The Home Office has awarded £13m to projects which support vulnerable children, by ensuring they have positive adult role models in their lives.
Eleven local authorities have been allocated a share of the Trusted Relationship Fund – a scheme that attempts to intervene early if a child is at risk of abusive predators or being drawn into criminality, such as county lines, by helping foster close relationships with trusted adults in the community such as youth workers, police officers, nurses and other professionals.
High screen time can hurt children’s learning and language skills, study suggests
The effect of high screen time on children is as significant as parental behaviour and premature birth, if not greater, a global study has found.
Court of Appeal dismisses majority of first case examined under Child Focused Court model
The first Court of Appeal judgment considered under the Child Focused Court (CFC) model has dismissed the majority of an appeal made by a mother
‘I feel really angry’: The impact of the deadly ‘care cliff’ facing young care leavers at 18
Young adults who leave care are four times more likely to die between the ages of 18 and 24 than the general population, according to