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

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.

Children and Families Act: Parental support 'a missed opportunity'

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Friday, March 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Measures in the Children and Families Act to extend support for new parents should have been available to other types of carers, the Family Rights Group (FRG) has said.

Conservative Conference 2011: Cameron reaffirms commitment to families

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has reaffirmed his pledge to make the coalition the most "family-friendly" government in history during his keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference.

Children's centres must innovate or face 'marginalisation', charity warns

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Thursday, November 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Government and local authorities must do more to find "innovative" ways to deliver a full range of children's centres services, a charity has warned.

Majority of five-year-olds struggle at school

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Friday, February 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Fewer than half of five-year-olds in England are considered to have a good level of understanding and behaviour in their first year of school, a review of inequality has found.

£8m fund to tackle London's childcare shortage

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Friday, December 13, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has given a funding boost to early years services in London after figures show only half of the capital's councils have enough nursery places available to provide free childcare for all disadvantaged two-year-olds.

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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

Children and Families Act: Parental support 'a missed opportunity'

Conservative Conference 2011: Cameron reaffirms commitment to families

Children's centres must innovate or face 'marginalisation', charity warns

Majority of five-year-olds struggle at school

£8m fund to tackle London's childcare shortage

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