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Bradford: Outdoor centre to close as part of budget cuts

Monday, March 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Bradford councillors have agreed to sell off an outdoor residential centre for children as part of £40 million worth of cuts to its budget.

What has prison got to do with early years?

Blogs

Monday, March 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Many of you will have heard me say that the early years is a highly political space. We find ourselves addressing poverty, social services, education and housing and now I find myself within the social justice space, in particular, prisons.

Blanket approach to cost-of-living support 'impacting youth mental health'

News

Friday, March 8, 2024

| CYP Now

The “one-size-fits-all approach” to supporting children through the cost-of-living crisis “overlooks the unique challenges faced by young people”, the Youth Select Committee’s new report has found.

Campaign aims to challenge foster care stereotypes

News

Thursday, March 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Foster Wales is working to amplify young people’s voice to challenge stereotypes and stigma faced by children in care.

Call to end deprivation of children’s liberty in unregulated settings

News

Thursday, March 7, 2024

| CYP Now

The government is being called on to “urgently” halt the practice of using deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders to place vulnerable young people in unregulated settings.

Advice for early years staff on supporting children with parents in prison

News

Thursday, March 7, 2024

| CYP Now

A new resource for early years providers has been produced to help staff support children with a parent or close relative in prison.

Charity seeks evidence of careers guidance impact

News

Thursday, March 7, 2024

| CYP Now

A consultation has launched to assess the effectiveness of current impartial careers guidance for young people.

Referrals to children’s mental health services ‘highest on record’

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of referrals to child and adolescent mental health services (CAHMS) has reached a record high, according to analysis of NHS annual data by charity Mind.

Budget 2024: Chancellor commits £165 million to boost children's homes capacity

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

A £165 million boost to increase children’s homes capacity in England is among measures to support children and families included in the government’s latest budget.

Virtual reality films tackle social media dangers for young people

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

A series of virtual reality (VR) films has been created to help children understand the dangers of social media.

Birmingham councillors approve £100m cuts to children and families services

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

Services for children, young people and families in Birmingham face a funding drop of more than £100 million after councillors approved what are thought to be the biggest budget cuts in local authority history.

London’s care leaver offer to provide housing, healthcare and travel support

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

London Councils has launched as a city-wide offer for care leavers, providing free prescriptions, discounted travel and a range of housing support.

Extend corporate parenting across public services, say MPs and peers

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

Corporate parenting duties on councils should be extended across a raft of other public sector organisations, including the NHS and government departments, according to a cross-party group of MPs and peers.

Budget fails to address local authority funding crisis, sector leaders warn

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

Jeremy Hunt’s latest budget does nothing to address a funding crisis facing local authorities, sector leaders have said.

Council and children’s trust relationship at risk of ‘complete breakdown’

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

The relationship between Bradford Council and the trust that runs children’s services in the city is blighted by tensions around spending and at risk of completely breaking down, warns a government-commissioned review.

Vulnerable girl strip-searched twice by male officers in YOI, report reveals

News

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| CYP Now

An “incredibly vulnerable” girl was restrained and stripped twice by male officers at a young offender institution (YOI), a damning report into the treatment of children in the facility has revealed.

Children's Commissioner calls for regional consistency of child in need plans

News

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| CYP Now

The Children’s Commissioner for England has warned that more than 100,000 vulnerable young people subject to child in need plans are not receiving consistent support due to where they live in the country.

No time to waste: A call for joint action to invest in young people

Blogs

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| CYP Now

Young people in the UK are facing a crisis. From the continued increase in the cost of living to mental health problems, more young people are disengaged from school and are struggling to get on the first rung of the ladder for work.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion – equity for all

Blogs

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| CYP Now

I was asked recently, as a senior leader, to contribute to our International Women’s Day event in Merton and to answer some questions on the pressing issues for women in 2024.

Webinar to support schools in identifying students with speech, language and communication needs

News

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| CYP Now

Leading experts will examine how schools can spot students who have unidentified speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) and what they can do to remove the barriers to learning and social development, during a webinar hosted by CYP Now and its sister titles.

Call for stronger regulation of kinship strategy

Blogs

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| CYP Now

Across England, there are more than 130,000 children who are unable to live with their parents and are being raised by kinship carers.

Funding fears amid decreasing demand for school places in London

News

Monday, March 4, 2024

| CYP Now

A drop in demand for secondary school places in the capital could lead to cutting after-school clubs, narrowing curriculums and more school closures due to reduced funding, London Councils has warned.

Call for inquiry into treatment of migrant children as report reveals placement 'guessing game'

News

Monday, March 4, 2024

| CYP Now

Sector leaders are calling for an inquiry into the treatment of unaccompanied migrant children in the UK after inspectors revealed that those living in a hotel were forced to guess which young people would be next to leave for foster placements.

Improving the Effectiveness of Virtual Schools

Research

Friday, March 1, 2024

| CYP Now

On average, looked-after children do less well at school than their peers with marked differences in educational outcomes between local authority areas. Virtual schools are local authority teams that support the learning of children in care. This study by the University of Exeter, University of Oxford and the National Association of Virtual School Heads (NAVSH) set out to explore the effectiveness of virtual schools and how this could be improved.