From April 2009, almost all pregnant women in the UK will be entitled to Health in Pregnancy Grant (HiPG).
Young people under the age of 16 with mental health issues can no longer be treated on adult psychiatric wards, as of 1st December 2008.
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), supported by the Council for Disabled Children and Aiming High Implementation Group, has published a good practice guide to short breaks.
Welcome to the Together for Disabled Children discussion forum designed for Local Areas
This two day conference will set out and showcase integrated responses to the challenge of reducing child poverty through a mix of high-profile speakers, show-and-tell seminars and offsite visits.
Visually and print impaired children and young people can now benefit from the expanded content of Listening Books, a unique audiobook charity.
Parentline Plus has launched a social networking site for parents who are concerned their child is being bullied.
A bill to bring in independent social work practices, short breaks for disabled children and designated teachers for looked-after children became law last week.
The DCSF has published an update to the first improvement support protocol published in July, 2007.
Parent Participation funding and grants information and application form now available. The deadline for grant applications is 21 November.
The Centre for Excellence and Outcomes (C4EO) in Children and Young People's Services invites you to share your views and help shape future services for children and families.
This Autumn, PIP Network Seminars will focus on quality in play and childcare.
Children and Young Peoples Continuing Care - The DCSF and Department of Health are inviting you to comment on their proposals for a National Framework for assessing children and young people’s continuing care.
This is the first newsletter from the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services (C4EO). It aims to keep you updated with the Centre's latest activities and will be published on a bi-monthly basis.
The parents guide sets out the main points of the Code of Practice, explaining procedures and informing parents of their rights.
Together for Disabled Children are arranging regional information and networking events for parents who are already involved in participation or who are not involved at present but who would like to know more.....
The Aiming High for Disabled Children (AHDC) report made a commitment to introduce an indicator on the provision of services for disabled children which has been incorporated into PSA12 (improving health and wellbeing in children and young people), the National Indicator Set for local government (as NI54) and the NHS Vital Signs Indicator Set.
The EDCM 'Going Places' report was launched on Monday evening with Schools Secretary Ed Balls.
Aiming High for Disabled Children. Putting new government policy into practice. Tuesday 18 November 2008
Parent Know How is a programme from the DCSF which aims to ensure the parents have access to the information, advice and guidance they need to support them in their parenting.
As part of the government programme, 'Aiming High for Disabled Children', £35m has been allocated to improve childcare provision for families with disabled children. This will be used by local authorities to pilot accessible forms of childcare.
As part of Together for Disabled Children’s (TDC) support to local areas, we will shortly be sending local areas details of a new, bespoke on-line tool, called Tracker.
Joint DCSF-DH Aiming High for Disabled Children short breaks implementation guidance for Primary Care Trusts and local authorities.
It has been designed to support your work on short break provision and parental engagement. We are keen to hear from you, please read on......