How We Help Professionals National News & Updates Below:- Homeless Link's latest Report Guidance on adult to child ratios in early learning and childcare settings Watch out for CEO fraud in charities Autism research now vital Children of ill parents 'invisible' to services Fall in young people 'staying put' in foster care Four in ten councils 'unwilling to take child refugees from other areas' General Data Protection Regulations update How we weather family life, or not Providing services for both adults and children Early Years Sector reliance on volunteer Children in Poverty Impact Assessment from Equality & Human Rights Commission Little progress on speech and language support for children Postage increases from 26th March Primary staff lack help to steer children from gangs Support at 'cliff edge' for older teenagers Young people to help design £90m youth programme Children Protection demands rise on Local Authorities DfE appoints partner to deliver Care Leavers Covenant Families face lack of affordable childcare Gingerbread Report - profile of single parents in UK Involving children and young people in governance LGA Youth Service Strategy London Youth urges NEET overhaul National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage update for 1st April 2018 New Radio 4 series - The Charity Business Children's homes closures on rise Poor joint working on children's mental health Turning the Tide report - from Ambition and Action for Children UK Charities commit to strengthening safeguarding Young CSE perpetrators display general criminality Serious Case Review Reminder for charities to use the regulated financial sector Charity charges by the ICO DfE announces funding to extend support for care leavers Councils call for Hospital Advisers to protect children from DV Funding for Troubled Families vital Life improves 'in care' for most looked-after children Converting to Charitable Incorporated Organisations guidance Council launches charity to support care leavers Foster Care in England review Parental drinking leads to neglect Safeguarding & Reporting procedures - new guidance Changes to Local Safeguarding Children's Boards to start in May What do Oxfam, horse meat and small charities have in common Children's Services is biggest pressure for councils Youth Justice Statistics Safeguarding must be key governance priority for all charities Adoption breakdowns rising Duke of Cambridge addresses Charity Commission and Chairman's response Data Protection update Families facing hardship due to childcare system Government mental health plans lack early years focus Government yet to decide whether to continue EU youth policy More than half the children in some areas in UK living in poverty Challenges of safeguarding children who are not attending school Tax-free childcare system Violence & self-harm in youth custody rise Stop Loan Sharks witness statistics report Damien Hinds announces education drive in disadvantaged areas Does youth policy and theory meet practice? Youth Workers warn against drugs purchased through Social Media Economic benefits of National Citizenship Service shown Government announces £90m for youth employment initiative Information Commissioners Office guidance on Data Protection regulations (GDPR) Boy misses 2 terms of education because of LA failure Early years settings to receive funding boost Safeguarding Alert from Charity Commission Schools failing young carers claim Troubled Families initialive update Call for youth workers ot receive hate crime training Careers Strategy prioritises support for vulnerable young people DfE announces a further £45m for SEND reform DfE scales back social work accrediation Reception classes fail 1 in 3 children Stark increase in overweight young people Call for action over youth NEET rates Children's Services leaders urge action on home schooling Gaslighting- How the perfect romance became a nightmare Stop Loan Sharks Christmas Campaign Autumn Budget 2017 BBC Mental Health Cartoon for children Dometic Violence 'masks' other threats to children Government ditches youth policy statement Longfield calls to tackle informal exclusions Minister urged to back full-time youth volunteering Sector slams budget Secure schools launching 2019 Shining a light on non-school attendence Universal Credit article Transgender children failed by system report Youth select committee and body image ACEVO to publish online articles to celebrate anniversary Children and young people mental health report Councillors warn of leaving children's needs unmet Duke of Edinburgh Award to support disadvantage children Training of professionals working with children in care Government considering mandatory reporting of child abuse & neglect Sexting - update on figures Home schooling and radicalisation concerns Ministry fo Justice review of sports in youth justice system Lack of digital skills in charities Children 'damaged' by parental alcohol abuse One in three children suffer from loneliness report Youth workers to deliver mental health initiative in schools One million people to receive mental heatlh First Aid training Youth Sports Trust launches mentoring initiative Ombudsman criticise EHC shortcoming Government call on councils to take on NCS role Children's Service 'increasingly support by voluntary sector' Children's Centres credited by Ministry of Justice Children in Care proceedings three times more likely to offend Facebook launches schools online safety campaign Children's leaders must make better use of existing resources Network to boost early literacy Calls for action on children's mental health treatment Charity urges action on missed CAMHS meetings Early years and young services spending continues to fall Finding digital solutions to improve access to mental health care Former Government adviser warns over Univeral Credit Child Mental Illness - why is it happening? Exercise in life study Social Workers and social Care meltdown findings Swap places with someone in governement Day Support for small charities programme Renewed focus and investment needed in prevention Big Lottery defends spread of their funding Fresh funding concerns over free 30 hour childcare Paul Hamlyn Foundation predicts growth in 'Youth Empowerment' projects NSPCC reports huge rise in child neglect calls Mental Health Support as part of NCS Intolerable strain on children's social care Vulnerable Families 'missing out on early help' Children's Commissioner on Children's Mental Health provisions Loan Shark interim report Need for closer look at social care threshold