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Marginalised & Excluded

County lines

The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) and Europol have published their 2019 report on the EU drugs market, highlighting the exploitation of young people by county lines drug trafficking gangs in the UK. Read the...

December 9, 2019

Marginalised & Excluded

Homelessness

Shelter has published a report looking at levels of homelessness in Britain. Findings include: an estimated 135,000 children in Britain are homeless and living in temporary accommodation, and the number of...

December 9, 2019

General News

Achievement of 15year-olds in England: PISA 2018 results Research report

England’s PISA 2018 results, with an international comparison of reading, maths and science performance of 15-year-old pupils. Achievement of 15year-olds in England: PISA 2018 results Research report...

December 6, 2019

Marginalised & Excluded

Off-rolling ‘hides true extent of pupil attainment gap’ in schools

The gap between disadvantaged pupils and their more affluent peers is wider than first thought, when thousands of children who have been removed from the school registers are taken into account, say education...

December 5, 2019

Disability mental health News

Mental health: young people in crisis waiting hours for A&E help

Thousands of young people undergoing a mental health crisis, including those who are potentially suicidal, are having to wait more than four hours for A&E care, NHS figures show. Almost a fifth of the...

December 5, 2019

General News

UK plummets from 11th to 156th in global children’s rights rankings

The UK has been accused of employing “inadequate” provision for children’s rights protection after it fell dramatically in global rankings for child rights within a year, from 11th to 156th. Serious concerns have been raised about structural...

December 4, 2019

News Poverty

UK’s six richest people control as much wealth as poorest 13m – study

The UK’s six richest people control as much wealth as the poorest 13 million, according to research into the gaping inequality in British society. Six billionaires at the top of the UK wealth league have a combined fortune of £39.4bn, which...

December 3, 2019

Marginalised & Excluded News Poverty

At least 135,000 children in Britain to be homeless at Christmas

At least 135,000 children will be homeless and living in temporary accommodation across Britain on Christmas day – the highest number for 12 years – according to the housing charity Shelter. It estimates that a child loses their home every eight...

December 3, 2019

Emotional/Mental Health Looked After Children

Muslim fostering

The Fostering Network has published a report on the findings of the Muslim Fostering Project which explored the experiences of Muslim children in foster care and that of Muslim foster carers in the UK. Recommendations include: Ofsted to include...

December 2, 2019

Disability mental health

Smartphones and mental health

Researchers from King’s College London have published findings following a systematic review looking at problematic smartphone usage (PSU) and associated mental health outcomes amongst children and young people. Findings indicate that: 10-30% of...

December 2, 2019

Marginalised & Excluded Poverty

Benefit-rent gap for poorest tenants widens to £113 a month

Benefit cuts mean Britain’s poorest private tenants are having to find an average of £113 a month to meet a shortfall between their housing benefit payments and their rent, putting many at risk of poverty and homelessness. Official data obtained by...

December 2, 2019

Safeguarding

“Like an Equal, Somehow” – What Young People Exposed to Family Violence Value in Counseling

One way for young people to reduce the risk of problems associated with having experienced family violence is to talk about their experiences with a counselor. However, little is known about how young people judge the quality of such relationships...

November 29, 2019

News Poverty

General election: Child poverty could reach 60-year high under Conservatives, report warns

The party’s manifesto, for the 12 December election, would not change existing policy meaning relative child poverty could reach 34 per cent by 2023/24, think-tank the Resolution Foundation said. In its report The Shifting Shape of Social Security...

November 27, 2019

Marginalised & Excluded News

High Court judge bans protesters from outside primary school in LGBT teaching row

A High Court judge has ruled in favour of an exclusion zone to remain in place outside Anderton Park School in Birmingham, following months of demonstrations against the teaching of LGBT education. Birmingham Council said the noisy protests...

November 27, 2019

News Poverty

Parts of England ‘have higher mortality rates than Turkey’

Regional divides in the UK are among the worst in the developed world, according to a report, which found that parts of England have higher mortality rates than places in Turkey, Romania and Poland. Research by the thinktank IPPR North found that...

November 27, 2019

mental health News Safeguarding

Violence in children’s relationships ‘a public health issue’

So many young people experience violence in relationships it should be prioritised like substance misuse or smoking, a study has said. Cardiff University researchers questioned 75,000 11 to 16-year-olds, a first large-scale survey on the issue. They...

November 26, 2019

Safeguarding

Steps to Safety: evaluation report

The NSPCC has published a report evaluating the Steps to Safety early intervention programme for parents of children under 5-years-old which aims to prevent domestic abuse from happening by helping parents identify and manage their emotions, and...

November 25, 2019

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