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<img alt="MPs demand tougher government action on child obesity" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/71a7b7c6-b7d1-4911-a451-6b43a523db3b/3/Capture-320x198.png" />
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A health and social care select committee report on childhood obesity calls for urgent action to be taken including the introduction of a 9pm watershed for "junk food" advertising and tighter regulations...
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Published: 30 May 2018
<img alt="NYA calls for civil society strategy to include 'youth covenant'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/c4e631ba-27ea-454a-a086-1786a857ed97/4/LeighMiddleton-320x198.jpg" />
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Responding to a consultation on the strategy, the NYA said that the covenant was needed to ensure the government is committed to investing in youth provision and ensuring young people have a say in political...
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Published: 30 May 2018
<img alt="Government announces £50m to boost school SEND facilities" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f09e780a-d5cc-46e0-99da-c1cf38eb56b8/2/senreforms-320x198.jpg" />
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The Department for Education (DfE) said the money will help schools create an additional 740 school places for children with SEND as well as allowing schools to invest in facilities such as sensory rooms...
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Published: 29 May 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 29 May: Child obesity, gender, and missing refugees" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6f19afca-93d1-46db-a347-10620ded0883/3/morguefile-320x198.png" />
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One in 25 children in England aged 10 or 11 are severely obese, analysis has found. The BBC reports that the Local Government Association (LGA), which analysed Public Health England figures, found that...
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Published: 29 May 2018
<img alt="MPs launch inquiry into role of youth work" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/fff1ff02-fa62-4429-a047-ae7f9c110ca3/3/pictureNationalyouthAgency-320x198.jpeg" />
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The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for youth affairs will work with youth sector groups including the National Youth Agency to stage the inquiry, which will consider whether current youth work provision...
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Published: 29 May 2018
<img alt="Ofsted commends council response to 'alarming' knife crime increase" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d78285a0-9f48-4313-9749-ade82c2e189b/3/gangintervention-320x198.jpg" />
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The inspectorate, which visited Tower Hamlets at the start of May, said the local authority has experienced 13 knife-related incidents linked to drug-related gang activity, and involving young and vulnerable...
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Published: 25 May 2018
<img alt="Local authority crisis schemes 'failing to support families'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b6eea6c8-f389-48af-afa1-db6bb8d1839a/1/specialyoungcarerscreditthechildrenssociety-320x198.jpg" />
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A study by The Children's Society and the Church of England found that local authority-run schemes to provide food, fuel and furniture to people in crisis, known as local welfare assistance schemes are...
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Published: 25 May 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 25 May: Active families, period poverty, and smoking ban" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/34ec80b3-ebd7-4c45-af56-c1701dcd917d/4/pictureStreetGames-320x198.png" />
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A total of 22 organisations across the country will receive investment from a £40m National Lottery funding pot from Sport England to help families get active together. The organisations will put on a...
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Published: 25 May 2018
<img alt="DfE to scrap attainment targets for SEND pupils " src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b85b6913-2e1b-4d35-8d91-038f2c77da3c/3/NickGibb-320x198.jpg" />
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The introduction of "pre-key stage standards" from September aims to make it easier for children with SEND to make the transition onto the national curriculum.
Pupils working below the national curriculum,...
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Published: 25 May 2018