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The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted how schools are “propping up the welfare state” by providing families with food, clothing and signposting to support services, researchers have said.

Almost a million young people to be hit by universal credit cut

News

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

| CYP Now

The end of the £20 universal credit uplift will “disproportionately” affect around one million young people, the YMCA has warned.

Covid recovery – John Lyon's Charity

Funding

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

| CYP Now

While the immediate impact of Covid-19 on charities' finances has been all too clear, with Pro Bono Economics predicting the pandemic would cost charities £6.4bn in lost income in 2020, the long-term effects on the sector are still largely unknown.

ADCS presidency to be focused on recovery

Analysis

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

| CYP Now

New ADCS president for 2021/22 Charlotte Ramsden sets out her key priorities and how she will apply a collaborative style of leadership.

Most English councils expect to slash budgets next year, NAO warns

News

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

| CYP Now

The majority of local authorities in England plan to make further budget cuts next year following the Covid-19 pandemic, a stark new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) warns.

De Souza embarks on children’s commissioner role vowing to 'listen to sector'

News

Monday, March 1, 2021

| CYP Now

Dame Rachel De Souza has vowed to “take responsibility for the future of children” as she takes on the role of children’s commissioner for England.

Why Families on a Low Income are Spending More During Covid-19

Research

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| CYP Now

The Pandemic Pressures study is a collaboration between the Resolution Foundation think-tank and the Nuffield Foundation-funded Covid Realities research project at the University of York. In general, average household spending has fallen by 10 per cent during the pandemic with decreased spend on leisure activities, meals out, holidays and commuting costs.

Lords to examine 'increasing lack of support' for vulnerable children

News

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

| CYP Now

A new inquiry by the House of Lords aims to find ways public services can improve the support they offer vulnerable children and their families, it has been announced.

Children’s commissioner calls for social care reform in stark warning to ‘negligent’ government

News

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

| CYP Now

The children’s commissioner for England will warn politicians that local authority children’s services “are on the edge of a precipice” due to a lack of funding to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic and delays to long-awaited reforms.

Councils need £1.9bn investment in children's services, says LGA ahead of spending review

News

Thursday, October 1, 2020

| CYP Now

Councils in England need a £1.9bn investment in children's services by 2024 to cope with demand after lockdown, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.

Coping with pandemic lockdowns

Analysis

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

| CYP Now

A fifth of England’s population is under local restrictions, presenting challenges for children’s services.

Pandemic response must address legacy of trauma

Opinion

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes editor, Children & Young People Now derren.hayes@markallengroup.com

Rishi Sunak urged to ‘put children at the heart’ of spending review

News

Thursday, September 24, 2020

| CYP Now

Hundreds of young people and organisations supporting children have called on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to “put children at the heart” of his spending review.

Children’s services referrals rise as lockdown measures ease

News

Thursday, September 17, 2020

| CYP Now

Most local authorities have reported a rise in referrals to children's services since lockdown measures eased, latest government figures show.

Six companies provide half of private foster care placements, latest Ofsted analysis shows

News

Thursday, July 23, 2020

| CYP Now

Half of all private and voluntary foster care placements in England are provided by just six companies, latest figures from Ofsted show.

Girls at higher risk of informal exclusion than boys, study shows

News

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

| CYP Now

Girls are more likely to be informally excluded from schools in England than boys leaving them hidden from official statistics and missing out on vital support, new research shows.

DfE launches consultation on extension of statutory duty relaxations

News

Monday, July 20, 2020

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has launched a consultation over the extension of controversial emergency legislation which relaxes and removes local authorities’ statutory duties to vulnerable children.

Coronavirus daily update: Wednesday 15 July

News

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

| CYP Now

Young people in the secure estate will now be able to receive visits as restrictions imposed at the start of the coronavirus lockdown are lifted.

Children’s services lack funding to deal with ‘peak in demand’, ADCS warns

News

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

| CYP Now

Children’s services departments are facing a post-lockdown “peak in demand” but have “no emergency funding left” to cope with it, the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has warned.

Delivery drivers and postal workers urged to spot signs of child abuse

News

Friday, July 10, 2020

| CYP Now

Delivery drivers, postal workers and concerned neighbours are being asked to help fight child abuse as part of a campaign by the National Police Chiefs Council and The Children’s Society.

Children's home providers question restraint of young people with Covid-19 symptoms

News

Thursday, July 9, 2020

| CYP Now

Children’s home providers have raised concerns over changes to legislation that allow young people suspected of having Covid-19 to be physically prevented from leaving a residence, the Independent Children’s Home Association (ICHA) has said.

ADCS president calls for urgent action to address inequality in first virtual speech

News

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

| CYP Now

Financial, social and educational inequality should be addressed as a “priority” as the UK eases out of Covid-19 lockdown, the president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has said.

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Schools 'propping up welfare state' during pandemic, researchers warn

Almost a million young people to be hit by universal credit cut

Covid recovery – John Lyon's Charity

ADCS presidency to be focused on recovery

Most English councils expect to slash budgets next year, NAO warns

De Souza embarks on children’s commissioner role vowing to 'listen to sector'

Why Families on a Low Income are Spending More During Covid-19

Lords to examine 'increasing lack of support' for vulnerable children

Children’s commissioner calls for social care reform in stark warning to ‘negligent’ government

Councils need £1.9bn investment in children's services, says LGA ahead of spending review

Coping with pandemic lockdowns

Pandemic response must address legacy of trauma

Rishi Sunak urged to ‘put children at the heart’ of spending review

Children’s services referrals rise as lockdown measures ease

Six companies provide half of private foster care placements, latest Ofsted analysis shows

Girls at higher risk of informal exclusion than boys, study shows

DfE launches consultation on extension of statutory duty relaxations

Coronavirus daily update: Wednesday 15 July

Children’s services lack funding to deal with ‘peak in demand’, ADCS warns

Delivery drivers and postal workers urged to spot signs of child abuse

Children's home providers question restraint of young people with Covid-19 symptoms

ADCS president calls for urgent action to address inequality in first virtual speech

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