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Fight against poverty must stay in spotlight

    Opinion
  • Friday, July 8, 2011
    • | CYP Now
Anyone who watched the BBC documentary Poor Kids last month will have been horrified to hear the stories, told by children themselves, about what it's like to be one of the 3.5 million children in this country who are growing up in poverty.

Levelling up is about more than better grades

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 1, 2022
    • | CYP Now
The government’s levelling-up agenda has the potential to be a master key to unlock opportunity for children and young people and we have been eagerly anticipating the newly published white paper.

DfE revamp offers children’s services opportunities

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, April 27, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Ordinarily there’s nothing interesting about a government department restructure. But look more closely at what’s happening in the Department for Education and you might wonder whether there’s a sea change afoot in relationships with local services for children.

Election will determine children's future

    Opinion
  • Thursday, May 4, 2017
    • | CYP Now
It may be a "snap" general election, but it would be a stretch to describe it as a shock - many people had expected one to follow even more swiftly from the political upheavals of last summer.

Lack of access, not technology, is enemy of play

    Opinion
  • Thursday, June 22, 2023
    • | CYP Now
I often hear that “youngsters nowadays have had their imaginations ruined by technology – when I was young, all we needed was a Raleigh Chopper, a Rubik's cube, roller skates, the street”. I don't believe that children today have less appetite to play – it's a lack of opportunities to access play that is the key issue.

It's finally time to act on what children say

    Opinion
  • Thursday, January 26, 2023
    • | CYP Now
A Shropshire clergyman by the name of John Mirk is believed to be the person who coined the phrase “children should be seen, not heard”. That was more than 600 years ago, and yet this toxic pronouncement endured for a remarkably long time.

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