Child Care History and Policy

Informing Parliament : Children’s Workforce, and the Secretary of State

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Children has held two meetings in November: Tuesday 20 November: The Children’s Workforce: An Overview With speakers Jane Haywood, Chief Executive, Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC), and Hilary Barnard, Consultant, Children’s Workforce Network (CWN) Tuesday 26 November: Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Tuesday … Read more

Keeping Parliament Informed

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Children has held two meetings in October: Monday 22 October: Youth Justice and Every Child Matters: youth offending teams and children’s trusts with speakers Larry Wright (Head of Youth Offending Services at Hammersmith and Fulham Council), Di Hart (Principal Officer – Youth Justice and Welfare, NCB), and Graham Robb … Read more

FICE in Israel : A Unique Experience

We were in the City Hall in Jerusalem, and the Mayor was due to host the mayors of fifty cities from around the world that evening. “Who is Jerusalem twinned with?” I asked. “Jerusalem is unique”, our host replied. “It has no twin cities. But it does have partnerships, which are much the same”, she … Read more

Children in Iraq

There are three letters below. The first is a desperate plea for help, sent to the United Nations by the Iraqi Association for Child Mental Health, the third a reply from Roger Wright, UNICEF Special Representative for Iraq. The second is a supporting letter, sent by the Federation Internationale des Communautes Educatives, the leading international … Read more

CONCERN FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN ASSOCIATION (COVUCA)

In Uganda there is free education at both primary and secondary education  levels. However, orphans and other vulnerable children face a lot of challenges and problems that force them to drop out of school. These children lack the  equipment which is essential to support them at school, such as uniforms, pens, books, pocket money, and … Read more

Informing Parliament : Disability and Children, Extended Schools, and the Children’s Commissioner

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Children has held three meetings in July: Monday 2 July: Joint Meeting on Independent Living with the APPG on Disability with speakers Caroline Ellis, Head of Parliamentary Affairs, and Gerry Zarb Head of Health and Independent Living, both of the Disability Rights Commission Tuesday 10 July: Every Child Matters … Read more

Keeping Parliament Informed : Over to Ofsted

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Children held one meeting in May: Monday 14 May: Every Child Matters and Social Care How will the new Ofsted inspection arrangements help to better integrate social care services with other children’s services? With speakers Jean Humphrys (Deputy Director for Children, Ofsted), Caroline Abrahams (Children and Young People Programme … Read more

Keeping Parliament Informed: Housing and Mental Health

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Children has held two meetings since mid February: Monday 26 February: Housing and Every Child Matters.  With speakers Caroline Davey (Deputy Director of Policy and Research, Shelter); Anne Whiteley (Director for Children and Young People’s Services, Devon County Council); and young people from the Sunderland YMCA foyer.  Monday 12 … Read more

Keeping Parliament Informed

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Children has held three meetings since the beginning of 2007: Tuesday 16 January: How Every Child Matters can deliver for disabled children and young people and their families.  With speakers Lord Adonis (Department for Education and Skills Minister) and Christine Lenehan (Director of the Council for Disabled Children, and … Read more