Emily Aklan is founder of Serenity Welfare. Picture: Serenity Welfare

Supporting children in care over the summer holidays

Guest Blog
Colin Pettigrew is corporate director for children, young people and schools at Nottinghamshire County Council. Picture: Colin Pettigrew

Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

The ADCS Blog
June O’Sullivan in chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation. Picture: LEYF

Time to rethink our ageist attitudes

The Early Years Blog
Ofsted praised improvements made at Lambeth Council over the past year. Photo: Lambeth AdobeStock

Ofsted praises Lambeth’s in house review of children’s services

Children's Services
Among all young people surveyed just 48 per cent said student loans were “a good investment” in their future. Photo: AdobeStock

Young people in food poverty struggling to afford university, warns Sutton Trust

Social Care
Action by families against councils’ decisions over the last decade have tripled, research finds. Picture: Adobe Stock

Almost all SEND appeals against council decisions upheld, figures show

Education
More than half of parents involved in the family drug and alcohol court are reunited with children, research finds. Picture: Adobe Stock

Family drug and alcohol courts boost reunification with children, research finds

Social Care
Scouts leave the World Jamboree early. Picture: World Scouts

Scouts ‘let down’ over World Jamboree relocation, chief executive says

Youth Work
YMCA warns the benefits system is worsening young people's mental health. Picture: Kegfire/Adobe Stock

Benefits system could act as barrier to youth employment, research warns

Youth Work
Sadiq Khan meets children benefiting from free meals at a south London community centre. Picture: Mayor of London's Office

London mayor rolls out free meals to disadvantaged families over summer holidays

Health
The report also calls for greater support for youth justice workers to mitigate 'vicarious trauma'. Picture: Fizkes/Adobe Stock

Youth justice staff 'need more training in trauma-informed practice'

Youth Justice
Hundreds of children have mentioned coercive or controlling behaviour to counsellors at Childline. Picture: Childline/NSPCC

Hundreds of children report coercive abuse, Childline warns

Social Care