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Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the year ending 31 March 2022.
Why children are sent to custody, what it's like, visiting, advice and support
Review of the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood, examining the pressures children are under to grow up too quickly.
This report explores how individual, family, community, institutional and society level violence affect children’s experiences
Annual statistics on children and family social workers including agency children and family social workers in England.
A longitudinal study in 4 low- and middle-income countries
Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services.
Your local council may have details of organisations in your community that can give families and young people help and support
A tool that provides hospital admissions information for children with acute health conditions.
This report looks beyond the ‘big data’ to see what has changed in the reality of children’s lives in the context of the MDGs
Using Young Lives research findings to examine the intersections of poverty and children’s work in India
Findings from wave 1 of the Children of the 2020s (Cot20s) longitudinal study.
Standard directions forms under the Children Act.
Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the year ending 31 March 2023. Whilst the title of the release has changed from ‘Characteristics of children in need’ to ‘Children in need’, the statistics and content...
Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on Children and Armed Conflict.
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