vulnerable children

Care leavers in Wales are set to receive £1600 per month to assess the impact on their lives under a pilot scheme announced by the Welsh government.

Under the scheme, more than 500 young people leaving care across all local authorities will be offered the opportunity to participate in the scheme to assess [...]

Children not in attendance at school will be required to sign a register under the government’s plans for levelling up education.

The government has confirmed it will go ahead with the creation of a register for children not in school at the earliest available legislative opportunity.

While much of home schooling is done [...]

There was an average of 669 referrals a day from police to children’s services about domestic abuse in 2020-21, analysis by the NSPCC has found.

Police made almost 245,000 referrals to social services for domestic abuse, an 8% increase on the previous year, with the charity fearing this could be the tip of [...]

More children are at risk of living in poverty due to rising fuel costs, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has warned.

Households on low incomes will be spending on average 18% of their income after housing costs on energy bills after April. For single adult households on low incomes this rises to a shocking [...]

Rising rates of child poverty are resulting in more children entering the care system, according to a new study.

The research, carried out by academics from Liverpool and Huddersfield universities, found that between 2015 and 2020, a 1% increase in child poverty rates was associated with an additional 5 children entering care per [...]

The current care system is unfit for purpose and is handing over some vulnerable children to criminals and abusers rather than ensuring they are protected, the Commission on Young Lives has warned.

Vulnerable teenagers are moved away from their families and communities, are too frequently shipped from placement to placement and continue to [...]