Terry Potter
Young people in care or those who experienced care at 13 or 14 have significantly lower expectations of attending higher education than their peers, new research shows. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now Share...
Impact of custody on care-experienced children
The University of Bedfordshire’s Vauxhall Centre for the Study of Crime has published findings from research looking at factors contributing to the over-representation of looked after children in child prisons in South and West Yorkshire, and their...
Girls at risk of child marriage as half of local authorities fail to keep records
Girls at risk of child marriage are falling under the radar of authorities in England and Wales because of a lack of record-keeping by more than half of the departments responsible for children’s social care, a charity has warned. IKWRO women’s...
Coronavirus: Better-off children ‘studying more than poorer pupils’
Children from wealthier families are spending more time each day studying in the coronavirus lockdown compared with the poorest, according to new research. A survey of families in England suggests better-off children will have studied for around...
Food banks’ stark warning to government: we can’t do this alone
Food banks will be unable to keep pace with spiralling demand for emergency food parcels from the growing numbers of low-income families struggling with coronavirus-related economic hardship, the UK’s largest food bank network has warned. The...
National data standard for youth work launches
The first national data standard for youth work in the UK has been launched in a bid to gather data on the sector in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now Share this:Click to...
Call for free school meals during half-term and summer in England
More than a thousand councillors across England have written to the government calling for free school meals (FSM) to be provided over the half-term and summer breaks, after ministers said there were no plans to fund them during the forthcoming...
‘Brink of collapse’: parents of disabled children buckling under 24-hour care
Parents of severely disabled children, are the “forgotten families on the brink of collapse” and are warning that they urgently need support as they are at the point of burnout. Families with vulnerable children are providing complex, round-the...
Charities report rise in older people struggling for food in lockdown
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of older people malnourished or at risk of malnutrition since the coronavirus crisis began, according to Age UK and the Malnutrition Task Force. Age UK delivers almost 19,000 food packages a week to...
Recognising Gender In Early Education
A common phrase told to expecting or new parents is ‘it’s a girl / boy’ and this begins an individual’s characterisation of gender often before they are even born. Yet with an increasing number of children being referred to gender identity...
Child poverty
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and the Church of England have published a report on the impact, since 6 April 2017, of families having a third or subsequent child no longer being entitled to additional support through child tax credit and...
Motives and behaviour of perpetrators of child sexual exploitation
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has published research into the motives and behaviours of perpetrators of child sexual exploitation who operate in organised networks in England and Wales. Interviews with 26 prisoners, who...
Child to parent violence
Researchers from Northumbria University and Children’s Emotional Language and Thinking (CEL&T) have published findings from a study, carried out in association Northumbria Police, looking at child to parent violence. Findings include: 340 of the...
School reopening plan generates ‘fear’ among education leaders
Teaching unions and parents have criticised government plans to reopen schools and nurseries from 1 June after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced measures to ease the lockdown. Speaking in a televised address to the nation on Sunday evening (10...
The state of girls’ rights in the UK 2019-2020.
The Youth Advisory Panel wrote in the foreword of the 2016 State of Girls’ Rights Report that its findings “do not shock us”. The state of girls’ rights in the UK 2019-2020. Date: 5 May 2020 Author: Plan International UK Publisher: Plan...
Ministers are using coronavirus as an excuse to erode child protection
Last month, the government removed or diluted more than 60 legal protections for children in care without any public consultation or parliamentary debate. They include social worker visits, six-monthly reviews, independent scrutiny of fostering and...
Prioritise play when schools reopen, say mental health experts
Child mental health experts have urged the government to prioritise children’s play and socialising with friends over formal lessons and academic progress when schools in England reopen and lockdown restrictions are eased. They say they are...
One million children missing out on SEND support, MPs warn
More than one million children diagnosed with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) are not entitled to support through an education, health and care (EHC) plan, a cross-party group of MPs has warned. Read the full article on this link...
