Sex education to be compulsory in schools
All secondary schools in England will teach relationships and sex education (RSE), the government has announced.
The government has tabled amendments to the Children and Social Work Bill which will make it a requirement that all secondary schools in England teach RSE.
In addition, personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) will be [...]
Care applications fall year on year
The number of care applications made in February has fallen year on year from February 2016, Cafcass statistics have shown.
There were 1,134 care applications made in February 2017, down from 1,239 care applications in February 2016 - an 8% fall. However, the statistics were an increase on January 2017 figure of 1,119.
Dave Hill, President of [...]
We need to rethink adoption in the social media age, says senior judge
Lord Justice McFarlane suggests too many children are being forcibly adopted and calls for a rethink of UK policy.
Too many children are being forcibly adopted against the wishes of their families and prevented from having any contact with their natural parents, a senior judge has suggested.
In the era of social media and with [...]
Greater consistency required in recording practices for missing people incidents
Some police forces are still inappropriately classing all missing children from care only as absent, meaning the child is at “no apparent risk”.
Sixty per cent of incidents involving people going missing involve children, a report by the UK Missing Persons Bureau has found.
The Missing Persons Data Report 2015/2016 states that there were 207,747 incidents [...]
B1G1 - our first impacts
WillisPalmer is supporting Buy1Give1 (B1G1), helping to give to projects across the globe.
We have setup giving stories for our core business areas and today we make our first giving impacts for this quarter.
Thanks to our customers commissioning social work assessments, we have been able to provide 448 children in India who have lost [...]
Special Report: Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation
The government recently announced a package of measures aimed at tackling CSE and reported its progress to date along with its plans going forward.
The government has updated the definition of Child Sexual Exploitation and announced funding to help tackle CSE.
The Home Office announced new funding for the National Crime Agency to tackle online child [...]
