The Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium has published a report on the use of Facial age estimation (FAE) technology to assess the age of unaccompanied young people seeking asylum in the UK. The briefing...
Specialist outreach and inclusion programme – recognised at last year’s Children & Young People Now Awards – supports Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families to engage with education, health and wider...
The Global Justice Report attempts to set out a new vision for global progress in the 21st century: grounding human development and equality in planetary habitability. It explores the conditions under which...
The education system is blighted by “greater competition between individual schools” which is “coming at the expense of inclusion”, a new paper by the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) is warning...
HM Inspectorate of Prisons has published a report examining youth custody in England and Wales. The report looks at the experiences of 12- to 18-year-olds in custody through surveys and independent reviews of progress...
Over the last few decades, the UK’s inequality has increased rapidly. We’re all familiar with the headlines – record profits and CEO pay, billionaire wealth spiralling out of control, luxury developments in...
The Powering Up project has delivered a weekly football session since the summer of 2022. The aim of this session was to use football as a vehicle to engage young people from a range of communities including those who...
The National Youth Agency (NYA) has published a report exploring the impact of youth work provision on young people within, or at risk of entering, the youth justice system in England and Wales. The report outlines the...
Nearly 160,000 people are living in hidden, often overcrowded and sometimes dangerous bedsit-style accommodation across England, analysis has found. Intelligence compiled by councils suggests there are almost 32,000...
Soaring costs of school transport for children with special educational needs is causing councils in England to warn of service cuts and potential insolvency, according to local authority leaders. Read the full article...
The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a report on school attendance and the impact of children missing school in England. The report analyses Department for Education (DfE) data for academic years...
Enough young people sought help for homelessness in the UK last year to fill the Albert Hall 25 times, but tens of thousands are getting no assistance from councils, figures show. Read the full article on this link...
A majority of the British public now hold positive views about the impact of immigration on the UK, despite intense political rhetoric surrounding the issue, according to an academic survey. The European Social Survey...
