How We Help Professionals National News & Updates Below:- Insider Fraud Alert for Charities Government urges the VCS to embrace digital technology Civil Society Strategy will help charities most in need What does high-quality Early Years Education look like EU Settlement Scheme - Employers toolkit How Early Help can impact on Childhood disadvantage NCS to roll out new contracts to link with local groups The value of small is far bigger than imagined What the Mencap sleep-in judgement means Youth Development Sailing Residential Offer for September 2018, information sheetand ship details Don't be a Polar Bear A Place to Belong - the role of local youth organisations in addressing youth loneliness Children's Social Care data 2018 Millions of families worse off More funding won't halt care number increase National Lottery revenue falls Record numbers of severely obese children The State of Children's Service 2018-19 Concerns over the Doki Doki computer game from BBC Children in Need Child Mental Health referral figures update Child Mental Health review of tranistion to adults mental health service All Party Parliamentary group report on children's safety and varying system of social care Schools relationships education to include mental health sessions All local authorities to replace LSCBs by September 2019 'Growing Up Neglected' report on older children living with neglect SEND exclusion practice faces legal challenge Sensible teens behind pregnancy rate drop Results of inquiry into Thresholds for accessing Children's Services in England Trials of baseline checks for reception age children to start this September Automatic Disqualification of Trustees and people in senior position changes and update Teachers say children face mental health epidemic Children in Need and Child Protection statistics Barnardos say Children at reisk of multiple dangers Older children slipping through the net into neglect SEN employment initiative to expand Keeping the Charity Commission details uptodate Charities must allow for electronic donations or fall behind Charity fined for data loss Early Years sector faces leadership shortage Increase in Child Protection investiations More than 350,000 children destitute 4 million adults turned to food banks Protecting childrens rights post-Brexit Sex, Drugs and A&E for the under 30s Spiralling care costs cause others to miss out The Great British Sell off of public assets Victims to help develop child exploitation programme Child Abuse and Neglect webinar available GDPR: Have Questions? webcast VCS organisations hold the key to personalisation in healthcare Government acknowledges value of voluntary sector Teenagers and single parents at highest risk of Domestic Abuse Women in abusive relationship don't recognise the signs Data Protection - GDPR update, reference guide, assurance from the ICO GDPR is a wake up call for the sector School referrals for mental health treatment rises by over a third Adopted children 2017 statistics Reponses to the Government's Green Paper on Children's Mental Health from British Association of Social Workers; Children's Commissioner for England; Commons Select Committee Local Statistics from Office of National Statistics Survey shows more than a third of young people have self-harmed Third of children referred by schools denied mental health treatment Mother of Domestic Abuse survivor tells her story Benefits of reducing parental conflict article Drugs gangs recruiting children from small towns Homeless young people - statutory guidance Local charities are in 'precarious position' New survey shows self-harm statistics UK has worst environment for charities Will the Third Sector exist in 20 years time? Young People's mental health support too hard to find - report Child Poverty rise set to raise pressure on social services JustGiving changes to donation fee model New support for children living with alcoholic parents New website for professionals working with children of offenders Parental conflict initiative to be trailled in 30 areas Awareness of insider frauds in charities Children fuelling rise in child abuse images Meeting the increasing demand for service Primary School counselling saves money School sex abuse on the rise Social Prescribing - Just do it Youth Leaders appointed to Government Serious Violence Taskforce 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 Facebook launches schools online safety campaign Children's leaders must make better use of existing resources