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Councils 'fear for future of breakfast and after-school clubs' post-pandemic

Thursday, July 29, 2021

| CYP Now

Local authorities are concerned about shortages in school-aged childcare such as breakfast and after-school clubs due to the impact of the coronaviurus pandemic, a report has warned.

CYP Now 2016 Awards revealed on night of huge celebration and pride

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Friday, November 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Twenty-two inspirational and deserving winners were last night revealed at the 2016 CYP Now Awards on an evening of celebration for the children's sector.

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Extended school hours plans 'should focus on deprived areas'

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Friday, April 1, 2016

| CYP Now

The government should target funding to extend the school day to schools in deprived areas, a think-tank has said.

£520m ‘sugar tax' set to fund child health initiatives

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

| CYP Now

A tax on sugary drinks will be used to fund initiatives to promote school sports and lengthen the school day, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.

Schools should offer more non-formal activities, say pupils

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Friday, July 10, 2015

| CYP Now

More than four in five state school pupils believe their school fails to provide enough outdoor activities, a report has claimed.

Conservatives plan to link youth jobseeker payments to ‘community work'

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Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Young people aged 18 to 21 and out of work or training for more than six months will need to do community work to continue receiving jobseeker's allowance (JSA), Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Bank fines fund 100 cadet units in schools

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Thursday, June 19, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has launched a £1m bursary scheme as part of a bid to open 100 new cadet units in state schools by 2015.

Call for school sport to tackle 'crisis of inactivity'

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Friday, February 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Schools need to take greater responsibility in addressing a "crisis of inactivity" among children and young people, the chair of the Youth Sport Trust has said.

More DfE funding for military-led mentoring projects

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Monday, November 18, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has injected a further £4.8m into military-led projects that tackle underachievement in educationally disengaged children.

Pupils need their own union, says young activist

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

| CYP Now

A youth activist is seeking to set up a national association for school pupils to give young people a say in education policies.

MyPlace centres open doors to schools

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth organisations are to encourage schools to use facilities at government-built youth clubs under a Department for Education-funded project.

Commission to assess the cost and availability of childcare

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has launched a commission into the affordability and availability of childcare.

Pressure on school budgets threatens future of breakfast clubs

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Monday, October 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Teachers across the UK have warned that up to half of breakfast clubs could close because of cuts to school budgets.

Extended schools initiative to offer challenging pupils 'tough love'

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| CYP Now

London mayor Boris Johnson will launch an after-school-club programme next year to instil discipline and motivation in pupils with challenging behaviour.

Parents cut back on after-school activities

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Friday, August 26, 2011

| CYP Now

Almost a third of parents are to cut back on after-school activities due to the rising cost of living, according to latest research.

Summer sparks concerns over child neglect

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

| CYP Now

Parents fear a summer rise in child neglect cases, an Action for Children survey has revealed.

Top-down approach to extended services wins praise

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Friday, April 1, 2011

| CYP Now

The previous government's centrally-driven approach to implementing the extended services programme in schools was highly successful and should be used to inform future education policy, a study by academics claims.

Cost of childcare continues to rise

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

| CYP Now

The cost of childcare has continued to rise with prices for childminders, nurseries and after-school club provision increasing by 4.8 per cent, according to the Daycare Trust's annual survey.

Education: Text service offers special needs help

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

| CYP Now

A text messaging service that provides advice for parents of children with special educational needs has been launched by the Advisory Centre for Education (ACE).

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Councils 'fear for future of breakfast and after-school clubs' post-pandemic

CYP Now 2016 Awards revealed on night of huge celebration and pride

Daily roundup:

Extended school hours plans 'should focus on deprived areas'

£520m ‘sugar tax' set to fund child health initiatives

Schools should offer more non-formal activities, say pupils

Conservatives plan to link youth jobseeker payments to ‘community work'

Bank fines fund 100 cadet units in schools

Call for school sport to tackle 'crisis of inactivity'

More DfE funding for military-led mentoring projects

Pupils need their own union, says young activist

MyPlace centres open doors to schools

Commission to assess the cost and availability of childcare

Pressure on school budgets threatens future of breakfast clubs

Extended schools initiative to offer challenging pupils 'tough love'

Parents cut back on after-school activities

Summer sparks concerns over child neglect

Top-down approach to extended services wins praise

Cost of childcare continues to rise

Education: Text service offers special needs help

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