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Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

Child Poverty Action Group launches legal challenge to welfare reforms

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Monday, March 7, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is to face a legal challenge to controversial welfare reforms after the Child Poverty Action Group announced it has issued proceedings for judicial review.

Care leavers will be hit by reduction in housing services

News

Friday, March 25, 2011

| CYP Now

Housing professionals have warned that budget cuts will result in a loss of support for vulnerable young people.

Early intervention needed to stem cases of youth homelessness, says Shelter

News

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

| CYP Now

More than eight out of 10 young homeless people in Scotland had run away at least once before they reached 16, research by Shelter has found.

Parliament gives voice to young homeless people

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Young homeless people are set to have a say on policy affecting them, after the government announced funding to create a Homeless Young People's Parliament.

Number of families living in B&Bs on the rise

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Friday, September 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Benefit cuts and rising household debts have been blamed for an increase in the number of families forced to live in emergency bed and breakfast accommodation.

Children's social workers face knowledge test

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

| CYP Now

New children's social workers will have to pass a test of their knowledge in order to become an approved practitioner as part of government attempts to improve the quality of the profession, it has been announced.

National action plan urged for young runaways

News

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Dedicated early intervention services must be set up in every local authority area to protect young runaways from abuse, a charity has said.

Vulnerable young Londoners to benefit from building skills scheme

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Vulnerable young people across London are to receive training in construction skills through a £10m joint initiative run by the Mayor of London and charity The Big Issue.

Immigration Bill changes ‘put vulnerable children at risk'

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Thousands of the most vulnerable children in the UK could be left facing homelessness and at risk of exploitation and abuse as a result of changes in the Immigration Bill, a charity has claimed.

Families in crisis face funding shortfall, warns LGA

News

Monday, February 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils may be unable to provide emergency support for families in crisis as a result of government funding changes, local government leaders have warned.

Support for children who run away from care put under the spotlight

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Monday, March 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Two parliamentary groups have launched an inquiry into the support available to children who run away or go missing from care.

Tens of thousands set to lose legal advice

News

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Close to 70,000 young people struggling with problems relating to issues such as homelessness and employment face losing access to free legal advice due to government plans to cut the legal aid budget by 350m, a report has warned.

Youth rough sleeping falls six per cent in London

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Monday, July 4, 2016

| CYP Now

There has been a six per cent fall in young people sleeping rough in London at a time when the overall figure for street homelessness is on the rise, data has revealed.

Members of Centrepoint Parliament speak out over tuition fees

News

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

| CYP Now

Homeless young people voiced their fears and frustrations over rising tuition fees, the abolition of the education maintenance allowance (EMA) and barriers to work at the opening of the Centrepoint Parliament this week.

Councils urged to court private landlords to prevent youth homelessness

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Friday, August 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Increasing numbers of vulnerable young people face homelessness unless measures to improve the supply, quality and stability of the private rented sector are taken, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has warned.

Public underestimates level of youth homelessness

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Four out of five Britons underestimate the scale of youth homelessness in the UK, research has found.

Child exploitation is a problem for every council, insists Loughton

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Every local authority and local safeguarding children board must assume sexual exploitation is a problem in their area, the children's minister has insisted.

Daily roundup: Children's centre redundancies, child legal disputes rise, and housing fears

News

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Sure Start jobs set to go in Portsmouth; international legal disputes over child custody on the rise, and Shelter report reveals extent of renting families' insecurity, all in the news today.

Numbers of families in hostels on the rise

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Thursday, August 14, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of families living in hostels and women's refuges is at its highest level for six years, according to latest government figures.

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Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

Child Poverty Action Group launches legal challenge to welfare reforms

Care leavers will be hit by reduction in housing services

Early intervention needed to stem cases of youth homelessness, says Shelter

Parliament gives voice to young homeless people

Number of families living in B&Bs on the rise

Children's social workers face knowledge test

National action plan urged for young runaways

Vulnerable young Londoners to benefit from building skills scheme

Immigration Bill changes ‘put vulnerable children at risk'

Families in crisis face funding shortfall, warns LGA

Support for children who run away from care put under the spotlight

Tens of thousands set to lose legal advice

Youth rough sleeping falls six per cent in London

Members of Centrepoint Parliament speak out over tuition fees

Councils urged to court private landlords to prevent youth homelessness

Public underestimates level of youth homelessness

Child exploitation is a problem for every council, insists Loughton

Daily roundup: Children's centre redundancies, child legal disputes rise, and housing fears

Numbers of families in hostels on the rise

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