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The value of children's trusts

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  • Monday, July 26, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Last week, Education Secretary Michael Gove confirmed that the government plans to reform the way children's trusts operate from this autumn. Joe Lepper speaks to three local authorities to ask if they believe their arrangements are worth saving.

Shared education could bridge the partisan divide

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  • Monday, April 29, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Northern Ireland's education system has been described as one of the most socially divided and segregated. The denominational system means that more than 90 per cent of pupils attend either "Catholic" or "Protestant" schools.

Ditch ‘bedroom tax' to save more children from poverty

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  • Monday, May 13, 2013
  • | CYP Now
I have a sense of déjà vu with regard to the benefit reforms. It reminds me of the last period of austerity in the 1980s. Here we are again, cutting back services and this time demonising the poorest in society and imposing benefit cuts on them.

The hidden helpers

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  • Tuesday, June 11, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Hundreds of thousands of children and young people care for a family member, but their needs often get ignored. Joe Lepper investigates the barriers young carers face in getting the vital support they require.

Youth justice roundup

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  • Thursday, September 12, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Troubled families progress, inspection of young offender institution for young women, and child sexual exploitation, all in the news in the past seven days.

Fathers' group steers boys away from a life of gangs

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  • Tuesday, October 29, 2013
  • | CYP Now
When his 16-year-old son was killed in a gang-related attack in May 2009, James Gregory wanted to take positive action to support young people living in deprived areas of Manchester to steer clear of crime.

The house that Daniel built

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  • Tuesday, December 17, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Homeless young people renovate empty homes and then move in under a scheme launched by charity Centrepoint. Jo Stephenson visits the first property and meets the lads who will live there.

Quiz of the Year 2013

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  • Tuesday, December 17, 2013
  • | CYP Now
How closely have you been following the ups and downs of the children and young people's sector over the past 12 months? Test your knowledge here with the CYP Now quiz of the year.

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