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Editorial: This cycle of hate does children no good

27 November 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

The outburst of vitriol towards social workers emanating from some of the media and online message boards in the wake of Baby P has been comparable in tone to the...

Editorial: We can't afford to sidestep poor pay any more

13 November 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

The early years sector has been subject to a steady stream of welcome reforms over the past decade, starting with the first ever UK National Childcare Strategy in 1998.

Recognition of youth work is long overdue

6 November 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

This week is Youth Work Week (1-7 November). Co-ordinated by The National Youth Agency, this annual event aims to explain and celebrate youth work and highlight its contribution to the...

Editorial: Plight of care leavers should be a wake-up call

30 October 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

The Leaving Care Act 2000 promised to transform the treatment of young care leavers.

What we need is a trusting society, Darling

23 October 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

"What I want to avoid is getting ourselves in a position governments have done in the past where you face an immediate problem and cut back on things the country...

Let's hold our nerve for children in this crisis

16 October 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

It's been an eventful October, hasn't it? We are waiting for the dust to settle from the cataclysmic events of the last few weeks to see the full impact of...

The Tories' citizen service needs a reality check

8 October 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

"In my view, this is something so important for the future of our society ... we cannot afford not to make it work."

Tory policy still needs some improvements

1 October 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

There is a very real prospect that the next government will be a Conservative one. So it's encouraging that apart from the small matter of a global economic crisis, issues...

Editorial: Too many children still fall into the poverty trap

24 September 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

We hear so rarely these days about the working classes, Labour's traditional support base.

Editorial: Mentors give hope to young people in custody

17 September 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

Among the myriad challenges of transforming young lives, rehabilitation of young offenders will always be among the toughest. The number of 16- to 25-year-olds behind bars has soared by one-third...