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Children under 10 who break the law can be given a Local Child Curfew, a Child Safety Order or can be taken into care
Paper prepared by the Children’s Task and Finish Group (TFC) for the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).
Resources to help keep children healthy and well from preconception to adulthood.
Product safety report for a Baby Toddlers Toys Knock Music Board Hit Hamster Game Educational Kids Toy Gift presenting a medium risk of choking and strangulation.
Information for existing and new Universal Credit claimants with more than 2 children.
Free transport from your local council - eligibility, rules for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), how to apply
Healthy Start is an NHS scheme that helps women who are pregnant or have young children and are receiving benefits, buy foods such as milk or fruit.
Your rights and the support you can get if you have a disabled child, including childcare, car costs, house adaptations and education
Paper prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on COVID-19 trends amongst children in the US.
Advice to give pregnant women on infections that can be transmitted via contact with animals that are or have recently given birth.
Apply through your local council for short-term ('respite') care for your sick or disabled child to enable you to have a break from caring
Fostering or adopting a child, including from abroad, and being a surrogate mother
Search for Sure Start Children's Centres near to your home to find out about daycare and parenting advice
Forms to help child death overview panels (CDOPs) assess the causes of a child’s death as part of the child death review process.
Ofsted and the CQC have today published a joint thematic review of Start for Life services, which provide support for parents from pregnancy until their baby is 2 years old.
Statistics from Ofsted including data for children’s homes and other social care providers, fostering, inspections of local authority children’s services, and serious incident notifications from local authority children’s services.
You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.
Findings from wave 1 of the Children of the 2020s (Cot20s) longitudinal study.
Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents
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