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‘It’s a no-win scenario, either the police or a gang will get you’ Young People and Organised Crime – Vulnerable or Criminal?

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Much of recent media coverage concerning young people has been on issues related to violence and crime, with knife-crime, child sexual exploitation and county lines especially high on the agenda.

Google to fund charities to tackle youth violence

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

| CYP Now

Internet giant Google will provide grants totalling £600,000 to charities and community organisations as part of efforts to tackle violent crime, it has been announced.

'County lines' child trafficker convicted in landmark case

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Friday, October 5, 2018

| CYP Now

A drug dealer has been jailed for 14 years in the first successful prosecution under legislation to tackle "county lines" crime, in which gangs exploit vulnerable children to establish drug networks.

MPs to probe rise in knife crime in wake of spate of deaths

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Friday, September 15, 2017

| CYP Now

A new cross-party group of MPs and peers has been launched to investigate the rise in knife crime across the UK.

Sale of controversial water cannons set to fund youth projects

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Monday, December 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Three unused water cannons bought by former London Mayor Boris Johnson are to be sold, with the proceeds invested into youth projects, it has been announced.

Domestic violence advisers placed in London hospitals

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Monday, December 14, 2015

| CYP Now

A London youth work charity has teamed up with a domestic violence prevention service to place advisers into the capital's major hospital emergency departments.

My Life: Damian Czerwiak, 18, Bedfordshire

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

About a year ago, I got into a lot of trouble with the police and came close to receiving an antisocial behaviour order for my behaviour in the community.

Tackling radicalisation must not deter radical thinking

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

At election time, I wrote about the lack of inspiration, radicalisation or excitement among young people in Britain. Well, at least that is changing. Whatever you might feel about Jeremy Corbyn, you can't deny that there is a different mood about today. Social media is lively and bubbling about politics, and young people are in the middle of real debates about real issues. It feels like Scotland did last year.

Vulnerable missing children exploited by drug gangs, report finds

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Thursday, July 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Runaway and missing children are being exploited by criminal gangs in order to expand inner city drug networks into county towns, a study has found.

Gang prevention work needs to start in primary school, say MPs

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Friday, February 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Urgent action is needed in schools to warn pupils as young as seven of the dangers of gang involvement, according to a report by MPs.

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Nearly six months since professor Alexis Jay's report revealed the extent of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, the government's troubled families tsar Louise Casey's has pulled no punches in her assessment of how the authority has fared since.

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth workers should receive basic mental health training as part of a shake-up of services in order to support young people in gangs, MPs have been told.

Daily roundup: Rotherham DCS, Portsmouth Ofsted, and Scottish independence vote

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Rotherham DCS on long-term sick leave; Ofsted rates Portsmouth children's services as needing improvement; and 16- and 17-year-olds make history by voting in Scotland referendum, all in the news today.

Doncaster launches review into child sexual exploitation 'failings'

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

| CYP Now

A review has been launched into the way social services in Doncaster and South Yorkshire police deal with children at risk of child sexual exploitation (CSE), CYP Now can reveal.

Daily roundup: Extremism, free schools, and youth merger

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Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Muslim organisation warns against extremism crackdown; charities urged to establish free schools; and Changemakers joins Foyer Federation, all in the news today.

Rotherham: The key questions answered

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Friday, August 29, 2014

| CYP Now

The child abuse scandal in Rotherham has shocked the nation and dominated the news agenda for several days. Here, CYP Now looks at the background to the independent inquiry, what questions it has answered and what issues still need to be resolved.

ADCS urges safeguarding agencies to learn lessons from Rotherham

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders have said the Rotherham child sexual abuse inquiry report should be a "call to action" for all organisations and professionals working in child protection.

Police use of stop and search undermines trust

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Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Police powers of stop and search have been high on the agenda in Scotland since the publication earlier this year of a report on the subject from Edinburgh University. It contained some surprising figures and highlighted police practice that remains a concern.

Daily roundup: Adoption, youth commissioner, and sexting

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Wales to get National Adoption Service; youth commissioner probe launched in Kent; and concerns over "sexting" in Devon, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Adoption, serious case review, and social media

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Adoption changes to begin this summer, Southampton agencies criticised over sexual abuse case, and children being investigated over social media abuse, all in today's news roundup.

Daily roundup: Leaving care, young offenders and youth clubs

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Care leavers discuss social exclusion with ministers; Clegg criticises knife sentence plans; and graffiti artist bequeaths piece of work to Bristol youth club, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: School days, youth unemployment, and cyber-blackmail

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Extended school days leaving children like "ghosts", plight of unemployed young people highlighted, and police warn of webcam blackmail threat, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Early years, domestic violence and child protection

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Childcare groups disappointed by worker entry requirements decision; health watchdog calls for better training on domestic violence; and schools reminded about female genital mutilation risk, all in the news today.

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has issued updated advice on crisis mental health care that states police cells should never be used to hold children and young people.

Daily roundup: Discrimination, adoption advertising, and children's hospital review

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Monday, February 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Staff survey reveals apparent increase in discrimination at Department for Education; council launches cinema advertising campaign; and probe ordered into deaths at Bristol children's hospital, all in the news today.

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‘It’s a no-win scenario, either the police or a gang will get you’ Young People and Organised Crime – Vulnerable or Criminal?

Google to fund charities to tackle youth violence

'County lines' child trafficker convicted in landmark case

MPs to probe rise in knife crime in wake of spate of deaths

Sale of controversial water cannons set to fund youth projects

Domestic violence advisers placed in London hospitals

My Life: Damian Czerwiak, 18, Bedfordshire

Tackling radicalisation must not deter radical thinking

Vulnerable missing children exploited by drug gangs, report finds

Gang prevention work needs to start in primary school, say MPs

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

Daily roundup: Rotherham DCS, Portsmouth Ofsted, and Scottish independence vote

Doncaster launches review into child sexual exploitation 'failings'

Daily roundup: Extremism, free schools, and youth merger

Rotherham: The key questions answered

ADCS urges safeguarding agencies to learn lessons from Rotherham

Police use of stop and search undermines trust

Daily roundup: Adoption, youth commissioner, and sexting

Daily roundup: Adoption, serious case review, and social media

Daily roundup: Leaving care, young offenders and youth clubs

Daily roundup: School days, youth unemployment, and cyber-blackmail

Daily roundup: Early years, domestic violence and child protection

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

Daily roundup: Discrimination, adoption advertising, and children's hospital review

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