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Staff-run social enterprise set to take on council youth service

Thursday, September 15, 2016

| CYP Now

A council in the south west of England has announced plans to commission an independent staff-run social enterprise to run its youth service.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

News

Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first year target for the numbers of families to be worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

Foundations to spur youth services

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Camden is latest to create a charitable foundation in a bid to increase capacity in voluntary youth provision.

Ask the Experts: Post-retirement work options

Other

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on working with children after retiring, joint commissioning, internet safety and the role of key workers.

Collaboration, creativity and more cuts: 2016 in children's services

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

CYP Now has collected the views of children's services experts from a range of backgrounds to hear what they think the key challenges and opportunities will be in 2016 across services for children, young people and families.

Local authority announces plans to cease funding 22 youth centres to save £1m

News

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has announced plans that could result in the closure of all 22 of its youth centres in order to make savings of £1m.

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the dangers of legal highs, child protection changes, building a bug hotel and holding a winter bazaar.

Funding cuts lead councils to seek new ways of delivering youth work

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

A new round of government funding through the Delivering Differently for Young People programme will aim to help more local authorities develop effective models of providing youth services at a reduced cost

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

News

Monday, June 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Charities working with children and young people have lost more than £150m of government funding in the past year, it has emerged.

Early intervention chief: Youth sector fails to prove value

News

Monday, April 27, 2015

| CYP Now

The youth sector is yet to prove the value of its work as pressure on budgets intensifies, the chief of an organisation set up by government to promote early intervention has claimed.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

News

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The way public services are commissioned is undergoing considerable change, but charities pitched into competition for funding with private companies have a possible advantage - as long as they can demonstrate the additional social values they provide above and beyond the primary aims of a project.

Birmingham bids to put children's views at the heart of 10-year vision

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Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

An independent review of growing up in Birmingham has highlighted the priorities for children and young people and puts forward some radical ideas for how to solve them - with council involvement key to delivering change.

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.

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

News

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

It is now one week since an independent report by Professor Alexis Jay estimated that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. CYP Now looks at what has happened since publication last Tuesday.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

News

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| CYP Now

A new director of children's services has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to turn around the troubled department.

More than 2,000 youth workers axed in past two years, Unison finds

News

Monday, August 11, 2014

| CYP Now

In excess of 2,000 youth worker posts have been cut and 350 youth centres have closed since 2012, according to latest research by Unison.

Daily roundup: Youth centres, children's services and leadership

Other

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Charities set to take on running of Liverpool youth centres; tri-borough arrangements to be reviewed by Labour; and new DCS appointed in Southwark, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Other

Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Haringey told to improve children's social care, major early intervention guide launched, and Nicky Morgan pledges to continue tough stance on term-time holidays, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: School population, child obesity, and extremism

News

Friday, July 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Numbers of pupils to top eight million by 2023; London mayor launches drive to tackle child obesity; and school extremism report leaked, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: School places, mental health, and troubled families

News

Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities make progress on school places, rise in mental health concerns for education staff, and Reading Council hits troubled families target, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

Other

Monday, March 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Chamber of Commerce warning on youth unemployment figures; fraction of public health spending goes on child obesity; and government launches action plan to tackle violence against females, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

Other

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's professionals struggle to keep pace with child abusers' tactics; 23 campaign groups highlight need for child-friendly policies; and Bracknell Forest youth hub set to open by 2016, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Forced Caesarean, eating disorders and cigarettes

News

Monday, December 2, 2013

| CYP Now

MP pledges to raise case of Italian woman whose child was taken at birth; more children being treated for eating disorders; and Labour seeks to strengthen law around underage smoking, all in the news today.

Hurd hails young generation at CYP Now Awards but says some youth services are 'ok to lose'

News

Thursday, November 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Civil society minister Nick Hurd has said some local authority youth services closed in recent years because they were not good enough.

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Staff-run social enterprise set to take on council youth service

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Foundations to spur youth services

Ask the Experts: Post-retirement work options

Collaboration, creativity and more cuts: 2016 in children's services

Local authority announces plans to cease funding 22 youth centres to save £1m

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Funding cuts lead councils to seek new ways of delivering youth work

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

Early intervention chief: Youth sector fails to prove value

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Birmingham bids to put children's views at the heart of 10-year vision

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

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

More than 2,000 youth workers axed in past two years, Unison finds

Daily roundup: Youth centres, children's services and leadership

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Daily roundup: School population, child obesity, and extremism

Daily roundup: School places, mental health, and troubled families

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

Daily roundup: Forced Caesarean, eating disorders and cigarettes

Hurd hails young generation at CYP Now Awards but says some youth services are 'ok to lose'

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