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14/10/2024: Children face ‘lifetime cost’ of council crisis

The wellbeing of children and young people is at risk from cuts to local services, the Children’s Commissioner has warned.

(Source: BBC)

14/10/2024: Grieving mum wants more to be done for baby loss

A mum who lost her baby girl in the 28th week of pregnancy wants more to be done to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week (BLAW).

(Source: BBC)

10/10/2024: ‘Argument won’ on smartphones in schools, minister says

The argument over smartphones in schools has been “won”, the technology secretary Peter Kyle has told the BBC, saying schools are voluntarily choosing to restrict their use by pupils.

(Source: BBC)

10/10/2024: Cyber Crime And Harm

Advanced technology has increased the breadth, scale and sophistication of cyber crime. How can cyber security evolve to counter it?

(Source: Russell Webster)

10/10/2024: Teachers regularly helping pupils in distress in attempt to fill NHS funding gap

Three in four teachers put a pupil’s psychological needs before teaching at least once a week, UK survey reveals.

(Source: Guardian)

29/09/2024: Justice system ‘broken’ says rape crisis charity

The head of a charity helping women who have been raped has described the criminal justice system as “broken”.

(Source: BBC)

27/09/2024: ‘It’s OK to walk away, but never shake a crying baby’

A new campaign is urging parents struggling to care for a persistent crying baby to “never shake” their child.

(Source: BBC)

26/09/2024: UK parents join pact to withhold smartphones from children under 14

Online pledge by Smartphone Free Childhood signed by at least one parent at 6,537 schools

(Source: Guardian)

25/09/2024: The town pushing to delay smartphones for children

Parents have signed a pledge to delay giving their child a smartphone until the end of Year 9 when most will have turned 14.

(Source: BBC)

25/09/2024: Children staying longer in care due to inequalities in kinship carer payments, says report

Charity urges financial boost for kinship arrangements outside the care system, after finding prospect of losing support is deterring carers from opting for permanence for children.

(Source: Community Care)

25/09/2024: Care leavers exempted from local connection requirement to access social housing

Policy designed to tackle homelessness among the group was commitment made by last government in children’s social care reform strategy

(Source: Community Care)

25/09/2024: Cybersurvey Reveals Key Insights into Young People’s Online Lives

The latest Cybersurvey, released by Youthworks, has revealed the complex relationships teenagers have with their lives online. The survey, called ‘Real or Fake?’ looks at how 1,433 young people across five schools have managed their online lives, their understanding of fake information, and relationships online.

(Source: South West Grid for Learning)