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Childhood obesity target at risk

The Editorial Team

Around 40 per cent of 10 to 11-year-olds will be obese or overweight by 2030 if trends in childhood obesity continue at their current rate.

Categories news Tags children, obesity
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Focusing on family ties

Linda Briheim-Crookall

For nearly a decade, Coram Voice has been working to bring children’s voices to the heart of social work practice through the Bright Spots programme, in collaboration with the Rees Centre at the University of Oxford.

Categories comment Tags children

Home schooling register confirmed

The Editorial Team

The Government has announced it will introduce a register for children not in school, following years of lobbying by the LGA.

Categories news Tags children, education
Boy sitting at a desk learning at home using a tablet and notepad, helped by his brother.

Bill ‘needs safeguards for young carers’

The Editorial Team

Barnardo’s has warned that the Government’s Health and Care Bill may mean more sick and disabled adults are discharged from hospital into the sole care of children. 

Categories news Tags children, social care
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Improving children’s mental health

The Editorial Team

New research sets out the challenges of delivering better outcomes for children and young people – and how councils can mitigate these by acting early to resolve issues before they escalate.

Categories features Tags children, mental health

‘Invest in children’

The Editorial Team

The next government needs to invest in children’s services so councils can fulfil the ambitions of the Children’s Act, the LGA has said.

Categories news Tags children, social care
Angry child screaming

Parents under pressure

Councillor Joan Atkinson

Child-to-parent violence can occur in any family anywhere, but parents are often too ashamed to seek help.

Categories features Tags children, social care
A multi-ethnic group of young children are at a preschool. They are sitting on the carpet and doing various motions to a song.

Hardship behind demand for services

The Editorial Team

A rise in family conflict and hardship is behind the heightened pressure on child protection services, according to a new LGA survey of councillors responsible for children’s social care.

Categories news Tags children, social care
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Rise in child abuse based on faith or belief

The Editorial Team

The number of children in England identified by councils as having been abused for reasons based on faith or belief has risen by a third in the past three years, according to LGA analysis.

Categories news Tags children

Young missing out on careers advice

The Editorial Team

Thousands of young people are missing out on vital careers support, the LGA has warned.

Categories news Tags careers, children, education
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