Impact of coronavirus on children living in poverty
The Childhood Trust has said it is “extremely concerned” about the way the lockdown measures amidst the COVID-19 pandemic are disproportionately affecting disadvantaged children and young people in London.
Families who were already living in poverty and enduring hard and challenging times have had to endure lockdown in “appalling circumstances”.
“For children in poverty, the crisis [...]
Babies born into care doubles in a decade
The number of babies born into care in England has almost doubled in a decade, according to research published in the Children and Youth Services Review.
Researchers from the University of Huddersfield and University of Central Lancashire found that the proportion of children in England born into care rose from 26 to 48 per 10,000 [...]
Calling all experienced skilled children’s social workers wanting to move into independent work
- Have you worked in children’s social work for more than five years?
- Are you skilled, highly trained and motivated?
- Are you passionate about achieving the best outcomes for children?
- Has lockdown made you evaluate your work-life balance?
Whether you have been furloughed, working from home or it has been business as usual, lockdown has, [...]
£1 billion government funding announced to help pupils catch up with their education
The government has launched a £1 billion COVID “catch-up” package to help children who have missed out on education to catch up.
Government funding of £650 million will be available for primary and secondary schools to spend on small tuition groups for those who need it. This one-off grant is to support pupils in state [...]
Disadvantaged pupils to get free school meals and get access to internet during summer
The government has made a U-turn on its decision over free school meals over the summer holidays following a successful campaign from footballer Marcus Rashford.
The footballer spoke out about his own experience of growing up in poverty in Manchester in a family dependent on free school meals and called for the voucher scheme [...]
Pregnant women at risk of having their children taken into care more likely to have mental illness
Pregnant women in Wales who are at risk of having their baby being taken into care in the first year of the child’s life are far more likely to have experienced mental health problems in comparison to other pregnant women, research has found.
In fact, over half (53 per cent) of women whose children were [...]
