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Today’s big challenges need collective efforts

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, December 22, 2021
    • | CYP Now
We start 2022 with a feeling of déjà vu. The emergence of the Omicron variant has derailed the fragile recovery from the pandemic and once again raised the possibility of children’s education being disrupted by school closures and Covid isolation.

Youth work is integral to rural communities

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, August 31, 2021
    • | CYP Now
My summer holiday was in Somerset. A village near our campsite had a recently built youth centre attached to the community hall. A sign advertised the one two-hour session for young people each week, on a Thursday evening. But when we went back on the Thursday evening the club was shut and no young people were around.

Support for pupil learning is premium consideration

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 30, 2021
    • | CYP Now
The £1.7bn “catch-up” programme for pupils has recently started to have an impact: more than 100,000 children have received additional support since last autumn and the government has appointed Education Endowment Foundation chief Sir Kevan Collins to oversee the scheme.

England needs in-depth and speedy care review

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 25, 2020
    • | CYP Now
The government has pledged to undertake a review of the care system “to make sure all care placements and settings are providing children and young adults with the support they need”.

Three key issues of the 2010s to fix in the 2020s

    Opinion
  • Thursday, January 2, 2020
    • | CYP Now
The new government will need to solve quickly a number of longstanding issues affecting vulnerable children and families if it is to offer a more optimistic outlook for a children’s sector worn down by a decade of austerity.

Trial shows votes at 16 is a verdict to support

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 26, 2019
    • | CYP Now
I undertook jury service at the Old Bailey earlier this year. The case I adjudicated on was not a conventional trial, but deciding if the country is ready to lower the voting age to 16 for all UK elections.

Time to invest in the children's workforce

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, January 2, 2019
    • | CYP Now
Ask children's services leaders - whether a director of children's services, head teacher or nursery manager - what motivates their staff, and most will say it's a passion to improve outcomes for children, not the wage that comes with it.

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