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...
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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...
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...
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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...
‘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...
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 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...
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...
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...
