WillisPalmer launches Children’s Charter to support vulnerable children
Children who have suffered neglect and abuse during lockdown need identifying and providing with support as a matter of urgency as they return to school.
Parents, other family members and organisations supporting parents have reported concerns about remote hearings in the family justice system.
While most professionals who responded to the survey carried out by the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory felt that things were working more smoothly than in April when Nuffield carried out a previous survey, parents, other family members [...]
The vast majority of victims and survivors of non-recent abuse who have sought redress have had a negative experience, research has found.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse carried out surveys on the subject of redress and asked respondents if they had sought redress for the abuse they suffered. Of the 121 respondents, 52.1% said [...]
The government should be shocked into immediate action to tackle a growing epidemic of mental health problems in children and young people, the children’s commissioner for England has warned.
Anne Longfield’s warnings come as NHS figures show that the proportion of children experiencing a probable mental disorder has increased over the past three years, from one [...]
Chancellor Rishi Sunak
The chancellor has announced that he will conduct a one-year Spending Review in order to concentrate on the government’s response to COVID-19.
The chancellor and the prime minister have decided to conduct a one-year Spending Review, setting department’s resource and capital budgets for 2021-22, and Devolved Administration’s block grants for the same period. The [...]
Local authorities are preparing for a surge in demand for children’s services after many children ‘disappeared’ from view during the lockdown restrictions introduced in a bid to try and prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.
The Local Government Association said councils are bracing themselves for a rise in referrals for support that would have normally [...]
Javid Khan, CEO Barnardo's
Local authorities had to spend an additional £136 million on children’s social care between March and July, it has emerged.
New analysis from five leading children’s charities, Action for Children, Barnardo’s, the Children’s Society, NCB and the NSPCC, submitted to the Treasury, reveals that even before the pandemic hit these services were facing [...]
Parents, other family members and organisations supporting parents have reported concerns about remote hearings in the family justice system.
While most professionals who responded to the survey carried out by the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory felt that things were working more smoothly than in April when Nuffield carried out a previous survey, parents, other family members [...]
The vast majority of victims and survivors of non-recent abuse who have sought redress have had a negative experience, research has found.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse carried out surveys on the subject of redress and asked respondents if they had sought redress for the abuse they suffered. Of the 121 respondents, 52.1% said [...]
The government should be shocked into immediate action to tackle a growing epidemic of mental health problems in children and young people, the children’s commissioner for England has warned.
Anne Longfield’s warnings come as NHS figures show that the proportion of children experiencing a probable mental disorder has increased over the past three years, from one [...]
