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05/07/2024: UK youth groups seek volunteers as parents try to prise children from screens
More than 170,000 children are on waiting lists to join the Scouts and Girlguiding.
04/07/2024: Fostering Families: a relationship-based alternative to separating them
A council is engaging carers to support birth families so their children can stay safely with them at home, preventing the trauma of separation and enabling social workers to practise more in line with their values
04/07/2024: ‘A lot of stereotypes to break’: Children’s Inquiry musical explores life in care in Britain
Children’s experiences form basis of play that weaves 150 years of care system history into narrative.
03/07/2024: Who gets 15 and 30 hours of free childcare and how do I apply?
The deadline is approaching for working parents in England who want to apply for 15 hours of free weekly childcare for their two-year-olds.
03/07/2024: Concern over links between tech and teenage violence (Video)
An open letter has been written calling for action over the “scourge” of knife crime in Bristol. Three teenagers died in the space of 18 days at the start of 2024. But is there a connection between technology and teenage violence?
03/07/2024: Call to end deprivation of children’s liberty in unregulated settings
The government is being called on to “urgently” halt the practice of using deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders to place vulnerable young people in unregulated settings.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
03/07/2024: Advice for early years staff on supporting children with parents in prison
A new resource for early years providers has been produced to help staff support children with a parent or close relative in prison.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
03/07/2024: Blanket highlighting school exclusion unveiled
A giant blanket made by parents of pupils who have been excluded from primary and secondary schools has been officially unveiled. The crocheted blanket was made from 2,999 pieces of fabric, which represents the number of children who were excluded, on average, each school day in 2021/22.
02/07/2024: What does the next government do about education?
Funding, pay and the increasing expectation from schools will challenge the next government’s education policy, educators and parents in Kent and Sussex are warning.
02/07/2024: Your Voice, Your Vote: Mental health crisis in young
The family and friends of a student who took her own life have called on the next government to prioritise mental health support for young people in schools, colleges and universities.
02/07/2024: ‘I spent the first three months listening’: how supportive leadership can transform children‚Äôs services
Community Care spoke to Northamptonshire’s Children Trust to see how things have changed since its inception almost four years ago.
01/07/2024: Warning over ‘eye-watering’ rise in online sex offences
Detectives have issued a warning to online sex offenders as the Scottish school holidays get under way. With youngsters likely to spend more time at home and more time online, Police Scotland has revealed a rise in online sexual crime against children.