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Troubled Families programme delivers substantial savings

Thursday, March 12, 2015

| CYP Now

The Troubled Families programme has delivered savings of more than double the amount spent on turning around the lives of families with complex problems, government figures suggest.

Edward Timpson reappointed as children's minister

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Monday, May 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Edward Timpson has been appointed as minister of state for children and families at the Department for Education in the new majority Conservative government.

Former ADCS president Alan Wood to retire

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Former president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) Alan Wood will retire from his post in Hackney at the end of the year, it has been announced.

CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2015

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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

| CYP Now

With a general election, new policy announcements, ongoing austerity measures and high-profile charity closures, 2015 was another busy year in the children and young people sector. Here is a rundown of the most-read stories published on the CYP Now website over the past 12 months.

Race report 'vindicates' disproportionate exclusions of black children, critics say

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Thursday, April 1, 2021

| CYP Now

The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities' has been criticised over the "vindication" of disproportionate use of exclusions for children from minority ethnic backgrounds in its recent report.

Stockport DCS receives OBE in Queen’s birthday honours list

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Monday, June 14, 2021

| CYP Now

Chris McLoughlin, director of children’s services at Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, has been awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s birthday honours.

Top resources for social care, youth work and education practitioners

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Thursday, August 12, 2021

| CYP Now

Charities and organisations working to improve the lives of vulnerable children and those they work with have created a raft of resources to help professionals amid uncertain times.

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Investment in youth services and education in the UK’s most disadvantaged areas have been announced as part of the government’s “levelling-up” plan.

Levelling Up white paper a ‘missed opportunity’ to support young people

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Plans to increase opportunities for young people published in the government’s Levelling Up white paper do not go far enough to support the most disadvantaged children, sector leaders have said.

Greater understanding of child-to-parent abuse needed across London, Sadiq Khan warns

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

| CYP Now

School exclusions, undiagnosed mental health issues and unidentified special educational needs and disabilities are among the key drivers behind child-to-parent abuse, the mayor of London has said.

Universities and colleges awarded for care leaver support

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

| CYP Now

Four universities and colleges have been handed a national award for the support they offer to students with care experience.

Coronavirus: Isolation advice for children's homes and special schools

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Monday, March 23, 2020

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has issued guidance for children’s homes and residential special schools on managing isolation during the coronavirus outbreak.

Number of children in care with SEN increases

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Friday, March 27, 2020

| CYP Now

Increasing numbers of children in care have a special educational need (SEN) making them almost four times more likely to receive specialist support than non-looked after children, government statistics show.

Coronavirus: Thousands of children 'have not received substitute free school meals'

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Monday, March 30, 2020

| CYP Now

Tens of thousands of children eligible for free school meals may not have received substitute meals or vouchers after schools closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, new research suggests.

ADCS president calls for urgent action to address inequality in first virtual speech

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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

| CYP Now

Financial, social and educational inequality should be addressed as a “priority” as the UK eases out of Covid-19 lockdown, the president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has said.

#Chances4Children: Support for young carers returning to school

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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

| CYP Now

Two major charities have teamed up to raise awareness of support needed by young carers as they return to school.

MPs removed from anti-poverty charity’s board over free school meals vote

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Thursday, October 29, 2020

| CYP Now

Feeding Britain has removed MPs from its board after one of its trustees voted against extending free school meals to children from low-income families out of term time.

Services for children with SEND ‘seriously affected’ by Covid-19 pandemic

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

| CYP Now

Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have regressed in their development due to lack of available services during the Covid-19 pandemic, Ofsted has said.

Mother 'left in debt' after council ends school transport for autistic son

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Monday, December 7, 2020

| CYP Now

A council that withdrew school transport for an autistic boy, leaving his mother to pay for taxis to get him to his special school, has been criticised by the local government and social care ombudsman.

Queen's Speech: Sector welcomes Children and Social Work Bill

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has set out plans to reform children's social care through a Children and Social Work Bill, with the proposals being broadly well received by the sector.

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Troubled Families programme delivers substantial savings

Edward Timpson reappointed as children's minister

Former ADCS president Alan Wood to retire

CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2015

Race report 'vindicates' disproportionate exclusions of black children, critics say

Stockport DCS receives OBE in Queen’s birthday honours list

Top resources for social care, youth work and education practitioners

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

Levelling Up white paper a ‘missed opportunity’ to support young people

Greater understanding of child-to-parent abuse needed across London, Sadiq Khan warns

Universities and colleges awarded for care leaver support

Coronavirus: Isolation advice for children's homes and special schools

Number of children in care with SEN increases

Coronavirus: Thousands of children 'have not received substitute free school meals'

ADCS president calls for urgent action to address inequality in first virtual speech

#Chances4Children: Support for young carers returning to school

MPs removed from anti-poverty charity’s board over free school meals vote

Services for children with SEND ‘seriously affected’ by Covid-19 pandemic

Mother 'left in debt' after council ends school transport for autistic son

Queen's Speech: Sector welcomes Children and Social Work Bill

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