Very proud that the brilliant @becomecharity.bsky.social team have been nominated for not one but two awards at the #CYPNow awards tonight alongside some other excellent charities. Gooooo team!
November 28, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Very proud that the brilliant @becomecharity.bsky.social team have been nominated for not one but two awards at the #CYPNow awards tonight alongside some other excellent charities. Gooooo team!
Looking forward to listening to the afternoon session at the CYPNow /TCES #LostLearning conference before speaking about SEND issues on the last panel
February 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Looking forward to listening to the afternoon session at the CYPNow /TCES #LostLearning conference before speaking about SEND issues on the last panel
Delighted to win a @basw-uk.bsky.social award last night for my piece for #CYPNow on the barriers to diversity in #socialwork - why are there only 11 directors of children's services from #BAME backgrounds despite 26% of social workers being from these backgrounds? www.cypnow.co.uk/content/feat...
June 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Delighted to win a @basw-uk.bsky.social award last night for my piece for #CYPNow on the barriers to diversity in #socialwork - why are there only 11 directors of children's services from #BAME backgrounds despite 26% of social workers being from these backgrounds? www.cypnow.co.uk/content/feat...
Very proud to have had the privilege of handing out the young carers awards at the #cypnow great bash celebrating the fantastic work of brilliant children’s charities. What a night. And a worthy winner in #carerstrust.
November 28, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Very proud to have had the privilege of handing out the young carers awards at the #cypnow great bash celebrating the fantastic work of brilliant children’s charities. What a night. And a worthy winner in #carerstrust.
Our 1st post here to share news of our award for Supporting Child Refugees at the #CYPNow awards last night!
Our legal challenge and support ended the practice of unaccompanied children being denied care placed in hotels by Home Office.
90 children are still missing
#CareForEveryChild
Our legal challenge and support ended the practice of unaccompanied children being denied care placed in hotels by Home Office.
90 children are still missing
#CareForEveryChild
November 29, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Our 1st post here to share news of our award for Supporting Child Refugees at the #CYPNow awards last night!
Our legal challenge and support ended the practice of unaccompanied children being denied care placed in hotels by Home Office.
90 children are still missing
#CareForEveryChild
Our legal challenge and support ended the practice of unaccompanied children being denied care placed in hotels by Home Office.
90 children are still missing
#CareForEveryChild
Thanks lovely 🥰 We are in London tonight for the CYPNow Awards so will try and post about that. We have 3 Blackpool Better Start services shortlisted, one of which is our Blackpool PaIRS so super excited about this!!
November 28, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Thanks lovely 🥰 We are in London tonight for the CYPNow Awards so will try and post about that. We have 3 Blackpool Better Start services shortlisted, one of which is our Blackpool PaIRS so super excited about this!!
The atmosphere in the room at the CYPNow Awards was lovely, there are so many amazing charities.
Well done everyone at @becomecharity.bsky.social for being awarded Children and Young Peoples Charity Award💜🥳
Well done everyone at @becomecharity.bsky.social for being awarded Children and Young Peoples Charity Award💜🥳
November 29, 2024 at 1:30 PM
The atmosphere in the room at the CYPNow Awards was lovely, there are so many amazing charities.
Well done everyone at @becomecharity.bsky.social for being awarded Children and Young Peoples Charity Award💜🥳
Well done everyone at @becomecharity.bsky.social for being awarded Children and Young Peoples Charity Award💜🥳
Delighted to win 2 awards at the #CYPNow Awards! The Mental Health & Wellbeing and Violence Prevention Awards:
huge congrats to our dream team @childrenssociety.bsky.social v grateful for the recognition of our Care Leavers & Refugee support work with 2 further nominations
@nickcookuk.bsky.social
huge congrats to our dream team @childrenssociety.bsky.social v grateful for the recognition of our Care Leavers & Refugee support work with 2 further nominations
@nickcookuk.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Delighted to win 2 awards at the #CYPNow Awards! The Mental Health & Wellbeing and Violence Prevention Awards:
huge congrats to our dream team @childrenssociety.bsky.social v grateful for the recognition of our Care Leavers & Refugee support work with 2 further nominations
@nickcookuk.bsky.social
huge congrats to our dream team @childrenssociety.bsky.social v grateful for the recognition of our Care Leavers & Refugee support work with 2 further nominations
@nickcookuk.bsky.social
Thanks so much to @BPSOfficial and @cypnow for collaborating here, supporting solutions for all those that champion and advocate for our children. Reflecting on how we view and talk about children is an important priority for sharing how we support them 💜
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/blog...
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/blog...
School readiness: the power of words - CYP Now
A recent survey of primary school teachers in England and Wales found that more and more staff felt that increasing numbers of children weren’t ‘ready’ for school.
www.cypnow.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Thanks so much to @BPSOfficial and @cypnow for collaborating here, supporting solutions for all those that champion and advocate for our children. Reflecting on how we view and talk about children is an important priority for sharing how we support them 💜
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/blog...
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/blog...
I had the honour of judging the CYPNow awards 2024 and presenting Gamechangers with the Digital Innovation award. It was an amazing evening, and the top spot was well deserved. Congratulations to them, all the other winners, and all the finalists there. (2/5)
December 1, 2024 at 11:35 AM
I had the honour of judging the CYPNow awards 2024 and presenting Gamechangers with the Digital Innovation award. It was an amazing evening, and the top spot was well deserved. Congratulations to them, all the other winners, and all the finalists there. (2/5)
We now spend less than a quarter of the £2.5bn that was spent annually on children’s centres in 2010, despite benefits for children's health, wellbeing and attainment. My piece for #CYPNow #SureStart www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...
Government's school readiness pledge 'at risk' as half of councils cut family services - CYP Now
Half of councils have cut spending on family hubs in the last year, decimating services and risking the government’s ability to meet its pledges on school readiness and opportunity, a thinktank is war...
www.cypnow.co.uk
April 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We now spend less than a quarter of the £2.5bn that was spent annually on children’s centres in 2010, despite benefits for children's health, wellbeing and attainment. My piece for #CYPNow #SureStart www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...
What does a positive #reunification process look like? Writing in CYPNow, Foundations’ Senior Practice Development Adviser Harpreet Ahdan outlines 4 steps to ensure families receive the support they need before, during, and after reunification.
👉 www.cypnow.co.uk/content/in-d...
👉 www.cypnow.co.uk/content/in-d...
July 10, 2026 at 9:01 AM
What does a positive #reunification process look like? Writing in CYPNow, Foundations’ Senior Practice Development Adviser Harpreet Ahdan outlines 4 steps to ensure families receive the support they need before, during, and after reunification.
👉 www.cypnow.co.uk/content/in-d...
👉 www.cypnow.co.uk/content/in-d...
My thoughts in @cypnow debate on OFSTED's care-less regs for 16/17 year olds.
"When children enter the system, often the only thing that they are their rights. I’m extremely suspicious of any policy/regulation that weakens those...
"When children enter the system, often the only thing that they are their rights. I’m extremely suspicious of any policy/regulation that weakens those...
November 22, 2024 at 2:21 PM
My thoughts in @cypnow debate on OFSTED's care-less regs for 16/17 year olds.
"When children enter the system, often the only thing that they are their rights. I’m extremely suspicious of any policy/regulation that weakens those...
"When children enter the system, often the only thing that they are their rights. I’m extremely suspicious of any policy/regulation that weakens those...
👏 Congratulations to Virtual Memory Box, winners of The Digital Innovation Award at #CYPNow awards!
We'll be joined by Christian Brock from Virtual Memory Box on 8 Dec to hear how Virtual Memory Box is being rolled out to regional adoption agencies.
creativelifestorywork.com/event/virtua...
We'll be joined by Christian Brock from Virtual Memory Box on 8 Dec to hear how Virtual Memory Box is being rolled out to regional adoption agencies.
creativelifestorywork.com/event/virtua...
Virtual Memory Box: A new digital tool for regional adoption agencies - Creative Life Story Work
Find out how a digital solution to capturing and storing memories is being rolled out to regional adoption agencies, with Christian Brock, founder of Virtual Memory Box.
creativelifestorywork.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
👏 Congratulations to Virtual Memory Box, winners of The Digital Innovation Award at #CYPNow awards!
We'll be joined by Christian Brock from Virtual Memory Box on 8 Dec to hear how Virtual Memory Box is being rolled out to regional adoption agencies.
creativelifestorywork.com/event/virtua...
We'll be joined by Christian Brock from Virtual Memory Box on 8 Dec to hear how Virtual Memory Box is being rolled out to regional adoption agencies.
creativelifestorywork.com/event/virtua...
✍️ Our Deputy Chief Executive Donna Molloy explains in @CYPNow why the government’s plan to support relationship-building programmes for care-experienced children & young people is crucial, and what support we already know to be effective.
👉 www.cypnow.co.uk/content/in-d...
👉 www.cypnow.co.uk/content/in-d...
June 5, 2026 at 12:00 PM
✍️ Our Deputy Chief Executive Donna Molloy explains in @CYPNow why the government’s plan to support relationship-building programmes for care-experienced children & young people is crucial, and what support we already know to be effective.
👉 www.cypnow.co.uk/content/in-d...
👉 www.cypnow.co.uk/content/in-d...
ICYMI 🔔 Read Deputy Chief Exec Donna Molloy's on CYPNow to find out more about the new Foundations Guidebook, our Toolkit, and our future plans, including working with local areas and regions to help build a connected culture of evidence use:
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/blog...
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/blog...
May 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
ICYMI 🔔 Read Deputy Chief Exec Donna Molloy's on CYPNow to find out more about the new Foundations Guidebook, our Toolkit, and our future plans, including working with local areas and regions to help build a connected culture of evidence use:
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/blog...
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/blog...
Yesterday we published a report with Coram, @familyrightsgp.bsky.social, Daybreak & Data to Insight, exploring how we can collect #FamilyGroupConference data on a national level. We also launched a national data collection on FGCs. Read more in CYPNow: www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...
National data to track family-group conferences - CYP Now
A national evidence collection has been launched on the use of family-group conferences (FGC) in decision-making about at-risk children, after research found inconsistencies in local authorities offer...
www.cypnow.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Yesterday we published a report with Coram, @familyrightsgp.bsky.social, Daybreak & Data to Insight, exploring how we can collect #FamilyGroupConference data on a national level. We also launched a national data collection on FGCs. Read more in CYPNow: www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...
I wrote an article for @cypnow about Sara Sharif, looking at questions that must be answered by the upcoming Case Review. What happened to Sara's case file when she moved schools? Where was the continuity of care? And how was she allowed to be home-schooled?
Key questions for Sara's case review to answer - CYP Now
Details about agencies' actions that emerged during the recent trial of the murderers of 10-year-old Sara Shariff raise questions about the role of the designated safeguarding lead (DSL) in schools…
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January 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I wrote an article for @cypnow about Sara Sharif, looking at questions that must be answered by the upcoming Case Review. What happened to Sara's case file when she moved schools? Where was the continuity of care? And how was she allowed to be home-schooled?
#EarlyHelp conference I’m looking forward to spending time think about what works, parents’ relationships and how we can think about #love @cypnow @TaviRelations
November 18, 2024 at 5:13 PM
#EarlyHelp conference I’m looking forward to spending time think about what works, parents’ relationships and how we can think about #love @cypnow @TaviRelations
Last week we celebrated the end of Living Assessments, in partnership with @kent.ac.uk & @uniofcam.bsky.social. We're so proud of everything this project has achieved & its contribution to ensuring every child can thrive. NCB's Dustin Hutchinson reflects on its impact in CYPNow... buff.ly/4bfasgg
March 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Last week we celebrated the end of Living Assessments, in partnership with @kent.ac.uk & @uniofcam.bsky.social. We're so proud of everything this project has achieved & its contribution to ensuring every child can thrive. NCB's Dustin Hutchinson reflects on its impact in CYPNow... buff.ly/4bfasgg
😀 We are all so happy about this!
Our Blooming Change group has been shortlisted for a @cypnow award for its campaigning to transform mental health inpatient care for children and young people. More about Blooming Change here:
Our Blooming Change group has been shortlisted for a @cypnow award for its campaigning to transform mental health inpatient care for children and young people. More about Blooming Change here:
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
😀 We are all so happy about this!
Our Blooming Change group has been shortlisted for a @cypnow award for its campaigning to transform mental health inpatient care for children and young people. More about Blooming Change here:
Our Blooming Change group has been shortlisted for a @cypnow award for its campaigning to transform mental health inpatient care for children and young people. More about Blooming Change here:
Article 39 Director also told @CYPNow ⬇️
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Article 39 Director also told @CYPNow ⬇️