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<img alt="DfE launches Care Leaver Covenant to create 10,000 'work opportunities'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/77d1fcff-4531-48de-9acb-cdfbcdce6828/2/030412careleavermorguefile-320x198.jpg" />
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Plans to create a Care Leaver Covenant were first announced in May 2016 by then Prime Minister David Cameron as a way to encourage organisations to offer more support to care leavers in England. It was...
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Published: 26 October 2018
<img alt="Knife crime epidemic 'top concern' for young people" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b5684d06-8dbb-4ea7-ab7a-fe34f3649d8f/3/Capture-320x198.png" />
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The British Youth Council, which organises the UK Youth Parliament, said a total of 1,111,580 young people took part in this year's his year's Make Your Mark ballot to decide issues to be debated during...
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cypn
Published: 25 October 2018
<img alt="Increase in number of children at risk of abuse and neglect" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6d1372f2-3a06-4227-8516-c32895108227/2/CuddlingteddybearShutterstock123358282-320x198.jpg" />
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Department for Education statistics show that councils started 68,770 child protection plans in 2018 - the equivalent of 188 a day - up 3.6 per cent on the 66,410 started in 2017.
As of 31 March this...
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Published: 25 October 2018
<img alt="Sharp rise in A&E attendances by young people with psychiatric conditions" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/97b71c5a-6259-49f8-b968-3426320766b5/2/020312emergencycaremorguefile-320x198.jpg" />
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In response to a parliamentary question from Labour MP Bambos Charalambous, the Department of Health and Social Care revealed that, in 2017/18, there were 27,487 attendances to A&E departments by young...
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cypn
Published: 25 October 2018
<img alt="Bercow Review: 'Grave concerns' over lack of progress on speech and language support" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/8786bd44-8faa-4e3e-9ccd-b85f66707bf5/3/a8aa55edcc76474a2b9db39bd8a24b77gif-320x198.gif" />
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In its official response to the Bercow: Ten Years On report - a review of progress in provision for children and young people with SLCN in England in the last decade - the government set out actions it...
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Published: 25 October 2018
<img alt="Big increase in suicides among vulnerable children known to social services" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/7d93e7a3-ea6b-4b4c-b947-162069895709/2/mentalhealthshutterstock23847-320x198.jpg" />
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Figures published by Ofsted show that there was an increase in the number of suicides reported by local authorities from 35 in 2016/17 to 46 in 2017/18, a rise of 31.4 per cent. It represents the highest...
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Published: 25 October 2018
<img alt="Councils underfunded on public health by £3.2bn a year, study finds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/a4cac995-11ea-41cd-935d-01c813b5392d/3/ScreenShot20170413at161741-320x198.png" />
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Research by the Health Foundation shows the value of the core public health grant has dropped each year since being redirected to local authorities in 2014/15, and is set to fall further in 2019/20. The...
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Published: 24 October 2018
<img alt="Future of nurseries for children with SEND 'at risk', councils warn" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/56f2658c-9fdf-4e05-b2cc-1d5028b9f89d/2/Schoolreadypreschoollearningalliance-320x198.jpg" />
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Council-run, maintained nurseries are required to have qualified teachers, unlike other early years settings, and often specialise in supporting children with SEND.
Currently they receive £55m a year...
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cypn
Published: 23 October 2018
<img alt="Children affected by domestic abuse must be given 'protected' status, MPs urge" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b3937510-3f91-49a9-9e5f-f8595df8e2d3/3/DomesticviolenceDenizoAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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A report by the home affairs select committee highlights concerns that the government's Domestic Abuse Bill fails to properly recognise the impact domestic abuse can have on children.
According to latest...
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Published: 23 October 2018