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Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

Thursday, January 31, 2013

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Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.

Passion for positive thinking

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

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Laura McCardle meets Jane Slowey, chief executive of the Foyer Federation.

A head for business: UK Youth chief executive Anna Smee

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

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Laura McCardle meets Anna Smee, chief executive of UK Youth.

Social investment advocate: Joanne Hay, Teens and Toddlers chief executive

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

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Derren Hayes meets Joanne Hay, chief executive of Teens and Toddlers.

Weight of expectation: Eustace de Sousa, children's lead, Public Health England

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Monday, September 14, 2015

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Derren Hayes meets Eustace de Sousa, children's lead, Public Health England.

Interview: Tulip Siddiq MP, shadow children and early years minister

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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

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Derren Hayes speaks to Labour's children and early years minister.

Interview: Justin Russell, HM chief inspector, Probation Service

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Tuesday, September 29, 2020

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Derren Hayes talks to probation chief about standards of youth offending services.

Champion for children's rights: Carol Homden, Coram chief executive

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Monday, September 23, 2019

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Derren Hayes talks to Carol Homden, chief executive of Coram.

Interview - Keep Britain tidy - Bill Bryson, president, Campaign to Protect Rural England

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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Bill Bryson doesn't regard himself as a role model for young people. On the issue of engaging them in the Campaign to Protect Rural England's current drive to stop littering, he admits: "What a campaign like this needs is for young people to be hearing from someone who isn't an old fart like me. It's no good me looking to young people to join the campaign. They aren't going to do something just because I say so."

Beacon for child health: Terence Stephenson, president, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

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When it comes to professionals who work with children, Lord Laming's report on safeguarding has major implications across the board.

Interview: The Taboo Breaker - Dr Graham Jowett, director of education, Treloar College

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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

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The campaign to secure equal rights for disabled children and young people has seen specialist childcare, opportunities for disabled young people and communication needs pushed up the political agenda.

Interview: Kate Fallon, general secretary, Association of Educational Psychologists

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Monday, February 7, 2011

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From advising parents and teachers on autism to working with children in early years settings and schools, educational psychologists carry out one of the most varied and specialist roles in children's services.

Interview: Service with an edge

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

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- Penny Nicholls, director of children and young people, The Children's Society.

Interview: John Dunford, general secretary, Association of School and College Leaders

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Friday, July 23, 2010

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That Education Secretary Michael Gove chose teaching union veteran John Dunford to review the role of the children's commissioner chimes with the new Department for Education's focus on all things schools.

Interview: For the health of Hackney - David Daniels, principal, Petchey Academy

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

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Food at the Petchey Academy in Hackney, east London, is strictly policed. "Students are not allowed to bring food into the academy, they can only bring water or fruit," says David Daniels, the principal. "They all have to eat the midday meal, though they have a choice of meat or veg."

Interview: Sarah Teather, minister for children and families

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Monday, January 23, 2012

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Sarah Teather is apologising that her rather functional Westminster office is not as homely as those of fellow ministers. "You should see some of them, especially the men's - have you seen Tim Loughton's?" she giggles. "They like to nest. But I've not been very good at nesting here."