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A five-point plan for urgent youth custody reform

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
    • | CYP Now
“Youth custody needs urgent reform,” shouted a recent headline. They were not the words of a children’s right lobbyist or penal reformer, but from the newly appointed chief executive of the Youth Justice Board (YJB), Stephanie Roberts-Bibby. A voice from inside government. This is surely significant.

The cost of leaving

    Opinion
  • Thursday, November 23, 2023
    • | CYP Now
It’s hard writing about the end of our 81-year-old charity when the job we set out to achieve is not truly done.

We need a national strategy to uphold children’s rights

    Opinion
  • Thursday, November 23, 2023
    • | CYP Now
In May, Children England published the Vision for a ChildFair State, the culmination of four years’ work with a group of young people to define the central pillars of support that should be available to every child in every community.

Six reasons to support, not condemn, young people

    Opinion
  • Thursday, October 19, 2023
    • | CYP Now
The number of young people killed this year has already surpassed the total for the whole of 2022. When lives are taken in such a way, it becomes easy to vilify or hang the blame somewhere in the search of answers.

Virtual schools’ expanded remit needs more cash

    Opinion
  • Thursday, September 21, 2023
    • | CYP Now
In the post-pandemic era of hybrid working, for most people the term “virtual school” is likely to conjure up a vision of home learning online. However, the function played by virtual schools is quite different. As a statutory service within England’s local authorities, they are designed to support the educational progress of children in care.

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