Realising the potential of early intervention
Maintaining a focus on providing early intervention or early help services can feel impossible to many councils right now.
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SEND support funding gap
Vital support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is facing a potential funding gap this year of more than half a billion pounds, according to the results of interim research commissioned by the LGA.
Putting children’s rights into practice
Since 2017, Cardiff – alongside four other cities and communities in the UK – has been working with UNICEF UK and our partners towards international recognition as a UNICEF Child Friendly City.
‘1,000 new child care cases a day’
Social workers are starting new cases for more than 1,000 children each day as council leaders warn services will be pushed to a tipping point without further new money.
Child diabetes up 40%
The number of children and young people being treated for Type 2 diabetes – normally only seen in adults and often linked to obesity – has soared by around 40 per cent in just four years, to more than 700 cases, the LGA has warned.
‘Emergency’ in secondary school places
Thousands of children face missing out on a secondary school place in the next five years, with more than half of all councils in England at risk of not being able to meet demand, according to new analysis by the LGA.
Giving young people a voice
I’ve chaired Three Rivers District Council’s Youth Council for just over a year, and it’s amazing how much you can achieve working with young people in such a short amount of time.
Children’s services reaching ‘tipping point’
Councils overspent on children’s services by £816 million last year and are increasingly having to divert money from other services to meet an unprecedented surge in demand for care services, the LGA has warned.
Helping young people to trust
Eleven local authority areas have been awarded government funding to help them provide ‘trusted’ adults to support children at risk of sexual abuse or of being drawn into criminality.