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Schools and local authorities failing young carers
Results in The Children’s Society’s recent report, There’s nobody is there - no one who can actually help?, has found that schools and...
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Five child sex offences reported to the police every hour
Recently collected figures from the NSPCC show that the number of child sex offences reported to police throughout the UK rose to a record 45,456 last...
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Children’s mental health damaged by parental conflict
Unresolved parental conflict has been proved to have an affect children’s long-term mental health and life chances in a study by the Early Interve...
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NCVYS to merge with Ambition
National independent body National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) is to merge with Ambition, a youth charity that strengthens community ...
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Children at risk due to “unacceptable inconsistencies” across police forces
Results from a review by The HM Inspectorate of Constabulary on how police respond to missing and absent children has been published in a report. It f...
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Safe Network service closing
Launched in 2009, Safe Network is a partnership between Children England and the NSPCC. From April 2016 Safe Network will be closing and the NSPCC web...
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Sexually exploited boys ‘hidden’ from services
Results from a study by The Children’s Society, Boys Don’t Cry, has highlighted the increasing numbers of boys who are being trafficked ...
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DBS Updates
November 2015's update newsletter from the The Disclosure and Barring Service includes:- EU criminal record checks: The DBS have launched ...
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Service standards for DBS checks, referrals and barring
Disclosure and Barring Services has announced service standards (8 Jan 2016):- DBS checks: will aim for 95% of all disclosures to be issue...
