The government wants to support parents in striking the right balance between protecting their children and allowing them to learn and explore safely, according to a new consultation published by Children’s Minister Ed Balls.
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Internet providers have been urged to block sites that support and encourage suicide. Researchers at the University of Ulster made the call as part of a study into suicide trends in Derry over a five-year period.
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The National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care is to advise on pilots of social pedagogy proposed in the Care Matters white paper. The centre is to work with the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Thomas Coram Research Institute to develop the programme.
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The charity Women’s Aid has welcomed a new police campaign aimed at encouraging people to report domestic violence. It will run initially in north and east Belfast, Craigavon, Foyle and Lisburn for two weeks.
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With anxiety and depression now accounting for more working days lost than backache, a leading learning and skills organisation is briefing its trade union reps on how to deal with mental health issues.
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An independent chairman has been appointed to investigate how a convicted sex offender kept his job as a childcare lecturer.
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Vulnerable adults in the south Wales valleys are more likely to be abused by a family member than anyone else, according to official figures.
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A devoutly religious father and son used their church-going respectability to hide their sexual abuse of children, Cardiff Crown Court has heard.
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The results of a new survey issued today by The Stroke Association shows that people are more concerned for their wealth than the health of their brain.
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Children from poor homes will get free transport to popular schools under plans to weaken the middle-class monopoly on the best classroom places.
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