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Over 8 million families in the UK to receive new Cost of Living Payment this Spring

Over 8 million families in the UK will continue to receive direct financial support from Government, with the first of five Cost of Living Payments – worth £301 – hitting bank accounts this spring.
  • Over 8 million families in the UK on means-tested benefits will automatically receive £301 this Spring, and over 6.5 million people on disability benefits in the country will receive a £150
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New initiative launched to prompt conversations about pornography

Together for Childhood and partners have joined forces to launch a campaign to help young people understand the impact of pornography and its link with violence against women and girls.

This week (February 6th-12th) marks this year’s Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness week, which makes it the perfect time for the group and its partners to launch the initiative.

During the...

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Fridays awarded Friendly WiFi certification for their UK Restaurants

· American-inspired cocktail bar and restaurant chain, Fridays, launches new public WiFi service solution with Friendly WiFi · Each venue now provides easy, speedy and safe online browsing experience for their guests

American-inspired cocktail bar and restaurant chain, Fridays, is pleased to announce their new certification with Friendly WiFi, providing a safe public WiFi service to all their...

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Long-term strategy launched to fix children’s social care

Government to transform children’s social care, with ambitious plans that put families at the heart of reform  

Vulnerable children will be better supported to stay with their families in safe and loving homes, as part of an overhaul of children’s social care.

Backed by £200 million over the next two years, a new, ambitious and wide-ranging Children’s Social Care Implementation...

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More funding needed as a growing number of under-fives are arriving at early years settings hungry

COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS: Call for extra government funding as new research finds growing number of under-fives arriving at early years settings hungry

Rising costs are making it extremely challenging for nurseries, pre-schools and childminders to serve affordable, healthy and nutritious food at a time when growing numbers of young children are arriving at their settings hungry, new research...

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The links between young people being imprisoned, pupil background and school quality

We find that going to a lower-quality school, as rated by Ofsted, is one of the many factors linked with a higher likelihood of someone being imprisoned. The impact of school quality is comparably low. We also look at the issues of poverty and growing up in care and include the thoughts of people working with at-risk students.

Of the minority of young people imprisoned by the age of...

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Alliance praises Princess of Wales' determination to change attitudes towards early years

Commenting, Neil Leitch, CEO of the Early Years Alliance said:

"The Princess of Wales is absolutely right to highlight the need for greater recognition of the importance of the early years.

"There is a wealth of research that shows that the first five years of a child's life are critical to their long-term learning and development, and yet all too often in this country,...

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Triple P and the University of Warwick secure £1.6m funding to support families of teenagers 

Triple P UK and the University of Warwick have secured £1.6m of funding from the Youth Endowment Fund to deliver a programme supporting families and caregivers of teenagers, with the aim of building supportive home environments.

The funding comes from the Supportive Home Grant, a partnership between the YEF and Comic Relief, which recognises the positive role parents and the home environment...

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£3.6 million fund launched for projects to help parents reduce conflict

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking bidders for a slice of its new £3.6 million Challenge Fund to improve parents’ access to conflict support.
  • Bidding process for share of £3.6 million fund to help families where children are exposed to conflict
  • Local authorities, digital firms and expert public, private and voluntary sector organisations invited to bid
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Child Maintenance Service to clamp down on domestic abuse

New laws protecting parents who use the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) from abusive ex-partners are due to be introduced following an independent review.
  • New measures to protect survivors from direct contact with abusers
  • Improvements to domestic abuse staff training
  • One-to-one support for survivors to be trialled

Survivors of domestic abuse will be...

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