Over £75m government funding for vulnerable groups during lockdown
More than £75m of funding to support the most vulnerable people during COVID-19 including survivors of domestic abuse and vulnerable children and families has been announced by the government.
Communities secretary Robert Jenrick has announced £76 million of funding for charities supporting survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence, victims of modern slavery and vulnerable [...]
Vulnerable children ‘at heightened risk” as a result of COVID-19
The outbreak of the coronavirus has put hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children in England at heightened risk, the children’s commissioner has warned.
Anne Longfield has raised concerns about the dangers of vulnerable children falling through gaps in services and policy, adding that lockdown measures have removed most of the usual ways of identifying children [...]
Government funding for vulnerable children amid COVID-19
Children in care, young people with mental health problems are care leavers are to benefit from £12m government investment during the Coronavirus outbreak.
The government has announced £12 million of funding to be allocated to 14 projects across the UK to tackle the increased risk some children and young people are facing as they stay [...]
Blog: New timescales and remote working at WillisPalmer
By Mark Willis
As every other school, local authority, solicitors, children’s home and business across the UK, WillisPalmer has had to make some changes to our working practices during the current climate of COVID-19.
This week, we have successfully carried out psychological assessments entirely remotely and still to the high standard you have come to [...]
DfE finds just 5% of vulnerable children attending school
Just 5 per cent of vulnerable children were attending school on Friday 17 April, according to figures published by the Department for Education.
Around 84,000 children attended an educational establishment on Friday 17 April, representing 0.9% of pupils who normally attend. Of those, 24,000 of the children in attendance were classed by schools as vulnerable, [...]
Blog: Lockdown needs an end in sight to prevent irreparable long-term damage to children
The need to safeguard children has never been more imperative since the outbreak of COVID-19. Many of the measures introduced to combat the spread of the virus have placed vulnerable children in increasingly dangerous situations – which is why we cannot justify a lengthy lockdown period as the fallout will be even more damaging [...]
