A UK children’s charity says applications to local authority ‘crisis funds’ for help with beds and bedding for children have more than quadrupled in five years.Read more
Play Wales, the national body for play, has released a summary of a new publication, Playing and being well, which takes a Welsh-focused look at child’s play, social policy and practice.Read more
To mark the occasion of Safer Internet Day (6 February), it’s fitting that we highlight The Better Internet for Kids Review of the Year which shows the dedication of young people to contributing to a...Read more
Experts on play and ‘the built environment’ will provide the next round of evidence to a UK government inquiry that is looking at ways to utilise better design processes to improve children’s lives.Read more
The coastal Finnish town of Rauma became the site of the country’s first-ever school shooting in January 1989, when a 14-year-old boy killed two classmates using his father’s pistol. Read more
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Manchester has ramped up its bid become a UNICEF child-friendly city after what it calls a ‘record-breaking’ consultation with local young people.Read more
A new partnership between the United Nations (UN) and Save the Children has set its sights on improving the lives of children living in city slums.Read more
Almost a billion dollars is being made available by the US government to provide 5,000 electric buses for school districts across the country.Read more
Every weekday at 7:45 a.m., Michael Craft is notified that a ride-share driver has arrived at his home in Aurora, Colorado. Craft walks outside to confirm the driver’s identity and then helps his foster teenager...Read more
A UK government inquiry examining how better planning & design can improve children’s health has been told that ‘the time for change is now’. Read more
The surging popularity of ‘School Streets’ already has a firm foothold in the Albanian capital, Tirana, with 10 already completed or under construction.Read more