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Liverpool gets cash from Seed Challenge Fund

31 August 2004, Children Now

New school sports fields, science labs and playgrounds will be built in Liverpool, thanks to £560,000 from the DfES's Seed Challenge Fund. The cash will fund improvements at 26 schools...

Recreation: DfES acts to curb green space sales

31 August 2004, Children Now

The fight to protect the UK's green space is not over despite tough rules on the sale of school playing fields, says the new director of the National Playing Fields...

Children in need: Boarding should play greater role

31 August 2004, Children Now

Boarding schools would like to do more for vulnerable children but are hindered by funding, a charity says.

Policy: Opposition tackle children's issues

31 August 2004, Children Now

Opposition parties have flagged up their policies on children's issues in the run-up to the political conference season.

Children's services: Government will force schools to embrace partnership agenda

31 August 2004, Children Now

The Government has promised tough new guidance to ensure schools work with social services, as an exclusive Children Now survey revealed overwhelming concern among councils that some schools were hampering...

News in brief: Parents say biggest issue in raising children is not talking

31 August 2004, Children Now

One in three parents say their biggest issue in raising their children is not having enough time to talk to them, 4Children has found. It wants an extra public holiday,...

News in brief: Craegmoor Healthcare boosts children's services

31 August 2004, Children Now

Craegmoor Healthcare has boosted children's services by creating a new management role. Peter Sandiford has joined the residential care group as director of children and young people's services. He was...

News in brief: EU could play greater role in quality of childcare

31 August 2004, Children Now

The European Union could play a greater role in influencing the quality of childcare in member states, Peter Moss, professor of early childhood provision at the Thomas Coram Research Unit,...

News in brief: Backgammon player made head of Play and Youth Service in Newcastle

31 August 2004, Children Now

An international backgammon player has been made head of the Play and Youth Service in Newcastle. Don Irving, who has 20 years' experience in the sector, gained insight into services...

News in brief: Young People's Social Attitudes Survey

31 August 2004, Children Now

A third of 12- to 19-year-olds think sex between people who are under 16 is always wrong, the National Centre for Social Research found. Its Young People's Social Attitudes Survey...