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New funding announced to remove barriers and reduce delays for families seeking to adopt

By Catherine Lough, Reporter3rd March 2022News England

Families looking to adopt a child will be able to do so more quickly owing to new Government funding, it was announced on Thursday. The Government said it will invest

Tens of thousands of vulnerable children missing out on early social care help, charity warns

By Catherine Lough, Reporter28th February 2022News England

A charity has revealed there were at least 320,000 missed opportunities to provide early help to children who were then re-referred to social care within 12 months. Data taken from

Home Office urges 29 councils to ‘play their part’ on accommodation for migrant children

By Flora Thompson and Michael Drummond, Reporters16th February 2022News England

The Government has written to 29 councils telling them they must take migrant children, who have arrived in the UK without any parents or guardians, into their care. The Home

Wales to trial world’s highest basic income scheme for young people leaving care

By The Press Association16th February 2022News Wales

Wales is to roll out one of the most generous basic income schemes ever trialled in the world to its care leavers this year. The pilot will see all young

Engage – ‘I was just a little girl trying to survive’ – Emma Lewis on her own experience of sexual abuse

By Emma Lewis, The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse15th February 202216th February 2022Engage

Following Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness week, Emma Lewis, Victims and Survivors Consultative Panel Member for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, shines a light on her own

‘Red flag’ survey results prompt urgent call for support to children’s services in Scotland

By The Press Association11th February 2022News Scotland

Urgent calls have been made to bolster current policy to protect children and young people organisations as the majority said they are struggling to provide crucial services, it can be

Crime gang facing jail after recruiting teenage girls for £500,000 shoplifting scam

By Henry Vaughan, Reporter11th February 2022News England

Members of a crime gang who recruited teenage girls into a £500,000 nationwide shoplifting scam are facing jail for modern slavery offences. Ringleader Isaiah Olugosi, 38, recruited, trained and transported

NSPCC urge changes to Health and Care Bill warning child safeguarding could be destabilised

By Jemma Crew, Reporter10th February 2022News England

Children may be less safe under proposed changes to NHS structures which could destabilise safeguarding partnerships that “already need urgent improvement”, a charity has warned. The NSPCC said it is

Record number of children referred for specialist mental health care during the pandemic

By The Press Association4th February 2022News England

A record number of children have been referred for specialist care for the most serious mental health problems during the pandemic. Between April 2021 and October 2021, the number of

Scathing report finds ‘extensive failures’ in way child exploitation is tackled by authorities

By Ryan Hooper, Reporter1st February 2022News England

There are “extensive failures” in the way child sexual exploitation by criminal gangs is tackled, with police and authorities potentially downplaying the scale of abuse over concerns about negative publicity,

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New funding announced to remove barriers and reduce delays for families seeking to adopt

Wales to trial world’s highest basic income scheme for young people leaving care

Engage – ‘I was just a little girl trying to survive’ – Emma Lewis on her own experience of sexual abuse

‘Red flag’ survey results prompt urgent call for support to children’s services in Scotland

Crime gang facing jail after recruiting teenage girls for £500,000 shoplifting scam

Record number of children referred for specialist mental health care during the pandemic

Scathing report finds ‘extensive failures’ in way child exploitation is tackled by authorities

England’s hospitals within hours of running out of some PPE items – Matt Hancock

Minister admits ‘unacceptable’ rise in children subject to Deprivation of Liberty orders

Warning of ‘stark failure’ in social care after children placed in caravan and Airbnb

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Tag: Vulnerable Children

New funding announced to remove barriers and reduce delays for families seeking to adopt

Tens of thousands of vulnerable children missing out on early social care help, charity warns

Home Office urges 29 councils to ‘play their part’ on accommodation for migrant children

Wales to trial world’s highest basic income scheme for young people leaving care

Engage – ‘I was just a little girl trying to survive’ – Emma Lewis on her own experience of sexual abuse

‘Red flag’ survey results prompt urgent call for support to children’s services in Scotland

Crime gang facing jail after recruiting teenage girls for £500,000 shoplifting scam

NSPCC urge changes to Health and Care Bill warning child safeguarding could be destabilised

Record number of children referred for specialist mental health care during the pandemic

Scathing report finds ‘extensive failures’ in way child exploitation is tackled by authorities