28 September 2007

Increased funding for the victims of sexual violence

The Home Office has announced additional funding of grants totalling £650,000 for six new Sexual Assault Referral Centres. The centres will provide medical care and counselling.

Read more: http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=317863&Ne...

27 September 2007

DCSF announces more support for Every Child a Writer

The Department for Children, Schools and Families has announced new support for the Every Child a Writer programme. The government will invest £144 million into rolling out the Every Child a Reader and Every Child a Writer programmes nationally.

Read more: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2007_0171

24 September 2007

Pakistani and Bangladeshi women's attitudes to work and family - report from the DWP

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published research exploring the views and experiences of Pakistani and Bangladeshi women around family, including marriage and children, childcare and other caring and domestic responsibilities.

Read more: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2007-2008/rrep458.pdf

24 September 2007

DWP research on joint and sole birth registration

A new study of birth registration from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) makes a comparison of the characteristics of sole registrants, unmarried parents jointly registering and those registering a birth within a marriage.

Read more: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2007-2008/rrep463.pdf

24 September 2007

Partnership transitions and mothers employment - research from the DWP

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published research on partnership dynamics amongst mothers and explores the impact of partnership breakdown and (re)partnering on family employment status.

Read more: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2007-2008/rrep452.pdf

20 September 2007

ESRC research finds major differences in how local authorities support disabled people

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has published research findings that show diverse practices across local authorities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for the operation of direct payments supporting disabled people. Direct payments are used by disabled people and community care service users to buy in their own support.

Read more: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/PO/releases/2007/septem...

18 September 2007

New research on wealth across generations from NatCen

The National Centre for Social Research and the International Longevity Centre-UK have published new research on the varied experience of wealth accumulation across age groups in Britain.

Read more: http://www.natcen.ac.uk/natcen/pages/news_and_media_docs/wea...

17 September 2007

New research from SPRU on outcomes for disabled children

New research from the Social Policy Research Unit at the Unversity of York has been published entitled Priorities and Perceptions of Disabled Children and Young People and Their Parents Regarding Outcomes from Support Services.

Read more: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/spru/pubs/rworks/aug2007-02.pdf

12 September 2007

CSF release Perception Study Report 2007

The Centre for Separated Families (CSF) has released the Perception Survey Report 2007 on the experience of, views on and perceptions of separation and divorce.

Read more: http://www.separatedfamilies.org.uk/Resources/Documents/QAR_...

10 September 2007

New study from the Family and Parenting Institute

A new study from the Family and Parenting Institute has found that informal contact with parents plus outreach services in non-school settings are the keys to integrating parents into family support services.

Read more: http://www.familyandparenting.org/press#22

07 September 2007

New poll from Relate finds that parents stay together for their children

An online poll conducted by Relate has found that eight of of ten parents maintain unhappy relationships for the sake of their children.

Read more: http://www.relate.org.uk/mediacentre/pressreleases/PressRele...

06 September 2007

Time to Talk: consultation launched by Ed Balls and the Prime Minister

The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown and the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls have launched a new consultation about children's services and how they could be improved.

Read more: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2007_0157

04 September 2007

Gordon Brown's speech to the NCVCCO

The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, promises a new type of politics in speech to the National Council ov Voluntary Child Care Organisations.

Read more: http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page13008.asp

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