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News roundup: adoption reforms, counselling service, and childhood depression

Thursday, October 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Attempts to stop government adoption reforms fail; online counselling service extended to young adults; and mothers increase the risk of children suffering mental health problems if they are depressed during pregnancy, all in the news today.

Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

Other

Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Anne Longfield outlines her plans to shape the policy agenda in five key areas including children's use of the internet, tackling child abuse, overcoming inequalities, looked-after children and better cross-government working.

Funding Watch: Fulfilling Lives - A Better Start

Other

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Local Spotlight: Lambeth Council

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Corporate commitment to boosting children and young people’s outcomes helps south London borough get back on track.

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

Other

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders gathered at CYP Now's Early Help Conference to discuss latest policy developments in early help and hear how local areas are developing interventions across a range of settings and age groups.

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.

Study highlights postcode lottery of child health

News

Monday, September 7, 2015

| CYP Now

The health and development of children under five varies dramatically between different parts of England, with a child living in one area far more likely to be condemned to poor health than another living relatively close by, a study has found.

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

Other

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Measures announced in the Chancellor's Spending Review will result in core funding for councils falling 24 per cent in real terms over the next four years. How will this affect children, young people and their families?

Daily roundup: Fuel poverty, sexual offences, and the benefit cap

Other

Monday, January 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Families planning to cut down on food to cover heating costs; 20 per cent rise in sexual offences against children; and 33,000 now affected by government benefit cap, all in the news today.

Child poverty figure drops by 100,000

News

Thursday, May 12, 2011

| CYP Now

The number of children living in poverty has fallen by 100,000 in a year, according to latest figures.

Cut food waste and support food banks to tackle poverty

Other

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| CYP Now

All the seasonal festivities are now behind us. The Christmas period inevitably saw countless turkeys ordered while the supermarket shelves groaned, ready for the last few days of manic stocking-up.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

Daily roundup: Careers guidance, council cuts, and smoking

Other

Thursday, January 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Call for government to extend National Careers Service; research shows cuts affecting deprived areas more; and Lords back bid to ban smoking in cars, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Government rights failings exposed

Other

Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's charities have launched a damning report highlighting the government's failure to prioritise children, reports Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Will child poverty measurement changes see the problem ignored?

Other

Monday, July 20, 2015

| CYP Now

With the number of children living in poverty set to rise, campaigners warn the government's decision to scrap targets in the Child Poverty Act risks undermining efforts by welfare agencies to prioritise and tackle the problem.

Daily roundup: Child poverty, spending cuts and Sandwell suspension

Other

Monday, March 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Child poverty adviser warns government over "muddled" reforms, £850m cut predicted for Department for Education, and Sandwell suspends children's service director, all in the news today.

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Analysis

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes talks to Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children.

The Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund

Funding

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

The Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund offers grants to organisations supporting people and communities in England who are experiencing severe pressure due to the increased cost of living, particularly those from low-income households. It is delivered by the National Lottery Community Fund and funded by the UK government, and offers grants up to £75,000.

Daily roundup: Parenting costs, Section 28 and Norfolk

Other

Monday, August 19, 2013

| CYP Now

The cost of raising a child hits £148,000; seven schools ban promotion of homosexuality; and Norfolk has six months to improve, all in the news today.

European Commission advises investment to combat child poverty

News

Friday, February 22, 2013

| CYP Now

The European Commission has urged the UK government to invest in measures to prevent poverty, in order to protect children from the worst effects of the economic crisis.

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News roundup: adoption reforms, counselling service, and childhood depression

Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

Funding Watch: Fulfilling Lives - A Better Start

Local Spotlight: Lambeth Council

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

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

Study highlights postcode lottery of child health

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

Daily roundup: Fuel poverty, sexual offences, and the benefit cap

Child poverty figure drops by 100,000

Cut food waste and support food banks to tackle poverty

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Daily roundup: Careers guidance, council cuts, and smoking

Legal Update: Government rights failings exposed

Will child poverty measurement changes see the problem ignored?

Daily roundup: Child poverty, spending cuts and Sandwell suspension

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

The Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund

Daily roundup: Parenting costs, Section 28 and Norfolk

European Commission advises investment to combat child poverty

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