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<img alt="Call to end unnecessary criminalisation of children in care" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/2726d0e1-6043-410e-8ba5-ac761d0d0baa/1/3b663c900a8aca0c066774252c54fde9jpg-320x198.jpg" />
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A national protocol published today by the Department for Education, Home Office and Ministry of Justice, outlines ways the prosecution of children in care and care leavers can be avoided "wherever possible...
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Published: 27 November 2018
<img alt="Council compensates couple after unfairly reducing SGO funding" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f96f6f28-cc86-4f9e-b87e-c2382fc958ed/1/childshutterstock-320x198.jpg" />
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Bedford Borough Council applied for a Special Guardianship Order (SGO) on behalf of a couple fostering two young siblings in 2014.
Under the arrangement, the family understood it would continue to receive...
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cypn
Published: 26 November 2018
<img alt="Police moped crime tactics risk young lives, campaigners warn" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/3f34dfdd-1344-4963-adec-b20376312583/3/E26114khaleghi3-320x198.jpg" />
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A video released by the Metropolitan Police (Met) showing officers in patrol cars pursuing moped drivers and knocking them to the ground has provoked concerns that children will be killed as under-18s...
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Published: 26 November 2018
<img alt="Ofsted praises action to tackle child sexual abuse in Cornwall" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/ca1c297b-e4de-41b5-8a4e-cbdbdd965fe3/4/CornwallCouncil-320x198.jpg" />
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A joint-targeted area inspection, carried out by Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services and HM Inspectorate of Probation, found a strong commitment...
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Published: 26 November 2018
<img alt="Young inspectors set to evaluate national youth provision" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/2c9ae626-33a4-4202-a9ae-f31f0e4e831c/3/SalfordYoungInspectorsByNigelHillier-320x198.jpg" />
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As part of a two-year pilot, the young inspectors will monitor and evaluate national programmes that affect young people, carry out local visits and make recommendations to government on how policy and...
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Published: 26 November 2018
<img alt="Rowing and predictive analytics - the youth projects getting cash to tackle violence" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/fc3a7ec3-a862-4cb5-a4bb-98f24e8606e0/2/ScreenShot20181114at165347-320x198.png" />
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Here is a rundown of which youth projects will receive the money, made available to police and crime commissioners across the country. London Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime for £4.2m (across...
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Published: 26 November 2018
<img alt="Youth social action charity vInspired collapses" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/2c6453bd-d31f-4df6-9c73-d43810788065/2/volunteerphoto451-320x198.jpg" />
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The charity launched in 2006, providing social action opportunities for 14- to 25-year-olds. A spokeswoman for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the government department responsible...
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Published: 22 November 2018
<img alt="CYP Now 2018 Award winners unveiled" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/fb76e6ec-0241-4840-826b-b6d3503bcd3e/3/CYPNAwards2018085copy-320x198.jpg" />
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The awards ceremony took place at the Hurlingham Club in Fulham, west London.
This was the year in which schools truly entered the limelight, underlying their importance at the heart of communities...
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Published: 22 November 2018
<img alt="Majority of children not receiving mental health treatment within year of referral" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/02a97c9e-483e-423b-8639-10dc7300038d/1/lookingoutshutterstock-320x198.jpg" />
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Official data obtained by the Children's Commissioner for England shows that 31 per cent - fewer than one in three children - received treatment within 12 months of being referred. Meanwhile, 32 per cent...
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Published: 21 November 2018