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National strategy needed to reduce risk for runaway children

Thursday, March 17, 2011

| CYP Now

A government minister must take responsibility for runaway children and drive a national strategy to improve support for children at risk on the streets in the UK it has been agreed.

Judge calls on councils to review support for homeless teenagers

News

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Councils are being urged to improve their support for homeless teenagers, following a damning Court of Appeal judgment against Lambeth Council.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty

Other

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Clegg pledges government review of youth unemployment strategy; the Conservatives could introduce tougher penalties for unemployed young people; and a charity warns literacy levels must improve to tackle child poverty, all in the news today.

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

News

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Parents could be forced to pay as much as £900-a-month if their children are taken into care, under plans announced by Worcestershire County Council.

The house that Daniel built

Other

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Homeless young people renovate empty homes and then move in under a scheme launched by charity Centrepoint. Jo Stephenson visits the first property and meets the lads who will live there.

Almost half of youth homelessness caused by parents

News

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly half of young people end up homeless because their parents refuse to house them, a study has revealed.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

News

Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

Other

Monday, June 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years bursary scheme funds a handful of applicants; gifted poor children less likely than affluent peers to attend top universities; and Bournemouth children's services requires improvement says Ofsted, all in the news today.

A fearless campaigner: Polly Neate, Shelter chief executive

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes speaks to Polly Neate, chief executive of homelessness charity Shelter.

How children at risk get multi-agency support

Best Practice

Thursday, June 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Social care and housing staff join forces to offer support and accommodation to young people at risk of being homeless or entering care.

Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA

News

Friday, June 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to withdraw housing benefit for 18- to 21-year-olds threatens to decimate efforts to tackle youth homelessness and unemployment, YMCA England has warned.

Watchdog tells councils not to use B&Bs for young homeless people

News

Thursday, August 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Bed and breakfast accommodation is not a suitable place to house young homeless people, the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has warned councils.

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the UK government's response to the refugee crisis and foster care provision for refugee children.

Kids Company chief defends failure to pass all cases to councils

News

Thursday, October 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Collapsed children's charity Kids Company has failed to hand over to local authorities all the cases of vulnerable children and young people it was dealing with, its founder Camila Batmanghelidjh has told MPs.

General election 2019: Welfare and care

Other

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

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National strategy needed to reduce risk for runaway children

Judge calls on councils to review support for homeless teenagers

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

The house that Daniel built

Almost half of youth homelessness caused by parents

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

A fearless campaigner: Polly Neate, Shelter chief executive

How children at risk get multi-agency support

Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA

Watchdog tells councils not to use B&Bs for young homeless people

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

Kids Company chief defends failure to pass all cases to councils

General election 2019: Welfare and care

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