Fair Play for Children News — Health Wellbeing and Education

Jan Cosgrove
70 min readJul 1, 2024

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includes Early Years and Child-Care, Disability issues and Child Protection

Fair Play for Children website: http://www.fairplay31.online/index.htm

Previous Stories to 23rd June 2024

29th August 2024: 68 new stories worldwide inc 1 video

Baby contracts Gaza’s first case of polio in 25 years

Almost a fifth of teenagers classed as disabled after rise in ADHD diagnoses

Thousands of young Disabled people missing out on extra cost benefits

Child Maintenance Service statistics — The House of Commons Library

SA pulls toxic paediatric cough syrup from shelves: What the public should know — MSN

22nd August 2024: 107 new stories worldwide inc 2 video

Over 300% increase in malnutrition cases among children in Gaza: UN

Top Federal Official Stresses Tribes’ Early Childhood Programs — The Imprint

The battle against paediatric HIV is far from over — The Lancet

A-level top grades up on last year but educational inequality widens — The Independent

13th August 2024: 71 new stories worldwide inc 4 video

McClellan sounds alarm for extreme weather’s effect on children’s health

This centre is a home to special needs kids — but it ends when they turn 18

“The level of human suffering was absolutely mind blowing”: A Paediatric Nurse’s account on the Devastating Impact of War on Children in Gaza

All about… Artificial intelligence in early years

How rising summer holiday childcare costs are impacting working families | The Independent

Safeguarding the most marginalized in your care

4th August 2024: 58 new stories worldwide inc 2 video

Special-Needs Children Deserve Benefits. A Trust Protects Them. — Barron’s

Nuffield Health rolls out paediatric early warning system — LaingBuisson News

Children ‘being failed in dual crises of poverty and mental health’ | The Independent

25th July 2024: 70 new stories worldwide inc 3 video

Disabled children could be at risk of exploitation by criminal gangs, warns new research

LGA on Centre for Mental Health/Save the Children UK report on children’s mental health

Neuren Wins FDA Rare Paediatric Disease Status — Mirage News

Child Care Is Free in My City. Why Not Yours? — Bloomberg

UNICEF: Pacific Island children on the frontlines of the climate crisis

Conflicts are obstructing global efforts to vaccinate children worldwide, health leaders warn

A Revolution In SEND Education: The UK’s Moral Imperative — OpEd — Eurasia Review

Watchdog: AI Being Used to Spread Child Sexual Abuse Material

19th July 2024: 99 new stories worldwide inc 2 video

WHO: Child Vaccination Rates Lag in 2023

Profiteering on the back of public services “simply not acceptable”, ADCS President warns

‘Foundations for future health laid in earliest years’ — LGA on NHS Providers survey

Number of registered childcare providers in England has fallen, says Ofsted

Climate change disrupts learning in Africa — UNESCO — The Herald

Fresh calls for more school nurses to tackle child health decline | Nursing Times

Children with a learning disability make up nearly a third of all child deaths reviewed by CDOP

How Families With Special Needs Children Can Plan Ahead | Penta — Barron’s

The measures our children deserve to halt abuse | The Post

We Must Educate Candidates on Child Welfare — The Imprint

15th July 2024: 44 new stories world wide inc 1 vid

British Journal of Special Education: Volume 51, Issue 2

Sugar tax halves children’s soft drink sugar intake in one year, study reveals

Synod: Welby tells of ‘exceptionally precious’ daughter living with disability

Creating a global community to inspire children with disabilities — Washington Times

MN Lawmakers Celebrate Law to Better Protect Families Impacted by CPS — The Imprint

10th July 2024: 76 new stories worldwide inc 1 vid + 2 photos

Ukraine Children’s Cancer Hospital Attack — New York Times

Reuters

Inside UNESCO’s push for greener education and schools | Devex

Repeated Calls to Government to Stop Deportation of Disabled Child — Iceland Review

Our View: Unesco’s advice on mobiles in schools should be enough to act | Cyprus Mail

Half of local authorities not confident on September childcare rollout — report

1st July 2024: 95 new stories worldwide

Italy to launch initiative to educate out-of-school children in Pakistan

FG, UNESCO seek to address gender disparity in education — Blueprint Newspapers Limited

Representatives of southern European countries meeting in Athens to seek ways to reduce child obesity

First UK child to have epilepsy device fitted in his brain has huge reduction in seizures

The shameful state of children’s services can be rescued by Labour — HSJ

Child protection staffing crisis putting children at ‘significant risk’ says union — The Mercury

Number of children with special needs reaches record levels highlighting urgency of SEND reform — LGA

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Jan Cosgrove

National Secretary of Fair Play for Children, Also runs Bognor Regis Herald online. Plus runs British Music Radio online