A national network of new hubs in educational settings that provide wraparound services such as school breakfast clubs, after-school and holiday provision, and access to mental health support for children, has been proposed in new report
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How can we build a new, modern, ambitious infrastructure of support for children & families? - a fresh start for Sure Start?

We can build on some of the great community innovations happening in & around some schools.

My op-ed Tes 👇

NEW Child of the North Centre for Young Lives report today sets out the building blocks for a fresh start for Sure Start for children of all ages with schools at its heart. Let’s be ambitious & begin to rebuild the network of support that can transform the lives of children and families.

Let’s be ambitious about what can be achieved by supporting schools to become the heart of a modern, fresh start for Sure Start, and begin to rebuild the network of support that can transform the lives of children and families.

As her Centre for Young Lives report on an 'urgent' need for a refreshed Sure Start rollout launches today, Anne Longfield tells Cerys Turner why she's hopeful that a Labour government would commit to the proposals in principle tes.com/magazine/news/…

The 4th @CoTN Centre for Young Lives report is here,on building foundations of a new Sure Start in & around education settings. Connecting & coordinating services, & putting schools at the heart of this is critical to pave the way for a brighter future for all CYP

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The Government's ‘alternative Sure Start’ Family Hubs programme will take over 30 years to reach all the areas of disadvantage that Sure Start was due to reach. Children and families can’t wait that long.

We need a ‘new updated model of Sure Start’ that puts schools and nurseries at its heart to help families with young children, writes former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield
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Today we’re publishing the fourth in our year-long series of reports with ⁦Child of the North⁩, making the case for schools to be at the centre of a fresh start for #SureStart . 👇 centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/ch…

Read this opinion piece in The Yorkshire Post from the editor of our report series with Centre for Young Lives on the crisis in mental health for children and young people.

Our recent report calls for a new plan from government to tackle the crisis: n8research.org.uk/research-focus…

Vitally important project by our friends ⁦Foundations⁩ 👇 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-689424…

A reminder of our call for evidence on inclusive schools ⬇️

Thank you to the 11 bereaved families who shared their stories on a #BBCBreakfast special on children and social media.

They had the chance to question Melanie Dawes from Ofcom and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan MP

The conversation continues here bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-6…

🚨Ofcom has launched its consultation on the steps that regulated services must take to protect children online under the #OnlineSafeyAct .

⬇️Press release here, emphasising 'safety by design' and going 'much further than current industry practice' 1/ ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/20…

Thanks Fiona 💚 Children & Young People Now for a great podcast discussion about my book Young Lives, Big Ambitions- inspired by the young people & families who told their stories & helped shape the solutions put forward in the book.

Listen to episode 6 of the CYP Now podcast for discussion about recent headlines, interviews with Anne Longfield and lemn sissay OBE FRSL and a debate on AI in children's services from Coram's Kevin Yong, Microsoft's Andy Coulter and Dartington Service Design Lab's Sean Manzi🎙️
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Great to see Foundations hitting the headlines today with the launch of their important work to prevent domestic abuse and child victims.

I was delighted to join Steve Chalke to talk about Trust in this latest podcast episode of 'A Manifesto for Hope'. Trust in our public services, politicians & others making decisions that affect our lives is vital & often overlooked. But it needs to be built. Do take a listen👇

Read our joint blog, written with Local Government Association (LGA) about the role of the #schoolnurses in improving #schoolattendance local.gov.uk/role-school-nu… WeSchoolNurses 💙 Prof Jamie Waterall RN Sharon White 💙OBE RN SCM SCPHN SN Julie RN 💙💜💛🎗 Anne-Marie Gallogly💙 RCN Public Health Forum IHPE (Dr Michael Craig Watson - Trustee)

School leaders warn of ‘full-blown’ special needs crisis in England theguardian.com/education/arti…