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<img alt="Daily roundup 19 June: Loneliness fund, hygiene poverty, and predicted grades" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/aa7d6e10-2e7a-4f6f-95c8-e41c692d60ab/1/depressedshutterstock-320x198.jpg" />
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Initiatives that tackle loneliness among young people will be able to apply for funding as part of government efforts to tackle the issue. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said £1m...
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Published: 19 June 2018
<img alt="Campaigners push for 'wellbeing GCSE' to boost mental health in schools" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/806fbd7f-3cd9-4968-b987-da125590073e/1/010creditpeterrobins-320x198.gif" />
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Under proposals drawn up by Art of Brilliance, a community interest company that delivers positive psychology training, coaching and consultancy for schools and businesses, the new GCSE will have a strong...
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Published: 19 June 2018
<img alt="Ofsted praises progress within council's 'inadequate' care leaver service" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/3d8f76d1-c621-4b73-a06d-1ee6a6d2c13e/3/Unknown1-320x198.jpeg" />
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A focused visit by the inspectorate reviewed Southampton Council's progress on improving its care leaving services, which Ofsted deemed "inadequate" in 2014, with children's services receiving an overall...
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Published: 18 June 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 18 June: Youth violence, sugar, and toilet paper" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/0f5a2794-3af2-4ec9-8221-b3d350b5ab4b/1/gangsnti-320x198.jpg" />
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Funding from the government's £40m Serious Violence Strategy will be used to create a 20-strong team of police staff and officers tasked with disrupting and removing gang-related online content. The Home...
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Published: 18 June 2018
<img alt="Victims to help develop £2.1m national child exploitation programme" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/c88f7def-7ca1-45f8-b101-7bc6995c3649/1/a82a1f62e6073a19bf2c7c231c10d6d2gif-320x198.gif" />
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The three-year £2.1m project, which is led by The Children's Society, will see multi-disciplinary teams established in Greater Manchester, London and the West Midlands, to support young people who are...
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Published: 18 June 2018
<img alt="Labour questions new youth justice minister's Serco links" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/2764dafd-d613-47bf-842f-58ab0b75e2f7/3/EdwardArgar-320x198.jpg" />
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Edward Argar, Conservative MP for Charnwood, has replaced Phillip Lee at the Ministry of Justice following Lee's resignation last week over the way Theresa May is delivering Brexit.
Argar was previously...
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Published: 18 June 2018
<img alt="Early years staff 'should ensure children are checked for eye problems'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/65fe7b78-6b74-4b88-9088-9d20d98be0bd/2/nursery-320x198.jpg" />
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A report by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) found an estimated 13 per cent of UK children may have undiagnosed common sight problems that undermine their literacy and education. These conditions...
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Published: 15 June 2018
<img alt="Further drop in youth work courses, figures indicate" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/27ca9c1e-05b0-42d3-9f1d-585f725fbd5b/4/youthwork-320x198.jpg" />
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The latest NYA-collated database indicates that there are now 39 validated higher education youth work courses on offer across 28 universities and colleges in the UK as of June 2018. That is a drop...
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Published: 14 June 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 14 June: Child refugees, bullying, and judge's criticism" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/5a859aed-abe3-4760-b8ee-6a4b07891c28/1/shutterstocksyrianrefugee239387365-320x198.jpg" />
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Ministers have agreed to "look again" at a House of Lords amendment to Brexit legislation which seeks to broaden the definition of an unaccompanied child refugee. The Metro reports that Solicitor General...
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Published: 14 June 2018