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Looked-after Children: Programme will focus on wellbeing

15 March 2005, Children Now

A new £250,000 programme focusing on the health and wellbeing of looked-after children was announced yesterday (15 March) by the Department for Education and Skills.

Asylum Seekers: Kent asks for more than £7.1m offer

15 March 2005, Children Now

Kent council is asking the Government for more money to help it meet the cost of looking after asylum seekers, including children, despite an offer of £7.1m from the Home...

Play: Strategic group to begin after Easter

15 March 2005, Children Now

A cross-departmental government group that will look strategically at children's play will begin work after Easter.

Children and young people's plan: Housing is given a central role in councils' overarching plans

15 March 2005, Children Now

Councils have been ordered to focus on housing, regeneration and leisure as well as core children's services when they draw up overarching plans for children and young people.

News in Brief: Publication helps women through pregnancy

15 March 2005, Children Now

An examplar showing how maternity services can help women through pregnancy and birth has been published by the Department of Health. Linda's Pregnancy follows a young African Caribbean woman and...

News in Brief: Parents of autistic children become stressed

15 March 2005, Children Now

Parents of autistic children say local education authority staff cause them more stress than social services, lack of places or financial issues, according to a study from Brunel University.

News in Brief: Anti-racism projects

15 March 2005, Children Now

Anti-racism projects are helping to change young people's views and are influencing their behaviour, a new report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation says. But another report, by researchers in Scotland,...

News in Brief: Judge names 14-year-old boy

15 March 2005, Children Now

A judge has named a 14-year-old boy convicted of killing a pizza shop worker in north London. Judge Gerald Gordon said he hoped to deter other people from carrying knives.

News in Brief: Minimum age for joining the army should be raised

15 March 2005, Children Now

The minimum age for young people to join the army should be raised from 16 to 18, according to a committee of MPs investigating how the armed forces care for...

News in Brief: Draft guidance on children's trusts

15 March 2005, Children Now

The Commission for Social Care Inspection says Department for Education and Skills' draft guidance on children's trusts should make it clear that structural change is not a necessity.