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Remit of children's chiefs expands as Webb takes on ADCS presidency

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Andrew Webb, the first president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services not to have the word "children" in his title, tells CYP Now his policy priorities for the year ahead and his views on an evolving role

Street play boosted by £1m government grant

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

| CYP Now

A consortium of play organisations has received more than a million pounds of government funding.

RSPB to examine children's experience of nature

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

| CYP Now

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is to attempt to measure children's connection to nature as part of efforts to encourage outdoor play.

Pop-up shops to address London's play space deficit

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Empty high street retail units are among the disused sites being converted into pop-up play projects by a London charity, to address the increasing deficit of play spaces in the capital.

Early Intervention Grant will increase, insists Gove

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

| CYP Now

The Education Secretary has defended claims the government is cutting the Early Intervention Grant, insisting that funding for councils will in fact increase.

Quiz of the Year 2012

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| CYP Now

How closely have you been following the ups and downs of the children and young people's sector over the past 12 months? Test your knowledge here with the CYP Now quiz of the year

Daily roundup: Primary league tables, diagnosing cleft palate, and health inequalities in Scotland

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Annual primary school rankings, concerns over late diagnosis of cleft palate in babies, and a report warns the poorest children in Scotland will die 13 years before their peers, all in the news today.

Seven in 10 London councils reduce or lose play budget

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

| CYP Now

More than 70 per cent of local authorities in London have either cut funding for play in the past year or no longer have a budget for the service, a survey has found.

Hackney Play Streets

Best Practice

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Hackney Council-funded Play Streets project has involved 40 streets being closed for play since September 2012.

Children and families directorate slashed

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

| CYP Now

The Department for Education's children, young people and families directorate will receive a 13 per cent blow to its budget in 2012/13 and lose 106 full-time posts, an email leaked to CYP Now has revealed.

Schools urged to protect children's playtime

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

| CYP Now

London Play has warned that giving schools the freedom to decide on the length and structure of their day could lead to a reduction in unstructured playtime for children.

Fall in funding threatens children's rights, report warns

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's basic rights are being threatened by widespread funding cuts, according to a new report.

Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

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Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Anne Longfield outlines her plans to shape the policy agenda in five key areas including children's use of the internet, tackling child abuse, overcoming inequalities, looked-after children and better cross-government working.

CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2015

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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

| CYP Now

With a general election, new policy announcements, ongoing austerity measures and high-profile charity closures, 2015 was another busy year in the children and young people sector. Here is a rundown of the most-read stories published on the CYP Now website over the past 12 months.

No play budget at half of hospitals

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Thursday, October 14, 2021

| CYP Now

Half of all UK hospitals have no budget for play to support their young patients, according to a charity.

Play in peril: charting the decline of playgrounds across 40 years

Analysis

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| CYP Now

Author of a landmark directory of adventure and holiday play provision in 1980 draws on new data that documents how many schemes are still running and assesses the impact that closures have had on children.