Vulnerability 360
Terry Potter
From ‘Go home’ vans to Rwanda deportation flights, there has been a lot to learn, but we can’t and won’t succumb to despair Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens...
More than 1,000 children in care moved from their placement every week, research warns
Charities are warning that more than 1,000 looked-after children are moved on from their placement every week. Between 2018 and 2021 there were 220,210 changes to care placements, the equivalent of 1,059 changes each...
Launch of Future of Care study
The University of Oxford’s Rees Centre, at the Department of Education is partnering with Become, the national charity for children in care and young care leavers to define a new measurement of success for care leavers...
Unpaid carers changing the systems that trap them in poverty
Our society and the systems and services we have built do not value unpaid care work. In this blog, JRF outlines how we are working with people with lived experience of unpaid care work to develop policy recommendations...
Expand free school meals eligibility ‘to reduce stigma’, DfE urged
Widening eligibility for free school meals could not only reduce the number of children facing food insecurity but remove the stigma felt by those who do receive them, researchers have said. A study by York University...
Pandemic hit early education of disadvantaged children hardest, research finds
“Considerably more” children from ethnic minority and disadvantaged backgrounds have missed out on formal early learning during the Covid-19 pandemic compared with their peers, new research has found. The number of...
Sibling sexual abuse
The BBC has released a new File on 4 episode which focuses on sibling sexual abuse in the UK. The episode features families who have experienced this form of abuse and looks at the challenges they have faced. Listen to...
Infant trauma
The Parent-Infant Foundation has published a report which looks at early trauma in infants, explores professional and public knowledge around the area as well as available support. The report highlights the importance...
Care Review does not go far enough to support care leavers, charity claims
The Care Review does not go far enough to support care leavers’ pathway into society or support their mental health, a charity has said. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now Share...
Councils flag safeguarding concerns linked to Homes for Ukraine scheme
More than one in 10 local authorities have raised safeguarding concerns with the Home Office over people in their area listed to sponsor a refugee under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, according to an investigation by CYP...
Children stressed and self-harming over UK cost of living crisis
Mental health problems are linked to financial squeeze on families, according to new Childhood Trust report Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
What can we do about poverty? First, stop blaming people for being poor
As more people wind up in dire need, they will realise that being on the breadline isn’t the result of their individual failings This article is part of a new series, the heat or eat diaries: dispatches from the...
Increase in children receiving SEN support, DfE figures show
The number of children receiving support in school for special educational needs (SEN) has increased by 77,000 over the last year, new figures from the Department for Education show. Read the full article on this link...
Infant free school meals uplift branded ‘inadequate’
Campaigners have branded an uplift in funding for universal infant free school meals “inadequate”, saying funding announced by the Department for Education amounts to just 7p per pupil for each meal. Education...
Improved mental health for children who play well with peers by age three
Children who learn to play well with their peers by the age of three are likely to enjoy better mental health later in childhood, according to research from the University of Cambridge. The study is said to be the first...
Child poverty and children entering care in England, 2015–20: a longitudinal ecological study at the local area level
Children in care face adverse health outcomes throughout their life course compared with their peers. In England, over the past decade, the stark rise in the number of cared-for children has coincided with rising child...
Call for specialist early trauma teams to support parents
Specialist teams offering “vital” support to vulnerable babies and young children affected by trauma are needed to ease the pressure on health and education providers, a charity says Read the full article on this link...
Mental health patients still sent hundreds of miles away from home for treatment
The dangerous practice of sending people with a mental illness hundreds of miles away from home for weeks at a time continues in England, according to new analysis published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Read...
