Commissioning and the community sector: Challenges, changes and opportunities for children and young people's services

24 June 2010 London - The Abbey Centre



Who is the event for?

* Voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations wanting to explore new funding opportunities and secure contracts from local authorities for children and youth services

* Regional, district or…

Emma and Martin did what any parent would do when they found a lump on their baby's head: they took him to their GP,

who sent them to the local hospital. There, doctors called social

services, who took the little boy into care and have now arranged his

adoption. Cassandra Jardine speaks to the parents about their nightmare

– and hears how a closed and seemingly inflexible system might be

reformed

Emma and Martin's home in Essex is filled…

Vetting and Barring

Vetting and Barring

Social services lept on the chance to steal my children when they found out from my doctor's surgery that I was getting distressed from being refused counselling for over a year after being bullied at my university.

Since they took the children they have done health and development checks all proving the children to be in fantastic health and particularly bright. The children want to come and home and tell them all the time. They have told me they have no intention of ever…

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http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/fears-over-child-care-lawyer-shortage.



There is a shortage of qualified children’s panel Solicitors that represent

both parents and Local Authorities in Public Law Care Proceedings, states the

law gazette, also…

Kids Don't Bond