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Ethnic minority characters should feature in more books and not be defined by their "otherness".
bbc
Published: 17 July 2018
<img alt="Government announces national 'youth integration' network" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/50a9d4eb-fc9c-4f7b-a0a3-c6cdfe1d4259/3/resourcesscouts-320x198.jpg" />
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A total of £250,000 has been awarded to Youth United Foundation to establish the network and develop long-term approaches to creating lasting relationships between young people from different backgrounds....
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cypn
Published: 17 July 2018
<img alt="Ofsted spot check prompts first 'inadequate' rating under new framework" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/875c1316-49df-47f6-964f-44730d9f0e8a/3/Unknown-320x198.jpeg" />
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Inspectors found a series of cases where children known to Wakefield Council's children's services department were at risk, but the situation had not been identified and appropriate action had not been...
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cypn
Published: 17 July 2018
<img alt="Call for councils to monitor profits of private children's homes" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/8ecc74dd-dded-4303-9172-1942dcd9e313/4/PoliceBrianJacksonAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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A briefing put together by charity The Howard League for Penal Reform looking into factors that can contribute to the criminalisation of children in residential care highlights the fact that private companies...
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cypn
Published: 17 July 2018
The UK's biggest teaching union says disqualified teachers may still be able to work as tutors.
bbc
Published: 17 July 2018
Teenagers in England are taught not to get caught up in knife violence in the summer holidays.
bbc
Published: 17 July 2018
Artists and historians make sure the imagery of May's Irish abortion referendum is preserved.
bbc
Published: 16 July 2018
<img alt="Disabled children's services face £1.5bn shortfall, charities warn" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/fbca8be8-e6be-4f26-a0b8-f2bac72b30e8/3/Unknown-320x198.jpeg" />
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The Disabled Children's Partnership, which consists of 60 charities, said the underfunding is leaving children and families in England struggling to get the help and support they need and will cost taxpayers...
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cypn
Published: 16 July 2018
<img alt="Family drug and alcohol courts 'at risk' if national unit closes" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/41ca871c-9f53-456d-9cab-6c1a54e7f47e/3/AlcoholJimVarneyPosedByModel-320x198.jpg" />
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The unit supports the work of 10 family drug and alcohol courts (FDACs), which bring the judiciary and multi-agency services together to help substance-misusing parents involved in care proceedings to...
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Published: 16 July 2018