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Turning the corner on improvement

Monday, January 30, 2023

| CYP Now

I can’t believe it’s that time of year again for my blog. I always start January in quite reflective a mood, thinking about the past year and the one ahead.

To Strike or Not to Strike? – That is the question

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Monday, January 23, 2023

| CYP Now

Last week, I posted the question on Twitter asking the early years if they were prepared to join the teachers and strike?

Trying to remain optimistic

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Monday, January 23, 2023

| CYP Now

Does anyone else feel like any downtime we had with our family and friends over the festive period was a long time ago?

Its #TimeToDefine kinship care – here’s why and how we might start

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Friday, January 20, 2023

| CYP Now

In April 2022 Family Rights Group published Time To Define – a campaign for legal reform to create a clear, simple definition of kinship care written into primary legislation.

Consider the children: Why localism needs to be a devolution of resources not just power

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

| CYP Now

On 4 January, we heard the new years speech of our current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak “building a better future” which pledged to half inflation; grow the economy, reduce debt; cut hospital waiting lists and stop migrant crossings.

Resilience and why it matters in 2023

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Monday, January 16, 2023

| CYP Now

The start of a new year is always a good time for reflection on what changes we want to make professionally and personally for the year ahead.

We can no longer afford to be indifferent

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Monday, January 16, 2023

| CYP Now

For many of us the idea of living in poverty or facing financial hardship is an externalised, abstract idea.

What’s on the horizon?

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Monday, January 9, 2023

| CYP Now

Happy New Year to all and hope you had a good holiday period. Let’s hope this year brings a resolution to some of the long-standing issues that we have been grappling with and also a sense of calm.

Alternatives to recently closed Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

| CYP Now

The closure of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board (ASGLB) – a body with powers of oversight of the adoption system and support for special guardians – was recently announced. The news leads to the question, what now?

Supporting children with post-Christmas anxiety

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

| CYP Now

As we start a new year, with Christmas behind us, it’s important to reflect on the festive period.

Back to the future

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022

| CYP Now

The Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA) is claiming that adoption will save lots of money and we should be pushing more children through for adoption in order to achieve these savings.

Unregulated accommodation for 16- and 17-year-olds cannot be normalised

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Monday, December 19, 2022

| CYP Now

Every year, one in four children entering the care system is aged 16 or 17. The reasons they are in care are complex and varied, but the majority have experienced either neglect or abuse in their home.

Supporting kinship carers of Ukrainian refugee children

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Monday, December 19, 2022

| CYP Now

Over the last year, many people in the UK have opened their hearts and their homes to help children and their families fleeing the war in Ukraine.

A time for serenity

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Monday, December 19, 2022

| CYP Now

A couple of weeks ago I welcomed Local Government Association (LGA) colleagues to support our development work in the form of a Corporate Parenting Peer Diagnostic.

‘We are the town that has been forgotten about’: Solution to our youth mental health crisis is close to home

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Monday, December 12, 2022

| CYP Now

I prepared a report for the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership about children and young people’s mental health in rural Craven and SELFA Charity received £85,000 to support three projects based on the recommendations.

Supporting young children dealing with grief

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Monday, December 12, 2022

| CYP Now

Children and young people grieve just as much as adults and tend to express grief emotionally and physically.

Mind the gap

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Monday, December 12, 2022

| CYP Now

This is my first contribution since being elected as chair of the Health, Care and Additional Needs (HCAN) Policy Committee. Putting myself forward for this role was a decision not taken lightly.

Introducing Mantra Music: The world’s first record label exclusively for care experienced artists

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Monday, December 5, 2022

| CYP Now

Before I was 25, I wrote an album about my life in care. I sent it to radio stations and at first, no one listened. I also sent it to a 100 social services email addresses which I found on google. Luckily a few saw value in my music so I started helping young people with songwriting in the care sector when I could.

I'm a DCS...get me out of here!

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Monday, December 5, 2022

| CYP Now

Like me, many of you might be relieved that a serving MP wasn’t the winner of this year’s I’m a Celebrity, and you may also, like me, celebrate the fact that a national sporting heroine who also happens to be gay, won.

Young people’s mental health and wellbeing during Covid-19

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Monday, December 5, 2022

| CYP Now

It has been almost three years since we first heard about Covid-19 and as we now come out on the other side, it seems a good time to reflect on how the pandemic may have impacted us.

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Turning the corner on improvement

To Strike or Not to Strike? – That is the question

Trying to remain optimistic

Its #TimeToDefine kinship care – here’s why and how we might start

Consider the children: Why localism needs to be a devolution of resources not just power

Resilience and why it matters in 2023

We can no longer afford to be indifferent

What’s on the horizon?

Alternatives to recently closed Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board

Supporting children with post-Christmas anxiety

Back to the future

Unregulated accommodation for 16- and 17-year-olds cannot be normalised

Supporting kinship carers of Ukrainian refugee children

A time for serenity

‘We are the town that has been forgotten about’: Solution to our youth mental health crisis is close to home

Supporting young children dealing with grief

Mind the gap

Introducing Mantra Music: The world’s first record label exclusively for care experienced artists

I'm a DCS...get me out of here!

Young people’s mental health and wellbeing during Covid-19

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