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01/09/2025: Why the government must improve emotional support for young people
As September begins, the country shifts back into gear – MPs return to Parliament after the summer recess, and many children and young people are embarking on a new academic year.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
01/09/2025: Poor early years working conditions threaten funded childcare expansion, warn researchers
The early years workforce continues to face substantial recruitment and retention challenges despite recent growth in staff numbers, according the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER).
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
01/09/2025: Children at risk of identity theft and fraud from ‘sharenting’
Children are at increased risk of being harassed, cyber-bullied and having their identities stolen in later life by having their photos posted online by parents, according to new research.
01/09/2025: Child sexual extortion cases in the UK soar
Charities warn threat of sexual extortion (or sextortion) against children ‘not diminishing’ as new data show sextortion cases soar 72% in a year.
(Source: Internet Watch Foundation)
29/08/2025: Third of children do not play outdoors after school, UK research finds
Study finds outdoor play has positive effect on children’s social and emotional skills
28/08/2025: Two-thirds rise in young people reporting indecent images concerns
A welfare tool that deletes private indecent images of children shared online has fielded a 66% rise in reports from worried young people, according to charity Childline.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
28/08/2025: Why language matters: why we should rethink our use of the term ‘sextortion’
When harm to a child involves numerous forms of abuse, it can be difficult to understand and manage what’s happening and why, let alone find the right words to describe it.
27/08/2025: Safeguarding reforms: what early years settings need to know
A range of changes that strengthen child safety and clarify provider responsibilities across early years settings come into force from 1 September.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
26/08/2025: NCII and the VAWG Strategy: Turning Progress into Real-World Impact
The UK Government’s forthcoming Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy presents an opportunity to address one of the fastest-growing and most devastating forms of abuse in the digital age – non-consensual intimate image (NCII) abuse.
(Source: South West Grid for Learning)
26/08/2025: AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material: New Threats, Old Laws
The Internet Watch Foundation’s July 2024 Report Update (the “Report”) highlights the steep and continued growth in the production and circulation of AI-Child Sexual Abuse Material (“AI-CSAM”).
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
26/08/2025: Law Society recommends YJLC Legal Guides to all solicitors representing children and young people in the Youth Court
The Law Society has published new guidance on advocacy in the Youth Court. Within this guidance, the Law Society has recommended the YJLC Legal Guides to all solicitors representing children and young people in contact with the Youth Justice System.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
26/08/2025: Child criminal exploitation: Challenging decisions to prosecute child victims of trafficking
This case concerned a claim for judicial review following a decision to proceed with the prosecution of a child victim of trafficking.