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Thursday, November 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Local authorities across London have offered more than 1,820 apprenticeships in council services to young people aged 16 to 24 since January 2009.

Agencies should be offered financial incentive to invest in early intervention, claims taskforce

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

| CYP Now

The government should explore methods for sharing profits from early intervention work to encourage agencies to finance it, the first report of a new taskforce has said.

Atkinson speaks out on her role

Monday, July 5, 2010

| CYP Now

England's children's commissioner Maggie Atkinson does not want her powers to be extended, remaining satisfied that her office's sole remit is to influence policy.

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2010 announced

Thursday, November 18, 2010

| CYP Now

A group of looked-after children who produced a film about domestic abuse and a national campaign to change perceptions of young people with facial disfigurements were among the winners of this year's Children & Young People Now Awards.

Progress in joint working must go on

Opinion

Monday, November 22, 2010

| CYP Now

The decision last week to strip the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) of government funding will inevitably raise concerns that any genuine "development" of the workforce will stall. A plan for how the Department for Education intends to take forward the quango's work is yet to be articulated.

Conservative conference: Give projects time, urges Action for Children chief

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

| CYP Now

New initiatives should be given time to "bed down" before decisions are made about their future, the chief executive of Action for Children (formerly NCH) has said.

Lottery funding for English play projects

Monday, October 13, 2008

| CYP Now

The Big Lottery Fund has announced 3 million pounds worth of funding to be handed out to 16 inclusive play projects across England.

Miliband: Coalition policies 'kicking away the ladders' for young people

Friday, February 4, 2011

| CYP Now

Young people in Britain will be worse off than their parents for the first time in more than a century, Labour leader Ed Miliband said today (4 February).

CYP Now to host workforce show

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

| CYP Now

CYP Now is to stage a pioneering new show for everyone who works to deliver the Every Child Matters agenda locally.

Child mentors key to boosting uptake of cultural activities, says Labour

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

| CYP Now

Labour has proposed getting older children to mentor their younger peers to encourage hard-to-reach children to take up cultural activities.

News Insight: Councils collaborate to drive down costs

Monday, November 1, 2010

| CYP Now

Following the comprehensive spending review, a number of local authorities are looking to save money by merging services. Neil Puffett reports.

Balls blasts plans to break up DCSF

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

| CYP Now

Children's Secretary Ed Balls has hit out at Conservative plans to split up the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).

Sector fears hung parliament inaction could harm services

Friday, May 7, 2010

| CYP Now

Organisations across the children's sector are today coming to terms with the implications of a hung parliament after the general election failed to give any single party a clear majority.

Frontline services at risk as new ministers seek to identify cuts

Monday, May 17, 2010

| CYP Now

Impending cuts are certain to damage frontline children's services and lead to job losses, sector leaders have warned.

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation: Main Fund

Thursday, February 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Funding for charities working in a variety of areas, particularly projects that seek to address a significant gap in provision, challenge convention or set out to influence policy

Sexual health - The place of porn in sex education

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

| CYP Now

Research has suggested that increased access to pornographic material is causing young people to hold distorted impressions about sex. Sue Learner examines how the sensitive issue of pornography can be addressed in schools and youth services.

Wolfson Foundation

Thursday, February 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Funding for charities involved in education, special needs or hospice work

Woodward Charitable Trust

Thursday, February 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Grants for charities supporting the trust's key priorities, which include disability, ex-offenders and addiction

Cattanach Charitable Trust Grants