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Weekend working has negative impact on children, charity warns

Friday, May 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Three quarters of working families are affected by a parent working at the weekend, research from the Relationships Foundation has found.

England urged to follow Scotland's lead in extending parenting support

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Friday, October 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Ministers are being urged to boost support for parents of teenagers in England after the Scottish government pledged to provide information and advice services to all families as part of its new parenting strategy.

Cameron called upon to accelerate reforms for working parents

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Friday, October 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Charity leaders have written to Prime Minister David Cameron demanding that he push forward plans to improve flexible working, amid reports that government plans to improve work environments for parents have stalled.

Clegg admits flaws in child benefit plans

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Monday, March 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has confirmed that the government is considering altering the detail of its plans to take child benefit away from higher earners.

Cameron's welfare proposals will 'remove safety net' for families in need

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Monday, June 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has been accused of "perpetuating damaging myths" by signalling greater curbs on welfare support for out-of-work families.

Oxfordshire's children's centres saved from closure

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Monday, December 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Oxfordshire County Council has backtracked over plans to close scores of children's centres, proposing instead to develop a family-focused early intervention service.

4Children wants long-term childcare strategy to tackle poverty

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Government should pick up the tab for much of the cost of accessing childcare for working people on low incomes, 4Children has said.

Unemployed parents to be turned into childminders

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Out-of-work parents will be trained to become childminders under a new government-funded programme, CYP Now can reveal.

Riots reinforce need for early intervention, says Allen

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

| CYP Now

The MP who led a review on early intervention has called for the government to hold its nerve in pursuing long-term societal change in the wake of riots across England.

4Children appoints Imelda Redmond as new chief

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

| CYP Now

A longstanding campaigner for better end of life care is to become the new chief executive of charity 4Children.

Children's centres: seven councils responsible for more than half of closures

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Just seven councils are responsible for more than half the closures of children's centres since 2010 according to figures provided by childcare minister Sam Gyimah.

Call for children's centres to tackle ‘loneliness' among parents

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's centres should be at the heart of efforts to tackle the emerging issue of loneliness among parents, a children's charity has said.

*Council handed European cash to work with troubled families

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has been handed £1.5m of European cash and the Big Lottery Fund to help support vulnerable families.

As many as 1,000 children's centres now closed, study finds

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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

| CYP Now

Around 1,000 children's centres have closed since 2009, twice as many as officially acknowledged, an education charity has claimed.

Half of families will struggle to pay child maintenance fees

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Close to half (46 per cent) of single parents currently using the Child Support Agency (CSA) will not be able to afford proposed fees to access the new child maintenance service, a poll by charity Gingerbread has found.

Single parents lack necessary support to find suitable employment

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Single parents on Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA) are not getting the support they need to gain employment, according to research by the Single Parent Action Network.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| CYP Now

A new director of children's services has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to turn around the troubled department.

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

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Friday, October 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Seven in 10 families on financial brink

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

| CYP Now

More than 70 per cent of families are on the edge of financial meltdown, a survey by parenting site Netmums has found.

Families experience fewer days out together

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Friday, May 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Concerns over finance and increasingly busy lifestyles are putting family relationships under pressure, charity 4Children has warned.

LGA fears children's centre closures if cuts continue

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Friday, May 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's centres, libraries and sports centres will all be at risk of closure if central government makes significant further cuts to council budgets, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Lottery gives £5m to support long-term early help plans

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

The Big Lottery Fund has distributed a total of £5m to charities in 15 areas of England as part of a bid to improve the life chances of vulnerable under-fours.

Child welfare focus for social policy research unit

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Studies into the quality of life of children living in London, as well as nutrition and the role of fathers are set to be priorities for the Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) in the future.

Emotional abuse of children to become criminal offence

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Proposals in the Queen's Speech to make emotional neglect of children a criminal offence have been welcomed by leading children's charities.

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Weekend working has negative impact on children, charity warns

England urged to follow Scotland's lead in extending parenting support

Cameron called upon to accelerate reforms for working parents

Clegg admits flaws in child benefit plans

Cameron's welfare proposals will 'remove safety net' for families in need

Oxfordshire's children's centres saved from closure

4Children wants long-term childcare strategy to tackle poverty

Unemployed parents to be turned into childminders

Riots reinforce need for early intervention, says Allen

4Children appoints Imelda Redmond as new chief

Children's centres: seven councils responsible for more than half of closures

Call for children's centres to tackle ‘loneliness' among parents

*Council handed European cash to work with troubled families

As many as 1,000 children's centres now closed, study finds

Half of families will struggle to pay child maintenance fees

Single parents lack necessary support to find suitable employment

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Seven in 10 families on financial brink

Families experience fewer days out together

LGA fears children's centre closures if cuts continue

Lottery gives £5m to support long-term early help plans

Child welfare focus for social policy research unit

Emotional abuse of children to become criminal offence

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