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Children & Young People Now Awards 2018: the shortlist
<img alt="Children &amp; Young People Now Awards 2018: the shortlist" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/ba22f846-5927-47bf-8930-25542d5ec0b5/1/CYPNAwards2017071copy-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The winners will be revealed at a gala ceremony on the evening of 21 November at the Hurlingham Club in London. We hope you will join us for what will be an event of great inspiration and pride, and quite... </p>
cypn
Published: 28 August 2018
Cystic fibrosis mothers' plea over 'life-changing' drug
Two mothers call on a drug firm and ministers to reach a deal over a 'life-changing' treatment.
bbc
Published: 28 August 2018
'People don't expect me to be able to draw'
A teenager who lost her hands and feet to meningitis as a baby is now heading to art college.
bbc
Published: 28 August 2018
Merger blamed for council's failure to improve children's services
<img alt="Merger blamed for council&#39;s failure to improve children&#39;s services " src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/4f05e7b4-b7c8-4c6d-b4fd-2a0bee71b3fe/1/shoppingindependentliving-320x198.JPG" /> <p> The leadership at Bournemouth Council has been rated as "inadequate" following the inspectorate's visit in July. Inspectors found that the council had made little progress in areas requiring improvement... </p>
cypn
Published: 27 August 2018
Children's services spending rises by £368m
<img alt="Children&#39;s services spending rises by £368m" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/a128b7f4-fe63-48dc-ab7d-eb768a08f199/0/f498a57cd69e36fbbfbc953702f15aeegif-320x198.gif" /> <p> Provisional local authority "outturn" data for 2017/18, shows that councils spent £368m more on children's services than the year before. In 2017/18, councils spent £8.844 billion on children's services... </p>
cypn
Published: 24 August 2018
Government to honour Erasmus+ payments in event of 'no deal' Brexit
<img alt="Government to honour Erasmus+ payments in event of &#39;no deal&#39; Brexit" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6552fe92-278a-4ab7-82e0-ca13b0d78a27/1/europeanunion2016europeanparliament-320x198.jpg" /> <p> DfE guidance published this week states that the UK government is committed to being involved with the current programme, which runs from 2014 to 2020. The guidance says that youth groups and other... </p>
cypn
Published: 24 August 2018
Council gets 'good' Ofsted rating after ending agency worker use
<img alt="Council gets &#39;good&#39; Ofsted rating after ending agency worker use" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/14144de4-ad41-4ef3-ba52-6fd8a755e3bf/1/brightonthumbjpg-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Brighton & Hove City Council ceased using agency social workers in September 2017 with the help of additional investment that allowed it to over-recruit to its workforce. In its latest full inspection... </p>
cypn
Published: 24 August 2018
GCSE results for pupil excluded from mainstream school
5 Live met Lizzie at a pupil referral unit (PRU) in January 2018.
bbc
Published: 24 August 2018
Troubled council shelves plans to outsource children's services
<img alt="Troubled council shelves plans to outsource children&#39;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