As second lockdown begins, charities urge government to tackle child poverty
Prime minister Boris Johnson has been urged to do more to protect vulnerable children from a ‘winter of hunger and hardship’ by leading children’s charities.
Action for Children, Barnardo’s, NSPCC, NCB and The Children’s Society have united to call for the government to work with them to establish short and longer-term measures to help vulnerable children [...]
NEU calls for schools to be included in lockdown
As the prime minister announced a four-week lockdown in England to tackle the Coronavirus, the National Education Union called for schools and colleges to be included in the restrictions.
Boris Johnson has imposed a national lockdown from Thursday November which will be reviewed on 2 December, but education establishments are exempt from the lockdown unlike [...]
Government urged to provide adequate funding for Staying Put
The government must provide adequate funding to make sure all young people leaving foster care can benefit from the safety and stability that Staying Put offers, Action for Children has said.
A report from the children’s charity reveals that the policy designed to allow care leavers to remain with their foster families, Staying Put, is [...]
Children’s commissioner sets out plans for care leavers
Central Government must step up and be a more ambitious parent for care leavers, the children’s commissioner for England has said.
Anne Longfield highlighted that care leavers often lack their own family support networks, and have to deal with managing bills, getting a first job and moving into their own home without the safety net or [...]
COVID exacerbates precariousness of Scottish care leavers’ situations
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated and amplified the precariousness of many care leavers’ situations, and the inconsistencies and variations that exist in relation to support and services, according to the Scottish Care Leavers Covenant.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the SCLC Alliance partners have continued to meet regularly and have produced a briefing paper [...]
New legal guidance for prosecutors on rape and serious sexual offences
New legal guidance for prosecutors has been produced tackling misconceptions about the exchange of naked selfies and ‘hook-up’ dating websites.
The guidance produced by the Crown Prosecution Service is part of a wide-ranging revision of legal guidance for prosecutors on rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO) which is being launched for public consultation. It is updating [...]
