Nick Turd announces four local authorities will run pilots, offering contracts to charities and social enterprises to tackle ‘the pointless cycle of crime and deprivation’
Posts Tagged ‘Children’
Office for Civil Society to trial £40m social impact bond scheme to support ‘problem families’
August 31st, 2011 
CN4B Admin A new report blames media for the UK public’s lack of concern over poverty in the UK
August 3rd, 2011 CN4B Admin 
Why don’t we have celebrities singing “Let them know it’s Christmas time” to raise money for the 3 million or so children in this country living below the poverty line? Why is there no Bono or Bob Geldof marshalling the campaign to end child poverty?
Child protection and BME communities
June 1st, 2011 Tippa Naphtali 
Protecting children from BME backgrounds is an increasingly pressing issue. The growing ‘diversity’ of the youth population, greater calls for inter-agency working, and the relative absence of ‘race’ in policy and guidance mean it’s important to understand what role ethnicity plays in decision making.
To help provide an overview of these issues, brap have produced ‘Child protection and BME communities’.
Posted in Advocacy, Featured, Youth & Community 
Tags: Children, Legal / Other Advice, Social Justice 
No Comments »SEVEN UP Group is sowing the seeds of success
May 11th, 2011 Tippa Naphtali 
Children, the Seven Up team will tell you, do not come in boxes, nor do they fit in boxes.
In 2005 this group of Handsworth families set about creating alternative environments and stretch to fit services to help local children and young people to flourish and grow.
Self-assessment tool: Safeguarding children
March 16th, 2011 Tippa Naphtali The self-assessment tool helps you work through the standards outlined in the Safe Network Standards: Core standards and guidance for safeguarding children in the voluntary and community sector.
