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<img alt="Labour to establish national youth service body with protected funding" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/91363bd8-24b9-4454-892b-40a0be5c61c1/1/onsideyouthzone-320x198.png" />
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Labour said that under plans unveiled today to place youth services on a statutory footing, every local authority would be required to establish a local youth service partnership made up of young people,...
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Published: 31 July 2018
<img alt="Ministers to consider making children's centres 'one-stop shops' for parents of under-twos" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/2cfe98f1-378e-49d0-8925-f77e33c8de68/2/andrealeadsompicturedefra-320x198.png" />
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The new group, established by Prime Minister Theresa May, will identify gaps in family support for under-twos and recommend how central government departments can work together to fill those gaps. Andrea...
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cypn
Published: 30 July 2018
<img alt="Home Office doubles size of Early Intervention Youth Fund to £22m" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/8cc6b1fd-f018-40f1-b4df-e873e2974b5c/3/gangintervention-320x198.jpg" />
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The Early Intervention Youth Fund, which opened for funding applications today, is part of the Serious Violence Strategy published by the government in April.
The fund was originally set to distribute...
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cypn
Published: 30 July 2018
<img alt="DfE launches £2m summer holiday youth projects" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/400ef41a-6fec-4d35-ae6c-886aaa8058e8/3/KitchenSocialhubWillPerinCourtHostelRainham-320x198.jpg" />
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The money will be used to fund a range of projects providing activities such as free football classes, play sessions and cooking classes. The projects will also provide free meals for the most disadvantaged...
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cypn
Published: 30 July 2018
<img alt="Independent children's services trust failing to protect children, Ofsted finds " src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/a3a7e595-0e90-4c8d-990c-cdece55c5f04/4/ScreenShot20171117at114709-320x198.png" />
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A re-inspection during April and May of children's services provision in Sunderland concluded that standards remained "inadequate" three years after it was handed Ofsted's lowest rating.
Inspectors...
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cypn
Published: 27 July 2018
<img alt="Children's social care evidence centre appoints 21 'pioneer councils'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/a99f5b31-2cc6-4981-a27b-0eaddd18dbe1/1/alanwood5450-320x198.JPG" />
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The What Works Centre for Social Care said the "pioneer councils" will help it to identify promising areas for further research as well as design and test new services and products that could support quality...
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cypn
Published: 27 July 2018
<img alt="Child protection given greater prominence in early years training" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e4915d25-f8d6-4ecb-b56e-326c8e79e8de/1/ofstedchildcarecreditndna-320x198.jpg" />
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The move has been made following a consultation into new criteria for Level 2 early years practitioner qualifications, which will apply from September 2019.
The proposed safeguarding section of the...
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cypn
Published: 27 July 2018
<img alt="Health visitors 'must ask parents about alcohol' to combat sudden infant deaths" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e734358c-128c-41fe-84f9-f3b8bb3b4d03/2/d352eca40f26a6c6ab6f516ef2b94b47gif-320x198.gif" />
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A University of Warwick study of 27 serious case reviews involving SUDI found that if parents followed UK safe sleep guidance many of those infant deaths could have been avoided.
In 19 of the 27 cases,...
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cypn
Published: 26 July 2018
<img alt="Family and Childcare Trust to join Coram group in face of funding challenges" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/c90b4dd9-8b3f-42da-843f-e9668fe5ff5a/2/nurseryfamilyandparentinginstitutedaycaretrust-320x198.jpg" />
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The trust, which runs parent-led programmes, conducts research and campaigns on behalf of parents, will join the Coram group of charities on 1 August and be renamed Coram Family and Childcare.
The move...
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cypn
Published: 26 July 2018