Around 400 young people who face barriers to employment will be helped to find work as part of a new initiative. Social enterprise Catch22 said...
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#Chances4Children: Project launched to donate old laptops to disadvantaged students
A new campaign has been launched to encourage people to donate old and unused laptops to help disadvantaged students with remote learning. Electronics charity The...
Coronavirus: childcare FAQ’s
The House of Commons Library has published a briefing paper in response to some key questions regarding the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on childcare...
Reforming the Mental Health Act: consultation opens
Thinkuknow, the national online safety education programme from the National Crime Agency, has adapted their online safety toolkits for remote delivery. The content includes short...
Online safety – Toolkits for children
Thinkuknow, the national online safety education programme from the National Crime Agency, has adapted their online safety toolkits for remote delivery. The content includes short...
Online safety – TikTok to introduce safety measures for under 16’s
The Guardian reports that TikTok, a social video app that allows users to share short videos, has announced that users under 16 will no longer...
Online child sexual abuse – Report shows 77% increase in reports
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has released figures for reports of online child sexual abuse processed by the UK’s IWF. Figures show that: in 2020,...
Independent review of children’s social care
The Department for Education (DfE) has announced an independent review of children’s social care in England to be led by Josh MacAlister a former schoolteacher...
Coronavirus: children’s rights in Wales
The Welsh Government has published a report assessing the impact of coronavirus alert levels and restrictions on children’s rights, including their impact on a child’s...
Coronavirus: children’s commissioner calls for action to minimise loss of learning during lockdown
The Children’s Commissioner for England has written to the Secretary of State for Education following the start of the national lockdown, to request further details...
BBC delivers biggest Education offer in its history
Including devoting significant airtime to Education on BBC Two Reacting quickly to the news of UK schools moving to remote learning, the new offer from...
Ethnicity Facts and Figures: Adopted and Looked After Children
The Race Disparity Unit (RDU) has published a new set of statistics covering adoption and looked-after children on the ‘Ethnicity facts and figures’ website, which...