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Remembering a ‘compassionate and radical’ leader

    Opinion
  • Sunday, January 28, 2024
    • | CYP Now
While there are many things that can be said about Camila Batmanghelidjh, who died in January, few could question her fierce determination and spirit to raising and keeping the needs of young people on the agenda. We shall miss her voice and the sector will miss her courage.

Statutory guidance gives us ‘permission’ to practice

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
    • | CYP Now
A line by poet Oliver Wendell Holmes – “The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions” – feels apt when considering the guidance that governs local authority functions and responsibilities to vulnerable children and families.

We need a joined-up strategy for children

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
    • | CYP Now
The situation facing many children in this country is at crisis point. More families are finding themselves in desperate circumstances, whether that’s due to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis or because early intervention support has been starved of resources due to cuts to children’s social care budgets and funds being diverted towards late interventions.

Three key sector issues for a general election year

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
    • | CYP Now
In all likelihood 2024 will be a general election year, with the outcome at the polls setting the policy agenda for the rest of the decade. For children and families services, three issues could play a key role in the campaign.

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