This Article 39 report looks at the views of young people who experienced mental health detention in childhood; it also captures their opinions on the changes proposed in the government’s Draft Mental Health Bill

Many children’s impairments and conditions are particularly disabling because their needs are not identified early enough, and the right support is not put in place. This can be detrimental to a child’s ability to lead a happy life, including being able to make friends and participate fully in school and their community. By prioritising early identification of children’s needs, and equipping parents and professionals – like teachers – with the skills and knowledge to support children with additional needs, we can reduce pressure on these pathways, and give every child what they need to thrive.

York and North Yorkshire Covid Recovery Insight Project - G5813-Food-Insecurity-Report-090523.pdf (skyblue.org.uk) forms part of a multi-strand insight project relating to ‘poverty’. It focuses on food access models and outcomes associated with them.

This survey asked over 2,000 girls and young women aged 7 to 21, both inside and outside of guiding, how they feel about the specific and emerging pressures facing them today, and what these mean for their happiness and opportunities.

A fifth of youth work providers have a waiting list of between three and six months, a recent census from the National Youth Agency (NYA) has found, with many struggling to meet demand amid financial pressures

Our report Generation Green Jobs? Exploring young people’s readiness for the Net Zero skills revolution suggests that young people’s lack of awareness of and interest in green jobs presents a serious risk to the UK meeting its ambitious Net Zero targets, which depend on training and retraining hundreds of thousands of workers.

This landmark report revisits key areas identified two decades ago as drivers of poverty, namely family breakdown, addiction, worklessness, serious personal debt, and educational failure. The analysis, conducted against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, sheds light on the exacerbated challenges faced by the most deprived communities

Stand up for Siblings has published a new report on care-experienced children and young people and the impact of having a sibling in prison or secure accommodation Findings indicated that a disproportionate number of care-experienced children and young people had a sibling held in prison or secure care.

Settled at Christmas’ research explores how many children and young people in care are moved over the Christmas period, as such instability is likely to compound the loneliness and isolation many already feel. Research found that in England between 18 December 2022 and 3 January 2023.

Racism being experienced by children is impacting their emotional wellbeing and putting them at greater risk of mental health difficulties and behavioural problems, according to researchers the research found that “racism wore away at children’s wellbeing”