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Good progress but more to do: teenage pregnancy and young parents

Good progress but more to do: teenage pregnancy and young parents

Case studies and practical information.

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Youth justice resource pack

Councils are responsible for the safety and wellbeing of all young people in their areas. When it comes to youth justice, that responsibility means working with young people to prevent them from coming into the youth justice system in the first place, and supporting those who do to make sure it doesn’t define them, and they still have good life chances.

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LGA response to the DFE and DHSC Green Paper consultation 'Transforming Children and Young People's Mental Health Provision cover

LGA response to the DfE and DHSC Green Paper consultation 'Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’

Every child deserves to look forward to a bright future. For that to be the reality, we must ensure practical steps are taken to create a society where good mental health is treated as just as important as good physical health.

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Delivering children's centre services

Delivering children's centre services

Children's centres allow families to access the help they need to handle those early challenges, help to tackle inequalities, and give children a healthy start.

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Enabling school improvement COVER

Enabling school improvement

While the council role in education continues to evolve, one thing that has remained constant is the vital role that councils play in driving school improvement to ensure that children, young people and their families all have access to a good school place.

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Making obesity everybody's business, front cover

Making obesity everybody’s business: A whole systems approach to obesity

Obesity is considered to be one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century. Without action, the health of individuals will continue to suffer, health inequalities associated with obesity will remain and the economic and social costs will increase to unsustainable levels.

Working with schools to improve the health of school-aged children COVER

Working with schools to improve the health of school-aged children

While the health of older people gets lots of attention in the debate about the future of the NHS and the ageing population, there has been a host of warnings about the state of children’s health too.

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Bright Futures – LGA's 7 point plan for children's social care

Bright Futures – getting the best for children, young people and families

Our 7-point plan for coordinated action across the public, community and voluntary sectors, to help offer the brightest future for children and families.

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Children and Social Work Act 2017 (Get in on the Act) COVER

Get in on the Act: Children and Social Work Act 2017

Find out more about the Children and Social Work Act 2017, which aims to improve support for looked after children, promote safeguarding, and make provisions about the regulation of social workers.

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LGA position paper Good careers

LGA position paper: principles underpinning good careers advice and guidance

Five guiding principles underpinning a good careers system for all ages

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