by Hannah Danson | 23 May 2018 | Children and young people, Criminal justice / community safety |
IICSA, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has published in interim report, following their inquiry, which heard over a thousand victims and survivors of child sexual abuse tell their stories as part of the Truth Project. The recommendations of the panel...
by Hannah Danson | 23 May 2018 | Children and young people |
A Cornish charity that supports young parents has been named overall winner of the 2018 GSK IMPACT Awards at a ceremony held on Thursday, 17 May at the Science Museum in London. The charity was chosen from this year’s eight winning charities to receive the overall...
by Hannah Danson | 22 May 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
Children’s Mental Health has become a major news issue in recent weeks, with a report by the NSPCC, and a Government Select Commmittee report being published. The NSPCC report also shows that 123,713 referrals were made by schools for mental health services for...
by Hannah Danson | 14 May 2018 | Children and young people, Criminal justice / community safety |
Four enquiries are open for comments or input at the moment that have a relevance to some of those in the voluntary Sector, looking at prison healthcare, children’s life chances, rural crime and provision for children with additional needs. Prison Healthcare...
by Hannah Danson | 9 May 2018 | Children and young people, Funding and grants |
Three more funding opportunities for the local area. Thomas Wall Trust Grants for smaller charities that are active in serving the social and/or educational needs of their communities. Up to £1,000 available, with a maximum of three applications in three years,...
by Hannah Danson | 4 May 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
Work has started on construction of Cornwall’s first mental health unit for children and young people. The unit, being built in the grounds of Bodmin Hospital, will have 14 beds for girls and boys aged up to 18, and a cafe. There will be a crisis point for...
by Hannah Danson | 4 May 2018 | Children and young people |
The Government has announced that Kinship Carers will be entitled to receive Universal Credit for all the children that are in their care. Under the current system Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit support is provided to families with a maximum of two children in...
by Hannah Danson | 26 Apr 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing, Public sector |
The Government has just announced that the children of alcoholic parents are to benefit from £6m of funding to give rapid access to support and advice. Local councils will be able to bid for a share of this funding, based on the need in their area. The funding will...
by Hannah Danson | 24 Apr 2018 | Children and young people, Older people |
(From Cornwall Live) People on the autism spectrum have the chance to show off their talents at a special event taking place in Cornwall to raise awareness with a difference – all thanks to Strictly Come Dancing. The Autism’s Got Talent roadshow is coming to St...
by Hannah Danson | 4 Apr 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
CQC have published their review of children and young people’s mental health services, following their review of quality and access across the sector. Three main aspects of the mental health provision for children and young people were examined: People’s...
by Hannah Danson | 28 Mar 2018 | Children and young people, Criminal justice / community safety |
Women offenders The Centre for Social Justice has produced a report on women in prisons entitled ‘A Woman-Centred Approach: Freeing vulnerable women from the revolving door of crime’. The report looks at the causes of offending, and reoffending among women, and looks...
by Hannah Danson | 23 Mar 2018 | Children and young people, Community support, Environment and nature, Funding and grants |
Various funding sources that close soon, in order of closing dates. WRAP – Food Waste Reduction Fund, from DEFRA Deadline for Expressions of Interest 30 March, and for full application, where invited, by 11 May. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations in...
by Hannah Danson | 22 Mar 2018 | Children and young people, Funding and grants |
In 2018 Buttle UK are expanding their Chances for Children grant programmes. These grants support families affected by domestic abuse, and other struggling families and young people, and can be awarded up to £2,000. These grants can fund a wide range of costs,...
by Hannah Danson | 12 Mar 2018 | Children and young people, Criminal justice / community safety |
Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) is a form of sexual abuse that involves the manipulation and/or coercion of young people under the age of 18 into sexual activity. National Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day aims to highlight the issues surrounding CSE,...
by Hannah Danson | 2 Mar 2018 | Children and young people, Criminal justice / community safety |
Child Protection charity the Lucy Faithfull Foundation is running a campaign in the South West aiming to reduce child sexual abuse, by deterring peope from accessing sexual images of anyone under 18 online. It also aims to raise public awareness of a range of online...
by Hannah Danson | 26 Feb 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
Thinktank Demos has published a report looking at the social and economic impact of ADHD. With the recent government activity around mental health services, and the failings of these services for children and young people, there is a greater awareness of mental health...
by Hannah Danson | 16 Feb 2018 | Children and young people, Criminal justice / community safety |
Safer Cornwall has published a set of guidelines to help families keep safe online. The information can be found on the Safer Cornwall website, at safercornwall.co.uk and is supported by SaferInternet.org.uk. Safer Internet have a wealth of useful information on their...
by Hannah Danson | 22 Jan 2018 | Children and young people, Culture and recreation |
The Children’s Commissioner has published a report into the social media usage of children aged 8-12, who are technically too young to have their own accounts on many platforms. The report examines which platforms they are using, when, how and why, as well as...
by Hannah Danson | 19 Jan 2018 | Children and young people, Public sector |
An open invitation has been issued to attend workshop sessions involved with designing Cornwall’s Integrated Commissioning Strategy for Children, Young People and their Families. Not a tendering process yet, this is early-stage co-design work, to develop the...
by Hannah Danson | 18 Jan 2018 | Children and young people, Education and training, Health care and wellbeing |
The Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC), in partnership with the Anna Freud Learning Network, has developed its first ever online eLearning module: ‘Measuring mental wellbeing to improve the lives of children and young people’ This eLearning aims to increase the...
