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22/10/2024: Free school meals trial feeds 20,000 more children
Thousands more children from England’s poorest households are eating a free school meal because of a new trial scheme.
22/10/2024: Ofcom: Clear link between online posts and violent disorder
There was a “clear connection” between the violent disorder in England and Northern Ireland in the summer and posts on social media and messaging apps, Ofcom has concluded.
22/10/2024: Most councils describe children’s services as biggest financial pressure
More than nine in 10 councils say children’s social care costs is putting the most pressure on budgets as a quarter of all local authorities face applying for government bailouts to avoid bankruptcy within the next two years.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
22/10/2024: Complex childcare application systems create barriers for disadvantaged families, research warns
Lengthy application processes and complex systems make accessing funded childcare entitlements difficult for disadvantaged families, research finds.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
22/10/2024: New report estimates half a million UK teenagers have encountered AI-generated nude deepfakes
New report by Internet Matters urges the new Government to crack down on AI-generated sexual imagery ‘epidemic’ after survey reveals 13% of teenagers have had an experience with nude deepfakes.
22/10/2024: A ‘Child First’ approach, diverting children away from court, modifications and sentencing
Shauneen Lambe and Katya Moran set out what criminal practitioners need to know when acting for children and young people.
(Source: Legal Action Group (LAG))
21/10/2024: ‘World-first’ study examines period pain in teens
A new study will seek to identify changes in the brain when teenagers experience period pain and whether it is linked to developing chronic pain in later life.
21/10/2024: Smoking, Drinking & Drug Use Among School Children
Latest stats show a fall in the number of school children taking drugs.
18/10/2024: Teachers want better support to deal with misogyny
Teachers have called for better support to deal with the “alarming” misogynistic influence of social media on children in schools, specifically teenage boys.
18/10/2024: NPCC release their new Children and Young Persons Policing Strategy – Child Centred Policing
The National Police Chief’s Council have released their proposals for a child centred policing strategy. The report recognises the importance of diverting children and young people from the criminal justice system (CJS) and proposes a strategy to ensure children are seen as children before anything else in encounters with the police. The strategy is based on three pillars; ‘your trust’, ‘your voice’ and ‘your future’.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
18/10/2024: Public exposure to ‘chilling’ AI child sexual abuse images and videos increases
AI generated child sexual abuse content is increasingly being found on publicly accessible areas of the internet, exposing even more people to the harmful and horrific imagery, says the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
(Source: Internet Watch Foundation)
15/10/2024: New UK bill could force social media firms to make content less addictive for under 16s
The safer phones bill could ban companies from applying algorithms for young ‘doomscrolling’ teens.