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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.

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

News

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The chief executive of the National Children's Bureau is to step down after three years in charge, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Benefit sanctions, early years, and childcare support

Other

Monday, March 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Young people struggle for basics after benefits wrongly stopped; early years bodies create policy guidance for party leaders; and poor working families miss out on childcare support, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child protection, a charity merger, and the Fair4Families campaign

Other

Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

A shake-up of child protection training rumoured to be on the cards, The Private Equity Foundation and Impetus Trust announce plans to merge, and a campaign to protect families from cuts, all in the news today.

The ideas importer

Other

Monday, March 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Lauren Higgs talks to George Hoskings, chief executive of the Wave Trust

Ask the Expert: Child neglect concerns

Other

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Rebalance finances towards early intervention, MP tells Treasury

News

Sunday, July 3, 2011

| CYP Now

MP Graham Allen has challenged the Treasury to rebalance government spending towards early intervention and establish a fund that will raise 200m from private investors.

ADCS Conference: Children's services achieve 'fastest council cuts'

News

Thursday, July 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services departments have cut spending faster than any other sector in local government, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has claimed.

Charity urges social care role for children's centres

News

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's centres should become gatekeepers to the children's social care system under a radical new model put forward by 4Children.

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

News

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's charities have criticised the government for failing to prioritise the needs of children in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.

Editorial: Cuts to council funding create a fool's economy

Other

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| CYP Now

There was little festive cheer in the draft local government funding settlement for 2015/16 delivered by ministers just before the Christmas break.

ADCS backs early intervention drive for next government

News

Friday, March 6, 2015

| CYP Now

The next government must take action to ensure savings from early intervention work is ploughed back into children's services, the Association of Directors of Children's services (ADCS) has said.

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

News

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

| CYP Now

More local authority children's services departments will be taken out of council control in order to tackle failure, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

Other

Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Anne Longfield outlines her plans to shape the policy agenda in five key areas including children's use of the internet, tackling child abuse, overcoming inequalities, looked-after children and better cross-government working.

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

Other

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

If children's services are to deliver improved outcomes with declining resources, the sector must embrace technology, joint working and volunteers, says Pillars and Foundations, a radical paper from the ADCS.

Nearly 200,000 babies at risk of harm in the UK

News

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Nearly 200,000 babies in the UK are at risk of serious harm, according to figures released by the NSPCC as it launched its campaign to highlight the vulnerability of children aged under one.

Children's centres in Wirral set for major overhaul

News

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Wirral Borough Council is considering a major shake-up of the region's children's centres in an effort to save money and reduce the number of child social care referrals.

Sure Start committee chair outlines children's centres vision

News

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Placing children's centres on a statutory footing and making them the hub of support services from conception to the age of two would help protect them from local authority funding cuts, an influential MP has said.

MPs call for greater clarity on role and performance of children's centres

News

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

The government must provide greater clarity about the role of children's centres and make councils more accountable to children and families for their performance, MPs have said.

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

News

Thursday, February 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Government efforts to tackle child poverty over the next three years will focus on getting parents into work, decreasing living costs and boosting educational attainment for the poorest children.

Scheme trains parents to boost literacy skills of disadvantaged children

Features

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

| CYP Now

National Literacy Trust supports parents and under-fives to “chat, play and read” as part of DfE-funded social mobility initiative.

Daily roundup: Homeless families, job satisfaction, and call for Royal Commission on child abuse

Other

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

| CYP Now

More families in B&B accommodation, youth work and childcare staff rate their job satisfaction, and a call for wide-ranging commission on child abuse, all in the news today.

Early intervention initiative set to expand

News

Monday, April 16, 2018

| CYP Now

A national task force is to expand its efforts to help local authorities, charities and funders intervene early to avoid children and young people experiencing a range of social problems.

Peterborough unveils children centres restructure plans

News

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's centres in Peterborough could be turned into specialist early intervention units for struggling families as part of a shake up of services.

Daily roundup: Spending cuts, childcare reforms and drug mules

News

Monday, January 6, 2014

| CYP Now

George Osborne warns of further spending cuts; government advisers urge ministers to rethink childcare reforms; and gangs use children to carry drugs out of London, all in the news today.

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

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

Daily roundup: Benefit sanctions, early years, and childcare support

Daily roundup: Child protection, a charity merger, and the Fair4Families campaign

The ideas importer

Ask the Expert: Child neglect concerns

Rebalance finances towards early intervention, MP tells Treasury

ADCS Conference: Children's services achieve 'fastest council cuts'

Charity urges social care role for children's centres

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

Editorial: Cuts to council funding create a fool's economy

ADCS backs early intervention drive for next government

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

Nearly 200,000 babies at risk of harm in the UK

Children's centres in Wirral set for major overhaul

Sure Start committee chair outlines children's centres vision

MPs call for greater clarity on role and performance of children's centres

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

Scheme trains parents to boost literacy skills of disadvantaged children

Daily roundup: Homeless families, job satisfaction, and call for Royal Commission on child abuse

Early intervention initiative set to expand

Peterborough unveils children centres restructure plans

Daily roundup: Spending cuts, childcare reforms and drug mules

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