likely to gain funding. Joe Lepper covers all the essentials in this A to Z guide.

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