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Progress in joint working must go on

Monday, November 22, 2010

| CYP Now

The decision last week to strip the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) of government funding will inevitably raise concerns that any genuine "development" of the workforce will stall. A plan for how the Department for Education intends to take forward the quango's work is yet to be articulated.

Conservative conference: Give projects time, urges Action for Children chief

News

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

| CYP Now

New initiatives should be given time to "bed down" before decisions are made about their future, the chief executive of Action for Children (formerly NCH) has said.

Schools will receive pupil premium for all children entitled to free school meals

News

Monday, December 13, 2010

| CYP Now

Schools are to be given an extra 430 pupil premium for all children entitled to free school meals or living in care, the government has announced.

Balls calls for better service integration

News

Friday, October 24, 2008

| CYP Now

Children's services must work more closely together to be successful in helping young people, the children's secretary has said.

CYP Now to host workforce show

Other

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

| CYP Now

CYP Now is to stage a pioneering new show for everyone who works to deliver the Every Child Matters agenda locally.

ChildRIGHT: In a Nutshell -- Local Government Ombudsman complaints

Other

Monday, February 7, 2011

| CYP Now

When a member of the public feels a council is at fault, they can contact the Local Government Ombudsman to investigate the complaint.

Analysis: Parents kept in dark over SEN rights

Other

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

| CYP Now

A damning report by the head teacher of a special school has reopened the row over funding for special educational needs. However, a new tool designed by the Audit Commission could help to ease the situation. Tristan Donovan reports.

Adopted children to be granted priority for school places

News

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

| CYP Now

Adopted children are to be given priority access to the school of their choice under the government's revised admissions code.

News Insight: Councils collaborate to drive down costs

Other

Monday, November 1, 2010

| CYP Now

Following the comprehensive spending review, a number of local authorities are looking to save money by merging services. Neil Puffett reports.

Balls blasts plans to break up DCSF

Other

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

| CYP Now

Children's Secretary Ed Balls has hit out at Conservative plans to split up the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).

Sector fears hung parliament inaction could harm services

News

Friday, May 7, 2010

| CYP Now

Organisations across the children's sector are today coming to terms with the implications of a hung parliament after the general election failed to give any single party a clear majority.

Longfield recruits Narey as children's commissioner adviser

News

Friday, September 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Former Barnardo's chief executive Sir Martin Narey is one of several high profile figures that have been signed up to provide advice to children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield, it has been announced.

Frontline services at risk as new ministers seek to identify cuts

Other

Monday, May 17, 2010

| CYP Now

Impending cuts are certain to damage frontline children's services and lead to job losses, sector leaders have warned.

In Practice: Case study - Vital service for vulnerable families

Best Practice

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

| CYP Now

Derbyshire has introduced family resource workers in schools to work with vulnerable children and families, and to boost joint working between schools and other agencies. Jo Stephenson looks at the success of the scheme.

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation: Main Fund

Funding

Thursday, February 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Funding for charities working in a variety of areas, particularly projects that seek to address a significant gap in provision, challenge convention or set out to influence policy

Woodward Charitable Trust

Funding

Thursday, February 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Grants for charities supporting the trust's key priorities, which include disability, ex-offenders and addiction

Tributes paid to successful director

Other

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

| CYP Now

The president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services, Maggie Atkinson, has paid tribute to Andy Samson who was found dead earlier this month.

Cattanach Charitable Trust Grants

Funding

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

| CYP Now

Cattanach Charitable Trust Grants offer funding to help support deprived children in difficult circumstances

Suffolk holds children's services credit crunch summit

News

Monday, November 24, 2008

| CYP Now

Suffolk County Council is holding a credit crunch summit to assess the impact of the economic downturn on its children's services.

Sandwell starts to tackle service problems after private partner deal

Other

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Simon White, the privately-employed DCS at Sandwell Council, says other struggling authorities may follow their lead by partnering with an outside agency to run children's services

CYP Now 2018 Award winners unveiled

News

Thursday, November 22, 2018

| CYP Now

The 2018 CYP Now Awards were revealed last night on a night of celebration and pride for the sector.

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

News

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Poor families will be hit hard by government plans to shave a further £4bn from the welfare bill in 2015/16, charities have warned.

Attainment gap widens for children in care

News

Thursday, April 11, 2019

| CYP Now

Looked-after children's GCSE grades fell last year as the education gap with their secondary school peers worsened, according to government statistics.

Young people to develop youth charter with government

News

Thursday, April 11, 2019

| CYP Now

A youth charter aiming to strengthen and co-ordinate national policy is to be developed with young people, the minister for civil society has announced.

All primary school pupils to be taught about abuse

News

Monday, September 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Volunteers will visit every primary school in the UK at least once every two years under plans to prevent abuse by teaching children about the issue.

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Progress in joint working must go on

Conservative conference: Give projects time, urges Action for Children chief

Schools will receive pupil premium for all children entitled to free school meals

Balls calls for better service integration

CYP Now to host workforce show

ChildRIGHT: In a Nutshell -- Local Government Ombudsman complaints

Analysis: Parents kept in dark over SEN rights

Adopted children to be granted priority for school places

News Insight: Councils collaborate to drive down costs

Balls blasts plans to break up DCSF

Sector fears hung parliament inaction could harm services

Longfield recruits Narey as children's commissioner adviser

Frontline services at risk as new ministers seek to identify cuts

In Practice: Case study - Vital service for vulnerable families

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation: Main Fund

Woodward Charitable Trust

Tributes paid to successful director

Cattanach Charitable Trust Grants

Suffolk holds children's services credit crunch summit

Sandwell starts to tackle service problems after private partner deal

CYP Now 2018 Award winners unveiled

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

Attainment gap widens for children in care

Young people to develop youth charter with government

All primary school pupils to be taught about abuse

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