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<img alt="Youth sector organisations announce merger" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/560c310e-5b6f-454a-9942-1647c99b312d/2/BethiaMcNeil-320x198.jpg" />
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The Centre for Youth Impact, which aims to help youth organisations improve their effectiveness, has taken over Project Oracle, a training and validation provider for organisations working with children...
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Published: 20 September 2018
<img alt="Girls 'reluctant to become leaders' due to negative media coverage " src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b5afc415-5bee-4113-8631-e471f5b3fd0d/3/guides-320x198.png" />
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An annual survey by Girlguiding of around 1,900 girls and young women aged seven to 21 found that among the group aged 11 to 21, only 53 per cent said they wanted to be a leader in their chosen job, down...
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Published: 19 September 2018
<img alt="London to adopt public health approach to tackle serious violence" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/3aed3798-fa0d-4fb0-bc6d-985df3970352/7/ScreenShot20170320at112021-320x198.png" />
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A total of £500,000 has been set aside to fund the unit, which will aim to deliver early interventions to help prevent the spread of violence and improve co-ordination between the Metropolitan Police,...
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Published: 19 September 2018
<img alt="DfE drops waiting time target for adoption support decisions" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/9d95bcba-02af-45ba-8696-c180bcfa9e7f/3/adultaffectionbaby853408-320x198.jpg" />
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Government guidance on how the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) works, and how help can be claimed, has been updated with references to a five working day target for completing reviews removed.
The DfE said...
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Published: 19 September 2018
<img alt="Ofsted warns of lack of stability at 'inadequate' council" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/73b47802-ba59-47ae-afbd-ae53a813eef8/5/pictureWikimediaCommons-320x198.png" />
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Children's services at Tameside Borough Council were rated inadequate in December 2016 with a lack of sufficient workforce capacity cited as a "primary contributory factor" to poor practice.
A year...
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Published: 18 September 2018
<img alt="Government early years spending rises for first time in three years" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e5af4ff6-f3b7-49cc-aea4-d354f681ba4d/3/pexels-320x198.jpg" />
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A study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies shows that the government's combined spending on early years provision rose to £5.77bn in 2017/18.
It represents the first spending rise since 2014/15 when...
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Published: 18 September 2018
<img alt="Council to close 46 children's centres and encourage community-run services" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/000cf45a-ac4c-455b-91a5-9c0e997105d4/1/bf37dcd6a5566eb613ad080fc9c3351dgif-320x198.gif" />
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Norfolk County Council said the seven remaining children's centres buildings will become "early childhood and family bases", with the majority of support being provided on an outreach basis within local...
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Published: 18 September 2018
<img alt="Ofsted relaxes inspections for struggling 'inadequate' councils" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/73f49af8-8e96-4579-8510-9270c26af661/2/ofstedbuilding04-320x198.jpg" />
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Under the inspection of local authority children's services (ILACS) system, which was officially introduced in January, inadequate councils received up to six quarterly monitoring visits prior to a three-week...
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Published: 17 September 2018
<img alt="Sharp increase in nursery closures since introduction of 30 hours childcare" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/ae833441-2531-4ee5-9e2e-8d9d3177b27d/1/ofstedchildcarecreditndna-320x198.jpg" />
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The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has said nurseries that cancel their membership and close down are increasingly citing underfunding for the flagship government initiative as the cause. ...
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Published: 17 September 2018