Department for Children, Schools and Families (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The Children’s Minister, Dawn Primarolo, has today announced that the Government will be intervening in Cornwall to improve its services to safeguard children. (2009/0224)
the optimum population trust blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Reducing teenage pregnancies to combat health inequalities, child poverty and social exclusion is key Government policy, according to children’s minister Dawn Primarolo. Her pledge to continue efforts to bring down the numbers follows the publication of the Government’s response to a Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group (TPIAG) report. Ministers have accepted all the report’s...
Department for Children, Schools and Families (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Now – there’s a children’s book you might have seen, in which a young African girl called Yemi is given the job of looking after her brother for the day. The two go off to help their mother at the market, but when Yemi turns her back for a minute, her brother disappears. So off she goes in search of him, looking under blankets, in baskets and on the beach – only to find that...
Department for Children, Schools and Families (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Children’s Minister Dawn Primarolo today called on local authorities and health trusts to continue to prioritise the Government’s successful teenage pregnancy strategy, to further bring down teenage conceptions. (2009/0212)
Department for Children, Schools and Families (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Children’s Minister Dawn Primarolo today launched a consultation on new rules aimed at ensuring that wherever possible births are registered by both ... (2009/0211)
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Professionals who work with young people are to be given leadership and management training under a new programme funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. The £25m initiative – which will not include teachers – will be spread over three years. It is aimed primarily at youth workers. The children and young people's minister, Dawn Primarolo, said: "Young people...
Department for Children, Schools and Families (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Today we realise that it’s impossible to construct our own future without first helping others to construct theirs. And this is why Government has been prioritising action over the last few years to support families at risk – including families affected by substance misuse and offending. In particular, the national roll out of Think Family is encouraging all services to co-ordinate the...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Change in funding system 'will cause layoffs, larger classes and closures' Thousands of families could lose out on free pre-school education due to a funding crisis that is forcing state-run nurseries to lay off staff, increase class sizes and in some cases close. Many institutions will be forced to charge parents from September next year for provision that has previously been free.The nurseries affected...
Department for Children, Schools and Families (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Dawn Primarolo, minister for Children, Young People and Families, today announced three new pilot projects to help up to five million mums, dads, carers and grandparents get important parenting information support and guidance. (2009/0203)
Jailhouselawyer's Blog (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Children of prisoners 'ignored' The charity Barnados has said nine out of 10 local authorities do not give prisoners' children the help they need. The children's charity has urged the government to do more to protect the 160,000 youngsters estimated to have a mother or father in jail in the UK. They are more likely to develop mental health problems and become offenders themselves, it warned. Children's...
KERRY MCCARTHY (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Almost a year ago, in the days when I could, I had a Westminster Hall debate on ' The Children of Prisoners' . It is therefore rather gratifying to see the new Barnardo's report on the issue , 'Every Night You Cry', being covered on BBC 24 this morning and Dawn Primarolo, the Children's Minister, admitting that we should have done more to support these 'invisible' children. I've got a copy of the Barnardo's...
Simply Southville (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Harold Wilson once said ’A week is a long time in politics’. Well having been away from the keyboard at Simply Southville Towers we’ve had a bit of catching up to do with cyber comment on the proposed Tesco development at A$hton Gate. Having had a summer sabbatical Southvile Roads blog sprang back into action to comment on the sudden appearance of yellow lines around A$hton Gate making...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Inspectors say senior managers are ineffective and children at risk are not properly safeguarded Children's services in Cornwall have been condemned as "inadequate" in a detailed report drawn up after an unannounced visit by Ofsted. The report expresses particular concern about the way children and young people who are at risk are offered protection. It concludes that referrals are not dealt...
Department for Children, Schools and Families (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Children’s Minister Dawn Primarolo ... (2009/0200)
Mark Heenan's Little Blog of Littleworth (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
From the BBC News website : Thousands of teenagers had a total of 5,171 litres of alcohol confiscated in a summer crackdown on binge drinking, the government has said. As part of a £1.4m campaign, more than 3,500 youngsters in 69 "priority areas" of England were stopped between July and September. Children's minister Dawn Primarolo said the campaign was a "success story"....
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