Camila Batmanghelidjh set up Kids Company in 1996. Photo: Kids Company

Sector pays tribute to social justice campaigner Camila Batmanghelidjh

Children's Services
CYP Now’s special report on sustainable childcare highlights the key policy developments shaping the sector. Picture: Tunedin/Adobe Stock

Sustainable Childcare Special Report

Early Years
CYP Now looks at key changes expected across the sector in 2024. Picture: Jo Panuwat D/Adobe Stock

Key changes for children and young people’s sector in 2024

Gavin Williamson was Education Secretary during the peak of the pandemic. Picture: UK Parliament

Second Covid schools closure ‘a panic decision’, says former education secretary

Education
CGI images show what Padnell Hall Youth Centre could look like. Picture: Be First

Plans to convert derelict London community hall into new youth centre

Youth Work
Oxfordshire has pledged to improve its SEND services. Picture: Mediteraneo/Adobe Stock

County council publishes SEND improvement plan

Education
The Youth Endowment Fund wants all children who are arrested to be able to access therapy when they need it. Picture: Zinkevchy/Adobe Stock

Access to therapy increases for adopted adults

Social Care
Carolyne Willow: 'It beggars belief that ministers believe staff are not acting in loco parentis.' Picture: Article 39

Children in supported accommodation not protected against corporal punishment, DfE admits

Social Care
The Twinkle for Heather challenge pack has garnered support from across the country. Picture: Sarah Milligan

Twinkle for Heather: Cumbria girl guides promote mental wellbeing in honour of young leader

Youth Work
Greater commissioning of services is among recommendations made in the government's response. Picture: smolaw11/Adobe Stock

Government promises better advocacy and commissioning of services for disabled children

Social Care
Josh MacAlister chaired the Independent Review of Children's Social Care. Picture: Frontline

MacAlister: Government care review plans ‘welcome’ but ‘too timid’

Social Care
The website offers a comparison tool for council offers. Picture: Care Leaver Offer

Councils urged to share care leaver offer on comparison site

Social Care