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<img alt="Google to fund charities to tackle youth violence" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/92316e9d-37c9-4e87-b5b0-b36780dfdba1/7/ScreenShot20170320at112021-320x198.png" />
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The fund, which is backed by the London Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), will help London-based organisations and communities deal with the challenges of how young and at-risk people use...
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Published: 12 December 2018
<img alt="Mental health: Government urged to invest in charities helping marginalised young people" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/75bdb89d-8086-4445-91c5-abcaa478ac70/3/picYouthAccess-320x198.png" />
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The research found that groups such as black and minority ethnic (BME) young people, older teenagers and young women are more likely to access informal support provided by youth workers in drop-in clinics...
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Published: 11 December 2018
<img alt="First 'Child House' for child sexual abuse victims launches" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/28209540-243b-4795-8e48-037bb3e98985/3/BarnahusapproachIceland-320x198.jpg" />
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The initiative aims to provide a comfortable, safe environment for young people where they will receive medical, social care and therapeutic support in one place.
Police will also use the house to carry...
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Published: 11 December 2018
<img alt="Serious violence: £200m fund opens to youth projects" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/9716c155-43b0-4e3f-b84d-14670897714b/2/besafe009-320x198.jpg" />
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Plans for the £200m Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) were announced by the government in October 2018.
The fund will invest its money in programmes designed to guide vulnerable young people away from crime...
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Published: 10 December 2018
<img alt="DfE tells councils to prioritise educational support for children in care" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/3d86b0d2-4294-468f-bdf9-975b39b35b21/3/ClassroomSpassAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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An interim report of a government review on the issue concludes that poor educational outcomes for children in need are not inevitable, but agencies supporting them are not ambitious enough.
"Our findings...
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Published: 10 December 2018
<img alt="Councils receive £4.5m to support children of alcoholics" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/22683061-ac37-476c-af38-30bf829d6473/3/AlcoholJimVarneyPosedByModel-320x198.jpg" />
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The money, being provided through the Innovation Fund for Children of Dependent Drinkers, which is managed by Public Health England (PHE), will be used to run projects with a "new and creative approach"...
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Published: 10 December 2018
<img alt="Mental health: Inquiry urges removal of parental power to have children detained" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/cfcde28c-7723-4938-be82-31f8bfdfbe7b/1/mentalhealthdepressionnewscastonline-320x198.jpg" />
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Parents or carers can currently consent on behalf of a child or young person under the age of 16 to either their admission to hospital, or treatment, even if the young person objects. They are also able...
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Published: 10 December 2018
<img alt="Spending on children's centres falls by £110m" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/34d9cc6b-a9a7-418a-a621-a810935ade6a/2/childrenscentre-320x198.jpg" />
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Department for Education figures for confirmed spending by councils on children's services, show that in the 2017/18 financial year they spent £664.8m on Sure Start children's centres, compared with £774.3m...
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Published: 6 December 2018
<img alt="Child poverty: One million under-10s 'face desperate Christmas'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/10ec7c1b-94e4-4cc8-b7d7-f3726fe23c78/3/ActionforChildrenSecretSanta-320x198.jpg" />
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Analysis by Action for Children of Department for Work and Pensions data for 2014/15 to 2016/17 on family income, including material deprivation, which measures access to basic items, found there are one...
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Published: 6 December 2018