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Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on growing vegetables, telling stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and help for Eastern European children.

Council chiefs call for scrapping of DCS role

News

Thursday, May 8, 2014

| CYP Now

The role of director of children's services (DCS) should be scrapped to give local authorities more flexibility over leadership, a report has recommended.

Newfound independence

Other

Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Laura McCardle meets Michael Lynas, chief executive of the National Citizen Service.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

News

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Children's centres funding cut by £400m in three years

News

Friday, September 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Spending on children's centres and early years services has been slashed by more than £400m in the space of just three years, government figures show.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

Other

Monday, March 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Chamber of Commerce warning on youth unemployment figures; fraction of public health spending goes on child obesity; and government launches action plan to tackle violence against females, all in the news today.

Guide helps children's professionals understand key election pledges

News

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children & Young People Now presents the definitive guide to what the main parliamentary parties are pledging on key issues for children, young people and families.

NYA needs to 'reconnect' with youth sector, says new interim chief

News

Thursday, June 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The National Youth Agency's (NYA) interim boss has admitted that the organisation may have been "complacent" in meeting the needs of a changing youth sector.

Ask the Experts: Making guardianship orders work

Other

Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on guardianship orders, dealing with bereavement, restructures at work and complaints about youth activities.

Unions slam employers' plans to scrap youth work pay settlement

News

Monday, February 1, 2016

| CYP Now

A row has erupted between unions and employers over plans to scrap a system for setting the pay of youth workers in England and Wales that has existed for more than half a century.

Ask the Experts: Retain a strong voice for children

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the future of DCSs, helping children of substance misusers, improving speech skills and conflict resolution.

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Other

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on problem academies, whole-family assessments, supporting parents at nursery and a squatting protest.

Leadership: Let young people decide on the services that meet their needs

Best Practice

Monday, June 13, 2011

| CYP Now

The services that support young people outside of school are relatively small and there are few statutory requirements to deliver them. In times of austerity, they are often extensively and disproportionately cut back. The consequences of cutting ineffectively can be disastrous - expensive in both human and economic terms.

Leadership: Commissioning works when you know what young people need

Opinion

Monday, February 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Commissioning is a social model. It is about achieving social outcomes and assigning resources to need, says Garath Symonds.

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

Other

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's professionals struggle to keep pace with child abusers' tactics; 23 campaign groups highlight need for child-friendly policies; and Bracknell Forest youth hub set to open by 2016, all in the news today.

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

News

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

It is now one week since an independent report by Professor Alexis Jay estimated that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. CYP Now looks at what has happened since publication last Tuesday.

Youth charities set for bigger role in Bradford

News

Monday, March 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Voluntary groups need to be given a greater role in shaping and delivering youth services in Bradford, a council-wide review of the city's youth offer has recommended.

Fiona Blacke to leave National Youth Agency

News

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

| CYP Now

National Youth Agency (NYA) chief executive Fiona Blacke is to step down after nearly eight years leading the organisation.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

News

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Call for youth group collaboration to increase influence

News

Friday, April 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Youth groups are being urged to form a lobbying alliance to get a better deal for the sector from the next government.

MPs elect Neil Carmichael as education committee chair

News

Thursday, June 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Neil Carmichael has been elected as chair of the parliamentary education committee, seeing off competition from former children's minister Tim Loughton.

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the dangers of legal highs, child protection changes, building a bug hotel and holding a winter bazaar.

Collaboration call for youth sector

Other

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Leading youth organisations want to see closer working between youth services providers and other sectors.

Third London youth zone gets green light

News

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to build a £6m state-of-the-art youth zone have been given the go-ahead by a London council.

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

Other

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on delivering sensitive training, school place planning, bilingual nursery support and a bereaved young carer.

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Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Council chiefs call for scrapping of DCS role

Newfound independence

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Children's centres funding cut by £400m in three years

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

Guide helps children's professionals understand key election pledges

NYA needs to 'reconnect' with youth sector, says new interim chief

Ask the Experts: Making guardianship orders work

Unions slam employers' plans to scrap youth work pay settlement

Ask the Experts: Retain a strong voice for children

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Leadership: Let young people decide on the services that meet their needs

Leadership: Commissioning works when you know what young people need

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

Youth charities set for bigger role in Bradford

Fiona Blacke to leave National Youth Agency

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Call for youth group collaboration to increase influence

MPs elect Neil Carmichael as education committee chair

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Collaboration call for youth sector

Third London youth zone gets green light

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

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