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Queen’s Speech failed most vulnerable families

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, June 1, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Children and young people in the UK are growing up in some of the hardest times in recent history, where inflation rates are at a 40-year high and the cost of living crisis is hitting every household. Low-income families, who were already struggling, are faring the worst.

Find inspiration to lead in an unpredictable time

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, June 1, 2022
  • | CYP Now
How are you feeling? Excited? Positive? Exhausted? Despairing? All of these? After two years of a pandemic, even buoyant leaders are saying they’ve run out of strategies to help them steer a course through the next few months, let alone years.

Prioritise retention of children’s social workers

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, April 27, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Latest Department for Education workforce figures show the number of vacant social worker posts across children’s services departments in England rose by seven per cent in 2021 to a five-year high – accounting for one in six positions.

DfE revamp offers children’s services opportunities

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, April 27, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Ordinarily there’s nothing interesting about a government department restructure. But look more closely at what’s happening in the Department for Education and you might wonder whether there’s a sea change afoot in relationships with local services for children.

Turing programme will fail disadvantaged young people

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, April 27, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Drowned out by the noise of Brexit and the pandemic, the government’s broken promise to remain a member of the Erasmus+ overseas study scheme has been largely overlooked. Yet, the failure to reach an agreement regarding its membership of the scheme post-Brexit, continues to have a devastating impact on young people.