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Making the case for putting youth services on a sustainable footing

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Amid rising needs for support among young people and a tough funding climate, councils face a challenge to ensure sufficient local youth provision – and need policymakers to set an ambitious national agenda.

Plan to boost number of health visitors

Analysis

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Sector hopes new careers pathway can make health visiting more attractive to affiliated practitioners and offer progression for existing staff.

Risks of returning to Sure Start

Analysis

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Social mobility expert says review shows flagship New Labour childcare scheme had little impact.

Reforming school inspections

Analysis

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Chair of independent review of Ofsted says inspectorate should focus on helping schools improve.

Three views on EYFS reforms

Analysis

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Experts assess the impact of latest changes to the early years foundation stage framework.

Probe reveals how funding rate cut will hit council childcare role

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

FOI findings show 43 per cent of councils retain the maximum amount of cash from government for funded childcare scheme and highlight fears that proposed cut will have far-reaching consequences for provision.

Tackling rising youth violence threat

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Research highlights youth violence link to centre closures and examples of groups achieving success.

The case for social prescribing

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Barnardo’s and experts call for a national social prescribing strategy to improve mental wellbeing.

How councils use the retained childcare funding

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Four authorities that responded to CYP Now’s FOI enquiry explain how they spend allocations.

The city putting children’s rights at the forefront of its strategies

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Cardiff has become the first UK city to be awarded ‘child-friendly’ status by Unicef, with the city’s council playing a crucial role in embedding a children’s rights-based approach across its services and policies.

Briefing: U-turn on agency ban

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Instead of banning agency social work teams, the government wants councils to monitor their use.

The value of measuring SEND impact

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Changes in the way data is collated provides a more holistic view of provision, but still fails to capture a child’s outcomes, expert says.

Four key obstacles to improving children’s services in England

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Analysis on the performance and standards of children’s services in England over recent years has identified four key issues that are holding back improvement.

Family hubs: early adopter sites share knowledge of what works

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

With half of English local authorities developing a network of family hubs, a report collates the lessons from six areas about how they have implemented provision that meets the needs of their communities.

Cafcass sets out plan to address delays in family court system

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

The boss of the children’s guardians body wants to work collaboratively with local authorities to reduce the length of care proceedings and strengthen social work practice as it launches its refreshed strategic plan.

Sector hopes updated sufficiency rules will boost access to youth services

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Revised government guidance on assessment and delivery of council youth work aims to make it clearer what level of provision is needed, but experts warn little will change if it is not backed with extra funding.

Charities confront giving decline

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Changing demographics, rising costs and shifting public priorities are factors in charity donations fall.

Children England’s demise reveals ‘existential’ risk to charity sector

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

A key feature of the children’s voluntary sector for more than 80 years, infrastructure body Children England is to close, citing financial challenges, with its chief executive warning that more will follow.