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Alliance for Youth Justice chief steps down

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Friday, April 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Pippa Goodfellow, chief executive of the Alliance for Youth Justice (AYJ), has stepped down after five years.

Richard Taylor: Father of schoolboy Damilola Taylor dies aged 75

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Monday, March 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Children’s charity leaders have paid tribute to Richard Taylor who campaigned against knife crime for 24 years after the death of his 10-year-old son Damilola.

Programme launched to promote evidence-based parenting interventions

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Friday, March 22, 2024

| CYP Now

The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) and Foundations have collaborated on a programme which will trial evidence-based parenting interventions in four pilot areas.

Budget 2024: Chancellor commits £165 million to boost children's homes capacity

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

A £165 million boost to increase children’s homes capacity in England is among measures to support children and families included in the government’s latest budget.

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

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Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

The September edition of Children & Young People Now has all the latest news, views and analysis on the key issues affecting services for children, young people and families.

Home Office response to child sexual abuse inquiry ‘will not protect children’, review chair warns

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

| CYP Now

The government’s response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) “will not provide the protection from sexual abuse that our children deserve”, said the investigation’s chair.

Child sexual abuse offences surpass 100,000 for the first time

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

| CYP Now

Police forces in England and Wales recorded the most child sexual offences ever in 2021/22, with numbers surpassing 100,000 for the first time.

Anti-terrorism plans could put vulnerable children at risk, former children's commissioner says

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Friday, January 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Former children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield has warned that plans for child-specific terrorism orders, currently being considered by ministers, could put vulnerable children at risk.

Directors of children’s services among sector leaders recognised in New Year Honours

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) are among sector leaders to be recognised in King Charles III first New Year's Honours list.

Safeguarding pilot offers free training around online grooming

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

| CYP Now

Safeguarding professionals are invited to join a pilot training programme designed to increase understanding of online grooming.

CYP Now Awards winners revealed on night of celebration

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Friday, November 25, 2022

| CYP Now

The winners of the 2022 Children and Young People Now Awards were unveiled at a glittering ceremony in London.

Longfield commission sets out ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ plans

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Friday, November 4, 2022

| CYP Now

The creation of an England-wide network of 1,000 community hubs dubbed ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ that would provide support for those vulnerable to exploitation from criminal gangs is a key recommendation of a year-long review of services for young people led by former children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield.

Children’s commissioner report reveals 650 child strip-searches

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Monday, August 8, 2022

| CYP Now

New analysis by the children's commissioner for England has revealed that 650 children were strip-searched by the Metropolitan Police Service between 2018 and 2020.

Abandon plans for bill of rights, government urged

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Monday, April 25, 2022

| CYP Now

A group of 30 children’s charities is calling on the government to scrap its plans to feature a controversial bill of rights in the upcoming Queen’s speech.

Coronavirus daily update: Wednesday 15 July

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Wednesday, July 15, 2020

| CYP Now

Young people in the secure estate will now be able to receive visits as restrictions imposed at the start of the coronavirus lockdown are lifted.

Leicester lockdown: Concern over 'negative' impact of tightened restrictions on young people

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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

| CYP Now

Sector leaders in Leicester have raised concerns over the impact of a local lockdown on children and young people.

Emergency legislation relaxes councils' statutory duties to vulnerable children

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Thursday, April 23, 2020

| CYP Now

The government has introduced emergency legislation to relax local authorities' statutory duties to vulnerable children in England until at least September.

Council in High Court after looked-after child spent night in police cell

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Thursday, February 27, 2020

| CYP Now

Legal action has been launched against a London council in the High Court over claims a child was kept in police custody for two nights due to a lack of suitable accommodation.

School exclusion 'a tipping point' leading to knife crime, MPs warn

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Friday, October 25, 2019

| CYP Now

A cross-party group of MPs has called for a review of school exclusions after finding that children outside of mainstream schools are at serious risk of grooming and exploitation by criminal gangs.

Inspectors praise 'outstanding' youth offending team

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Wednesday, December 5, 2018

| CYP Now

A council's youth offending team has been rated "outstanding" following an inspection.

CYP Now 2018 Award winners unveiled

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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.

Child criminal exploitation 'still not properly understood', Ofsted warns

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

| CYP Now

Local agencies still don't fully understand the scale of and risks posed by "county lines" drug running and other forms of child criminal exploitation, and must learn lessons from past child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases if they are to tackle the issue, a report has found.

Troubled Families teams to get £5m to tackle youth violence

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Monday, October 22, 2018

| CYP Now

Local authorities will be able to bid for funding from a £5m government fund to boost the work their Troubled Families teams do with young people involved with gangs and serious youth violence, it has been announced.

Government to launch £200m youth fund to tackle violent crime

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Tuesday, October 2, 2018

| CYP Now

Projects that support vulnerable children will be given the opportunity to access a new £200m fund as part of efforts to tackle serious youth violence, Home Secretary Sajid Javid will announce today.

London to adopt public health approach to tackle serious violence

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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

| CYP Now

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that a public health approach will be used to tackle serious violence in the capital, with a new a new Violence Reduction Unit featuring specialists in health, police and local government set to be established.

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Alliance for Youth Justice chief steps down

Richard Taylor: Father of schoolboy Damilola Taylor dies aged 75

Programme launched to promote evidence-based parenting interventions

Budget 2024: Chancellor commits £165 million to boost children's homes capacity

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

Home Office response to child sexual abuse inquiry ‘will not protect children’, review chair warns

Child sexual abuse offences surpass 100,000 for the first time

Anti-terrorism plans could put vulnerable children at risk, former children's commissioner says

Directors of children’s services among sector leaders recognised in New Year Honours

Safeguarding pilot offers free training around online grooming

CYP Now Awards winners revealed on night of celebration

Longfield commission sets out ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ plans

Children’s commissioner report reveals 650 child strip-searches

Abandon plans for bill of rights, government urged

Coronavirus daily update: Wednesday 15 July

Leicester lockdown: Concern over 'negative' impact of tightened restrictions on young people

Emergency legislation relaxes councils' statutory duties to vulnerable children

Council in High Court after looked-after child spent night in police cell

School exclusion 'a tipping point' leading to knife crime, MPs warn

Inspectors praise 'outstanding' youth offending team

CYP Now 2018 Award winners unveiled

Child criminal exploitation 'still not properly understood', Ofsted warns

Troubled Families teams to get £5m to tackle youth violence

Government to launch £200m youth fund to tackle violent crime

London to adopt public health approach to tackle serious violence

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