Lib Peck is director of London's VRU. Picture: London VRU

Youth workers feel ‘professionally abandoned’, says director of London’s VRU

Youth Work
New NICE guidelines around FASD have been published. Picture: Adobe Stock

FASD and the new NICE quality standard

Guest Blog
Carol Payne is I CAN’s interim chief executive. Picture: I CAN

Schools white paper: Supporting all children to make sure their voice is heard

Guest Blog
This pen portrait was drawn up by a child speaking to a family they could be matched with. Picture: Five Rivers

New ways of connecting children to families to care for them

Guest Blog
Most Brits believe access to nature is beneficial for children's mental health. Picture: Adobe Stock

Two-thirds of UK adults back call for investment in outdoor education

Education
Children excluded from school and those with mental health issues are among those most at risk, research shows. Picture: Adobe Stock

Covid increases risk of criminalisation among vulnerable children, report warns

Youth Justice
The persistent absence rate for FSM pupils was around three times greater than for non-FSM eligible children. Picture: Adobe Stock

Absence rates higher among pupils eligible for free school meals

Education
The woman was in the care of Staffordshire Council as a teenager. Picture: Adobe Stock

Council to reconsider complaint from care leaver

Social Care
Children will also be eligible for the pupil premium and free home to school transport. Picture: Adobe Stock

Free school meals eligibility for disadvantaged migrant children made permanent

Children's Services
Derren Hayes: 'Moving to a ‘report card’ system should remove the stigma that came with being branded inadequate'

Childcare feels pinch of cost-of-living crisis

Editorial
Denise Hatton, chief executive, YMCA England & Wales

Help young people through the cost-of-living crisis

Youth Work
John Drew, senior associate, the Prison Reform Trust and former chief executive, the Youth Justice Board

Make Oakhill review public to shape youth custody

Youth Justice