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Civil society alternative report 2022 to the UN Committee – England (Summary)

We have published our our civil society alternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, endorsed by 97 children’s charities from across… / Feb 2023

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Civil society alternative report 2022 to the UN Committee – England

We have published our civil society alternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, endorsed by 97 children’s charities from across England… / Feb 2023

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Hitting brick walls: barriers faced by homeless care leavers

Young people are more vulnerable than ever to homelessness. Between 2016/17 and 2019/20, youth homelessness increased by 40%. In 2020/21 over a fifth of households accessing local authority support to prevent or end their homelessness were aged between 16-24. / Apr 2022

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Submission to the Care Review's Call for Ideas

In December 2021, the Independent Review of Children's Social Care opened a call for ideas via an online portal. CRAE and Just for Kids Law… / Dec 2021

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Submission to the Care Review’s Case for Change

Over June - August 2021 the Care Review opened a call for feedback on its Case for Change (interim report). CRAE and Just for Kids Law submitted their response… / Aug 2021

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Submission to the Department for Education’s consultation on “Introducing national standards for unregulated provision”

In July 2021, CRAE and Just for Kids Law responded to the Department for Education's consultation on introducing national standards for unregulated provision. / Jul 2021

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Briefing for House of Lords debate on unregulated accommodation

In June 2021, the House of Lords debated the topic of unregulated care homes for children. CRAE and Just for Kids Law produced a briefing highlighting our… / Jun 2021

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Submission to Education Select Committee Inquiry into Children’s Homes

In April 2021, CRAE and Just for Kids Law submitted to the Education Select Committee's inquiry on children's homes to highlight that the use of unregulated provision for 16- and 17-year-olds is increasing, despite the many instances of poor-quality provision seen in Just for Kids Law’s caseload. / Apr 2021

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Briefing for House of Lords debate on unregulated provision

On Monday 22nd March 2021, the House of Lords will debate a motion to take note of the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) (Amendment)… / Mar 2021

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House of Lords briefing, Oral question for short debate: ‘Report by the Children's Commissioner 'Unregulated: Children in care living in semi-independent accommodation',

CRAE's briefing to the House of Lords to inform peers ahead of a debate on a report by the Children's Commissioner: 'Unregulated: Children in care living in semi-independent accommodation'. / Nov 2020

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Written evidence to Education Select Committee Inquiry on Covid – response on children’s social care

Prior to Covid-19, we routinely encountered evidence of children’s services departments lacking capacity to support vulnerable children and young people,… / Jun 2020

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Written evidence to Education Select Committee Inquiry on Covid – response on education

Whilst we believe children should go back to school as soon as it is safe to reopen to ensure vulnerable children are safeguarded and educational inequality is… / Jun 2020

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