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UK Youth Parliament tender bids to expand reach of programme

Thursday, December 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Experts question if increased UK Youth Parliament funding is enough to boost engagement and diversity as the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport moves to relaunch the youth voice programme.

Childcare training programme to help identify SEND needs sooner

Analysis

Thursday, December 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Everyone in the early years sector is acutely aware of increasing demands for specialist support.

Factors behind the sharp growth in deprivation of liberty orders

Analysis

Thursday, December 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Concerns continue to grow over the rise in the use of deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders, which allow local authorities to place restrictions on vulnerable children’s movements and freedoms.

Shining a light on risks outside the home

Analysis

Thursday, December 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Authors set out five key features of promising social care responses to extra-familial risks and harms drawn from studying international systems.

Funded childcare: debate over charging

Analysis

Thursday, December 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Case of nursery imposing extra charges highlights challenges for councils and early years providers in meeting free entitlement rules.

Case for expanding school-led childcare

Analysis

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Panel of experts assess the children’s commissioner for England’s proposals for early education to be run by schools and childminders.

Support for GRT young people

Analysis

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Range of initiatives in development to help practitioners support Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people.

Briefing: School attendance drive

Analysis

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

The government has published guidance to improve school attendance with new duties on councils.

Unrest over Care Review board plans

Analysis

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Charities raise concerns over plans for ‘lived-experience’ voice on Care Review implementation board.

Councils dig deep to help children and families below poverty line

Analysis

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

As the rise in the cost-of-living pushes more families into poverty, local authorities are developing a range of schemes, services and support packages to try to reduce the impact on children’s health and wellbeing.

Minister changes raise concerns

Analysis

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Experts say churn in ministers with responsibilities for children makes it harder to improve services.

Long waits for mental health care blamed on bed and staff shortage

Analysis

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

A survey of hospital clinicians has highlighted the lengthy waiting times for children in a mental health emergency to see a specialist.

Combined voice on youth policy

Analysis

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| CYP Now

The Liverpool City Region has recently launched a youth combined authority (YCA), the fifth area in England to create such a body.

Lords’ legislative review should focus on role of culture change

Analysis

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Since the days of Octavia Hill, we have been supporting, caring for and protecting children. Social action was followed by a plethora of new legislation, more recently the Children Act 1989, 2004 and the Children and Families Act 2014. Yet still we struggle to meet the needs and protect those children living in situations of vulnerability.

Asylum transfer reforms prompt questions over commissioning

Analysis

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Changes to timeframes and thresholds for the National Transfer Scheme for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are "not enough" say local authorities struggling to find and fund suitable places for new arrivals.

Tackling the growth in childhood obesity

Analysis

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| CYP Now

The number of obese children has continued to rise despite policymakers’ efforts, with councils wanting more powers and funds to tackle it.

‘Without more help, childcare’s infrastructure may be destroyed’

Analysis

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| CYP Now

In the first of a series on the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on services for children and families, childcare leaders and practitioners warn of an ‘existential threat’ to early education for disadvantaged communities.

Trojan Horse affair: key lessons on safeguarding and attainment

Analysis

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| CYP Now

A new book assesses the impact of the Trojan Horse inquiries in Birmingham. The book’s lead author says although damaging, the controversy delivered positive changes and pupils are now better educated and safer.

Research helps shape Care Review findings on improving outcomes

Analysis

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

| CYP Now

The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care has set out fundamental reforms for the care system in England. Here, a research team member explains how they gathered evidence, particularly on the role of kinship care.

Rethink urged on youth work course closure

Analysis

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

| CYP Now

Experts fear suspension of long-standing university youth work course could undermine ‘exciting’ policy developments for the sector.

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UK Youth Parliament tender bids to expand reach of programme

Childcare training programme to help identify SEND needs sooner

Factors behind the sharp growth in deprivation of liberty orders

Shining a light on risks outside the home

Funded childcare: debate over charging

Case for expanding school-led childcare

Support for GRT young people

Briefing: School attendance drive

Unrest over Care Review board plans

Councils dig deep to help children and families below poverty line

Minister changes raise concerns

Long waits for mental health care blamed on bed and staff shortage

Combined voice on youth policy

Lords’ legislative review should focus on role of culture change

Asylum transfer reforms prompt questions over commissioning

Tackling the growth in childhood obesity

‘Without more help, childcare’s infrastructure may be destroyed’

Trojan Horse affair: key lessons on safeguarding and attainment

Research helps shape Care Review findings on improving outcomes

Rethink urged on youth work course closure

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