Fiona Simpson News Today

An award-winning volunteer from Limavady has reflected on her 25 years of volunteering with NSPCC Northern Ireland, helping to protect thousands of young people, while also caring for her own 10 children.

CYP Now takes a tour of the Oasis Restore secure school with its state-of-the-art facilities to learn how a new holistic offer for youth justice is designed to shift settings away from punishment towards rehabilitation.

“Fiona has helped protect thousands of children from abuse and everyone at the NSPCC is so grateful for her many years of outstanding volunteering"

The National Youth Agency (NYA) will take over the running of the UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) following the closure of the British Youth Council earlier this year.

Almost 300 providers of supported accommodation for 16- and 17-year-olds in care have been registered by Ofsted, new figures show.

A local authority has agreed to review why previous calls to improve alternative education provision for children unable to attend mainstream school have not been implemented, following an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO).

The government refused pleas to provide emergency funding to prevent the closure of the British Youth Council (BYC) due to the “scale” of the charity’s financial difficulties, a letter to UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) members reveals.

Events designed to allow children in care to reconnect with separated siblings could help local authorities to support future meaningful contact, according to an evaluation of an early pilot programme.

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