The latest news articles from TheLink and the wider community.
Filters:
<img alt="Troubled council shelves plans to outsource children's services" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b0cd0095-88c6-4089-bd05-dfa1db64e52f/1/northamptonshirecountycouncil-320x198.png" />
<p>
Northamptonshire County Council had been handed £4m from the Department for Education's children's social care innovation programme to help launch an independent trust to run children's services.
A...
</p>
cypn
Published: 24 August 2018
<img alt="Poll of youth views aims for one million votes " src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/680ea91a-4343-4cbe-8655-4b535d2b07ce/2/ScreenShot20180823at124239-320x198.png" />
<p>
The annual Make Your Mark campaign asks young people to choose from a list of 10 the social issues most important to them.
Organisers for the ballot, which opens today, are hoping to receive one million...
</p>
cypn
Published: 23 August 2018
<img alt="Two-year-old childcare offer 'fails to narrow attainment gap'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/32ba9401-dac9-4b49-ab9a-56b93d8139a0/1/preschoolluciecarlier110612-320x198.jpg" />
<p>
The analysis by the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) also found that the two-year-old offer delivered only "modest" improvement in educational outcomes for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. ...
</p>
cypn
Published: 23 August 2018
<img alt="ADCS chief: Cuts to early help services 'inevitable'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e15629a4-9402-4a7f-8ac0-4f9a92b4018d/5/EastSussexStuartGallimore-320x198.jpg" />
<p>
ADCS president Stuart Gallimore told CYP Now he has been left frustrated by a lack of action by government to address the mounting financial crisis facing children's social care.
He says that local...
</p>
cypn
Published: 22 August 2018
<img alt="Hinds calls on Ofsted to reward good school SEND support" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d2b39a73-df2f-4aeb-aaf3-5457c412aa52/2/senreforms-320x198.jpg" />
<p>
Disability campaigners have raised concerns that schools are not investing enough money and resources in supporting SEND pupils, and that some are unofficially excluding pupils with special needs - known...
</p>
cypn
Published: 22 August 2018
<img alt="Councils get funding to boost children's access to 'trusted adults'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/946e391b-b985-43aa-9869-bbfac2d95daf/1/b5d99121caa034a3d746e5bea77ca0b2jpg-320x198.jpg" />
<p>
The Home Office said projects operating in 11 local authorities had been chosen to receive a share of the Trusted Relationship Fund, which will support early intervention work with children and young people...
</p>
cypn
Published: 21 August 2018
<img alt="Rise in unexplained infant deaths prompts warning over health cuts" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/8a6b75c0-4ce4-4bd4-8707-6d0bc8e2b7e1/1/babymorguefile160512-320x198.jpg" />
<p>
The Lullaby Trust raised its concerns following the publication of latest official figures for unexplained infant deaths in England and Wales, which showed the first rise in the death rate for three years....
</p>
cypn
Published: 21 August 2018
<img alt="Campaigners fight to save council-run childcare settings" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/c2ae6222-a392-49d3-9233-f37b0592a15e/4/towerhamletsshutterstock-320x198.jpg" />
<p>
Supporters of the Save Our Nurseries campaign group have collected signatures for a petition calling for the early years settings in Tower Hamlets to remain open.
Tower Hamlets Council says it costs...
</p>
cypn
Published: 21 August 2018
<img alt="Splitting crisis-hit council could harm children's services, warns report" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/2aa4b463-4962-4721-a6f2-c851ce2f8ab0/2/DISABILITYmartinbowraShutterstock-320x198.jpg" />
<p>
Northamptonshire County Council needs to make £60-70m worth of savings in 2018/19 and is currently under threat of being axed due to its financial plight.
The government has recommended the local authority...
</p>
cypn
Published: 20 August 2018