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01/07/2024: Young person’s food poverty charity expanding
A youth-led charity empowering people through food is opening a new community kitchen. Bristol’s Mazi Project currently supports 90 disadvantaged 16 to 25-year-olds each week. But charity bosses say demand has been increasing, which is why they are launching a new service.
01/07/2024: Young people demand greater access to local youth services
More than half of young people want greater access to youth services in a bid to improve their mental health and sense of inclusion in their communities, new research from the National Youth Agency (NYA) reveals.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
28/06/2024: Voice of Online Youth group: Making sure children’s voices are heard
The Voice of Online Youth is a new group of young people bought together to advise politicians, regulators, parents and professionals about the best way to protect children online.
27/06/2024: Boy, 13, arrested over school bomb hoaxes
A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with bomb hoaxes which saw six schools evacuated in Southampton.
27/06/2024: Nine in 10 councils ‘not confident’ they can deliver full funded childcare expansion
Just under nine in 10 councils are not confident there will be enough childcare places in their area to meet the government’s full expansion of free hours for children from working families.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
26/06/2024: Banning smartphones helps learning, say educators
Banning smartphones in schools has a positive effect on students’ learning and emotional wellbeing, Channel Island educators say as some call for a blanket ban.
26/06/2024: More than 1,300 children in working families ‘fall into poverty every week’
The number of children living in poverty in working households increased by 1,350 a week on average between 2010 and 2023, analysis by the TUC has found.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
25/06/2024: Council spending on early years and children’s services set for dramatic real-terms increase, data shows
Local authority spending on early years provision is set to increase by almost half this year while children’s social care costs could see a real-terms increase of 11%, according to government data.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
24/06/2024: Poorer high-ability UK children fall behind peers at school from age of 11
Study finds critical period between ages of 11 and 14 is when ‘things seem to start going wrong’ compared with wealthier group.
21/06/2024: Childline supports thousands of young people on gender and sexuality
As we celebrate Pride Month, we’re also reminding children and young people in the UK that Childline is here for them. We offer free, impartial and non-judgemental support, no matter the topic.
19/06/2024: Making Prison Visits More Child-Friendly
How can we make prison spaces more child-friendly for children visiting a parent?
19/06/2024: UK children shorter, fatter and sicker amid poor diet and poverty, report finds
Food Foundation says height of five-year-olds falling, child obesity up by a third and type 2 diabetes by a fifth