Fair Play News October 2021

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Historic day as first Malaria vaccine is approved

day as first Malaria vaccine is approved

The Epidemic of Play Deprivation

The Epidemic of Play Deprivation

‘Too dangerous and unhealthy to cycle to school’, say UK’s kids

'Too dangerous and unhealthy to cycle to school', say UK's kids

Zahawi: I'll put wellbeing at heart of schools policy

The case for play in schools: an OPAL online open day

Police called out to children playing hopscotch because it's 'vandalism'

Constitutional rows must not affect rights of children, say Scottish campaigners

Unregulated homes: Figures reveal at least 14 children died in care

About 333,000 children were abused within France's Catholic Church, a report finds

UNICEF: The State of the World's Children 2021 Report

LEGO launches its 'Ready for Girls' campaign with shocking new research on gender stereotypes …

Council launches its draft 15 year Play Plan

Children's charity to bring the 'Power of Play' to UK's children | Charity Today News

How addressing our young kids' COVID-19 learning loss is a matter of child's play

In world first, Cuba starts Covid jabs for toddlers

Youth Work Week 2021

Children now make up a quarter of new Covid cases in US, paediatric group says

UN Child Rights Committee's 'heavy heart' over children in Afghanistan

Man behind world's biggest source of child abuse imagery is jailed for 27 years

Hanoi aims to effectively wipe out child labour by 2025

Call for 'new deal' for England's children as poll shows mental health concerns

Children News Sources

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CYP Now

Youth Today Home - Youth Today

Latest news | Children's Commissioner for England

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Playground, Surfacing, Parks, Athletic, Aquatic, Play Professionals

Freedom to Learn

Juvenile Justice Information Exchange - Juvenile Justice News for People Who Care About Children…

Children’s Play & Youth Work

Things that happen on a play street, #8… #PlayingOut #ThingsThatHappenOnAPlayStreet

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Why Is Play Good for Young Children?

Animals at Sussex adventure park caught mimicking children's antics

Young people deserve support and investment

Child-Friendly Cities: 'Edible Playgrounds' for Cardiff schools

Convincing your child to exercise is hard. Here's how to do it

Loose Parts Summit - Think Small Institute

Express Yourself-With Play! - IPEMA - Voice of Play

London Play on Facebook Watch

'I get to play with my friends': NSW playdates break free of Zoom

Children learn science in nature play long before they get to school classrooms and labs

Almost HALF the toys sold by third-party sellers on online marketplaces could be lethal to kids…

Twenty-six studies point to more play-based learning for young children

Why parents need to let kids play on their own - National | Globalnews.ca

Why loose parts play unleashes creativity | Famly

How our five-year-olds turned into news presenters

Blackpool Youth Services (schools surveys)

Islanders make a trainload of donations to Mercerdale Park playground renovation project | Mercer…

'Rainbow magpie': children give their pick for Australian bird of the year

Book now for PlayBoard's AGM & Seminar

5 Biking Gear Essentials For Kids

The Genius of Play | Playing and Learning is a Family Adventure

The Genius of Play | Toys Build Creativity

How to deliver risky play for pupils - safely

The Urban Play Framework: An approach for understanding the play experience in cities

Children face safeguarding risk from registration loophole, report says

Call for sector to back common purpose for youth work

Arsenal legend David Seaman returns to club to help coach youth team

How new youth service aims to help youngsters in New Forest town

Parents: Capital Region needs more inclusive playgrounds

It's a Safety Sensation Throughout Rahway's Playgrounds

Creative Child October 2021

The Genius of Play | It's More Than Play!

New indoor playground opens for children with sensory issues

Algae-filled AirBubble by EcoLogicStudio purifies the air as children play

Financial boost for Cambourne Youth Centre

Music inspired by black holes, book encourages children to listen to the universe - Physics World

Looking back: 'Peterborough's summer playschemes in the 70s, Margaret Poole and Hobsons playground'

The Genius of Play | New Research Shows Childhood Play Impacts Future Career Paths

Books - Let's Play America

Learning through play

'At breaking point' - Report reveals Northern youth services are struggling

Youth work holiday activities support over a thousand young people in Warwickshire - Warwickshire…

Cycling Games promotes Danish 'learning by playing' philosophy for cycling in schools

E-Play - latest news from PlayBoard NI

E-Play Update from PlayBoard NI

Children learn science in nature play long before they get to school classrooms and labs

Active, exuberant play helps infants develop cognitive, social skills

California will require large retailers to provide gender-neutral toy sections

Transformative Technology - Giving Kids With Cerebral Palsy a Better Life

'I was very nervous': How daycare centres are exposing children to risky play

Funding sought for Bristol disability play centre

Encantos Launches First Curated Storyteaching Platform for Kids Powered by Global Creators

Schools Get Active - Association of Play Industries

In times of uncertainty, our most creative thoughts can happen through play

Play Equity on the Playground - IPEMA - Voice of Play

The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round or Do They?

Give children a chance to play beyond the school gates

Future Proof Parks - working with young volunteers🌳

Children & Young People in Society

In search of truce in the autism wars

Government accused of recklessness for letting coronavirus run rampant in schools

A Comprehensive Cyberbullying Guide for Parents

Protections for older children in care vanished overnight - The Canary

Police brutalised another schoolboy. Scrapping stop and search is long overdue. - The Canary

Campaigners reignite calls for a ban on school exclusions - The Canary

Philly's Family Literacy Festival Brings 10,000 Free Children's Books to the Block.

Youth voices more essential than ever to drive the climate change conversation

Covid: Call to help young people hit by service closures

Troubled youth or the face of hope? Belfast's next generation

Hampshire County Council set to axe £20m from children's services

Snapchat Is Fuelling Britain's Teen Murder Epidemic

Burnham students invited to become Somerset Member of Youth Parliament

"An unequivocal 'no' to violence against children"

Policing bill will deepen racial and gender disparities, say experts

Sturgeon puts £300k into youth climate conference after UK snub

Call for UK and Scottish governments to collaborate to tackle youth unemployment\\

Schoolboy cyclist outpaces pros on Tour of Britain

Tories branded 'utterly heartless' for threatening children's rights

Who owns the image rights of a child?

TAC Bulletin Update - Issue Number 296 - Mid-September 2021

TAC Bulletin - Issue Number 295 - September 2021

Parents of disabled kids sue over Iowa ban on mask mandates

School policing falls hardest on Black students and those with disabilities, study shows

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights urges Germany to pursue efforts to fully ensure…

Swiss admit shortcomings in protection of children

Sponsored Content: UP professor of law on children's rights in the digital environment

Video-sharing apps face heavy fines if they fail to protect children

Children face 'far bigger climate crisis than their grandparents'

SNP accused of 'playing nationalist games' amid Supreme Court defeat over children's rights

Sturgeon sacrificed children's rights for grievance with UK - Lib Dem leader

LGBTIQ rights: Hungary and Poland veto EU children's strategy

Today's kids will live through three times as many climate disasters as their grandparents, study…

Why Asian American kids are under-diagnosed when it comes to learning disabilities

'Getting worse and worse': accommodation support for Tasmanian teens leaving youth detention…

Congress must replace youth prisons with something that actually helps youth

Youth crime rates below national average

Visionary Freedom Fund awards $2.5 million for youth justice reform

Israel is failing kids in psychiatric wards, Justice Ministry says

Researchers develop an intervention that cuts recidivism among children reentering school from the…

Social justice crusaders are putting kids in foster care system at risk

3 Bills That Aim To Protect Disabled Students From Harm In Schools

Federal deadline for Colorado to redesign its child welfare system has arrived

Websites hosting porn in UK told to enforce age checks or face fines

Rugby league: Young refs pulled from fixtures after abuse

Knife crime: How A&E project helps to break the cycle of violence

Cillian Murphy narrates podcast on Mother and Baby Homes

Religious groups in UK failing children over sexual abuse, report says

Reports of sex abuse between children double in two years

Home Office and Kent Council face legal challenge over treatment of child migrants

Apple delays controversial child protection features after privacy outcry

Staggering US wealth inequality heaps long-term harm on to minority children

Pandemic causes fostering crisis as the number of vulnerable children needing help soars

China moves to control economy of children's time

Sneak Peek: Monthly Newsletter

Interview with children's rights activist and fearless journalist Inaam El Tayeb: 'We were attacked…

Movement pushes for cultural shift in how Hispanic, Latino families raise children

NT child protection fails to report abuse

Editorial: L.A. County supervisors, don't stray from solid juvenile justice goals

L.A. County juvenile halls are 'unsuitable for the confinement of youth,' state board finds

In Arizona, a radical change in juvenile detention

Swindon report shows fewer children entering criminal justice system

Online child abuse survey finds third of viewers attempt contact with children

New programme to educate school children on dangers of gambling | ITV News

Grace Packer murder inspires Pennsylvania legislation proposing stronger protection against child…

State secretary Soltész: Hungary's Child Protection Law Not Aimed Against LGBTQ People

The U.S. says Texas' ban on school mask mandates may violate disabled children's rights.

Universal credit cut will lead to more UK children in care - study

Millions in seized money expanded Harlem youth hub's "credible messenger" anti-violence project …

Annie E. Casey Foundation: Gun shootings fell by as much as 73% in areas where public…

Supreme Court declines to block New York schools vaccine mandate

Covid Updates: Judge Blocks Iowa's Ban on Mask Mandates

UNICEF Innocenti Film Festival returns to Florence

Autistic boy being bullied ignored by teachers until he was knocked unconscious

Janusz Szymik files a lawsuit. He is demanding millions of zlotys in compensation from the diocese

Vatican probes alleged abuse negligence by Polish cardinal

Data doesn't show parents will 'insist' on children wearing masks to school - Full Fact

A survey of diversity in children's books is flawed - Full Fact

Children in the World

Measuring child labour on Ivorian cocoa farms certified child-labour-free : the way you ask matters

Urgent action needed to stop child labour in Africa, as COVID-19 pushes more children into work …

Need bold leadership to end child labour, poverty, says Kailash Satyarthi

Children's rights are violated worldwide - poverty is often the reason

Plans to increase child prison sentences 'may breach international law'

Bahrain authorities jailed hundreds of children: Report

Young activists are taking legal action to demand climate protection from policymakers

Child-Bride Pandemic: All I wanted was play under moonlight - Silva, married off at 12

Three million Sudanese children suffer from acute malnutrition

The Mafia and Israel's child killers

European Mobility Week 2021: 'Youth engagement is vital for urban sustainability'

Kashmir News,News,Srinagar News,Jammu News,Jammu and Kashmir,Kashmir,Risng Kashmir,Kashmir…

'11 boys in a room': Child labour spikes in COVID-hit India

More measures needed to end child labour, abuse - FG - Punch Newspapers

Daphne Bramham: Changing B.C.'s Dickensian-era child labour laws is worth celebrating

https://thenationonlineng.net/nigeria-far-from-eliminating-child-labour/

UN: 10, 155 northeast children died of malnutrition in 5 years - The Sun Nigeria

How to stop children working

Current Affairs and Breaking News: Daily India Current News, Today Current News

Schools must be haven for children: Kailash Satyarthi on Afghanistan and Covid impact - Times of…

Innocence under fire: how children were used in warfare of the past

[INTERVIEW] 'The Bad Man' zooms in on child soldier in Myanmar

Covid made India's child labour problem bigger. In Rajasthan, they slog 18 hrs/day for Rs 50

The human cost of leather: Child labour rampant in industry, study finds - Horsetalk.co.nz

Will take century to end child labour: Expert

The Worst Forms of Child Labor | Syrian Network for Human Rights

5 pledge makers against child labour in mining - International Year for the Elimination of Child…

Angelina Jolie wants kids to 'fight back' with new child rights book

Unaccompanied Afghan evacuee children in Qatar limbo

Climate change: children at risk

10 million Afghan children need humanitarian assistance to survive: UNICEF

Mozambique: Al-Shabaab Deploying Child Soldiers in Mozambique, Says HRW

Residents & charities give Beirut neighbourhood a child-friendly makeover

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on unaccompanied and separated children…

UNICEF 'very worried' about the future for women and children in Afghanistan

Children abandoned by their governments are 'wasting away' in Syrian camps - Syrian Arab Republic

UNICEF USA BrandVoice: Nutrition Crisis In Yemen: A UNICEF Video Story

Child Labor is Growing: Which Side Are Democracies On? - FPIF

COVID-fuelled child labour crisis spurs call for global fund

Child labour thrives in Uganda's tea plantations

UNICEF: Haiti children vulnerable to 'violence, poverty and displacement'

The LEGO Foundation becomes single largest private sector contributor to UNICEF's COVID response…

Children’s Health Wellbeing & Environment

Eating fruit and veg associated with kids' mental well-being

New Research in Kosovo Highlights Connection Between Children's Poor Vision and Learning and…

Researchers highlight the vital role of nature exposure in children's health

The youth mental health crisis isn't just someone else's problem | Bernie Hollywood

The Doctor is In - Session 1

Youth Voice Census Report 2021: Young People's Mental Health Is Suffering; They Feel Increasingly…

Mystery illness killing dozens of children in India's north

Decelerating Adverse Impact Of COVID19 On Women And Children Is Critical For Gender Equality…

Campaigners urge ministers to introduce vouchers for reusable nappies

​The effects of COVID-19 on young refugees' education and wellbeing | Refugee Education UK

Three million children in England are at school in areas with toxic air

Child-Friendly Cities: 'Edible Playgrounds' for Cardiff schools

In-depth: Mental health needs of children falling through the cracks, experts say | Health24

Teen finds music to be powerful coping mechanism during pandemic

New WHO global air quality guidelines will protect millions of children

Dental services in NI are 'neglecting disabled children'

Disabled mothers-to-be face indignity: 'Do you have a man? Can you have sex?'

Concern over record number of child mental health referrals in England and Wales

UNICEF: Young children's diets 'show no improvement in last decade'

Young children's diets show no improvement in last decade, 'could get much worse' under COVID-19

Children are losing caregivers to COVID-19: they need support

UNICEF warns that children in Haiti face life-threatening waterborne diseases

Covid: One in 20 secondary-age children infected in England

Five a day: UK children with healthy diet have best mental health

Kawasaki Disease presents a growing threat to UK children's heart health

Medics overwhelmed as Afghanistan healthcare crumbles

Cambodia begins covid jabs for kids as young as six

New Pass'Sport grant in France helps children get fit for free

Poor housing affecting disabled children's health

Care-experienced children have poorer health outcomes

Death rates among care experienced children five times higher study finds

Getting kids active after COVID-19 will be a 'substantial challenge,' says public health researcher…

Covid taking toll on youth, experts say as record number seek mental health help | ITV News

How soon after childbirth can you have a Covid-19 vaccine? - Full Fact

Teachers, staff play key role in COVID outbreaks at school, studies suggest

Daily Mail understates the risks of Covid-19 to children - Full Fact

Education Early Years & Childcare

What is known about Ad Astra, the mysterious disruptive school created by Elon Musk where his…

Trailer — ‘How Summerhill Works’ — Watch Here New Ground-Breaking Film about Summerhill School

Celebrating different faiths and cultures in the EYFS

What does high-quality provision look like?

Remote learning is setting back millions of South Asian children - UNICEF

Guest post: The climate-change gaps in the UK school curriculum - Carbon Brief

The UK must develop and fund a plan for Afghan education at G20

Education UK Textbooks 2020-2021

High cost of childcare in UK makes low-income parents resort to food banks

77 million children have spent 18 months out of class: #ReopenSchools, urges UNICEF

Afghanistan - UNESCO Director-General expresses deep concern over the exclusion of girls from…

Schools in poorest areas of England to be worst hit by pupil premium change

School funding warning as pupils return to class in England

UK failing on childcare, finds survey of over 20,000 working parents

Five big problems with the UK's childcare system | The Week UK

In debates about opening schools, we're neglecting an important voice: our children's

COVID latest news live: Not vaccinating children 'could disrupt schools' - as NZ sees first virus…

Gavin Williamson is being "reckless" with pupils' health over covid-19, world scientists warn

How to design a public play space where kids practice reading and STEM skills

Two out of three refugee children never go to secondary schools: UNHCR

Back to school: Syrian children in Bekaa refugees camps resume learning at UNESCO schools

UNICEF welcomes reopening of secondary schools in Afghanistan, stresses that girls must not be left…

One Million Nigerian Children to Miss School Due to Mass Kidnappings, UNICEF Says

Two in three LatAm kids still not back in classroom: UNICEF

Pleas for system to be overhauled as working parents spend half of their wages on childcare

UK to ban 'essay mills' in sweeping post-16 education reforms

COVID-related school absences increase by two-thirds in England

Effective SEND policy and practice

Teachers are driving force behind 'global education recovery' from COVID-19

The need for Comprehensive Sexuality Education 'greater than ever', but detractors remain concerned…

Childcare rules will be relaxed to lower costs for parents

Kate praises new study into the early years development of children

Lack of access to safe, affordable child care creates crisis for parents, business owners and…

Marginalised children 'struggling to re-engage' with education after school closures

Over 7,000 out-of-school children enrolled in AJK, says official

How online education can give disabled children greater learning opportunities

Child Legal

Mandatory off-site schooling

Bayer wins Roundup trial; plaintiff fails to prove exposure caused child's disease - U.S. Right to…

UK children's digital protection code becomes law

UN body puts illegal adoptions in new, criminal light

Four petitions on the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act - SCOTUSblog

Child protection guidance updated

Iranian children are being punished based on their parents' religion and beliefs

Woman with Down syndrome loses UK abortion law challenge

County council and Home Office threatened with judicial review over placement of unaccompanied…

Education authorities can resist requests for statement in appropriate circumstances

Education Secretary and local authorities threatened with legal challenge over approach to…

https://www.lgo.org.uk/

Nottinghamshire County Council -v- LH and others

A and B (Parental Alienation: No.1, No.2, No.3 and No.4)

Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in challenge to amended SEN transport policy

Court of Appeal counsels against orders in childcare cases extending time for making application…

Vaccinating 12 to 15 year olds

Al Maktoum judgments

H-W (Children: Proportionality)

Mandatory off site schooling other than by statutory exclusion

Council to pay looked after child £10k for loss of suitable education, following Ombudsman…

Two-child benefit rule held lawful

Placing children in Scotland

Looked after children in unregulated settings

Fewer than one in four care and supervision cases disposed of within 26-week timeframe: MoJ

Independent fostering agency loses appeal over lawfulness of only accepting heterosexual…

Government faces legal challenge from pupil with SEN over "unfair" use of PCR testing in schools

High Court authorises deprivation of liberty for 16 year old and expresses concern at Ofsted…

Judge refuses to authorise deprivation of liberty of vulnerable 12-year-old girl in acute…

Child Research

How have adventure playgrounds in the United Kingdom adapted post-March Lockdown in 2020?

Event summary: Food insecurity and children's health - POST

New report highlights link between air pollution and infant mortality

Relief Efforts Protected Millions of Children From Poverty

Creating a cocoon: plans underway for Australia's first paediatric palliative care plan

Adequate communication and support needed for children of cancer patients, research suggests

Do screens really hurt kids? Not much, and they may have some benefits

Estimating the Impact of the Pandemic on Children's Physical Health: A Scoping Review

Thinking outside the box to tackle an aggressive children's cancer

Only 9 states and DC report that more than half of secondary schools have a Gender and Sexuality…

Supporting healthy relationships for youth who have experienced adversity

Prevalence of undernutrition and potential risk factors among children below five years of age in…

Move and Play Paediatric Therapy

Only 17 states and DC report LGBTQ-inclusive sex ed curricula in at least half of schools

Facebook's research on kids even considered turning playdates into growth drivers

Research sheds light on what makes children fussy eaters

Pregnant women who get COVID-19 vaccine pass antibodies to their unborn child, study finds

How young men can support their partners in pregnancy prevention

Recommendations for supporting children and youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems…

More microplastics in babies' faeces than in adults' - study

https://healthitanalytics.com/news/machine-learning-tool-detects-genetic-syndromes-in-children

Transdermal cannabidiol gel effective for children with developmental and epileptic…

Latino children are more than a quarter of U.S. child population

Federal stimulus payments kept more than 2 million Latino and Black children out of poverty during…

A framework to improve school employee wellness

Child abuse and neglect linked to early death in adulthood

https://www.thehealthsite.com/diseases-conditions/cancer-in-children/young-children-with-cancer-at-higher-risk-of-cisplatin-related-hearing-loss-836941/

GPs must take on more responsibility for paediatric prescribing from hospitals - The Pharmaceutical…

Recommendations for improving New Mexico's TANF program

Scientists examine kids' unique immune systems as more fall victim to Covid

The Chlorpyrifos Ban Is a Win for Science-and Children

Researchers quantify the risk of children suffering severe outcomes from malaria

Pfizer-BioNTech say low dose of its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for kids 5-11

Children of the 90s: third generation joins pioneering UK study

https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/the-pandemic-and-its-effect-on-children-in-the-seychelles/

Accelerating introduction and access to paediatric treatments

Early Life Lower Respiratory Tract Infections May Increase OSA Risk in Children

Covid Vaccine Prompts Strong Immune Response in Younger Children, Pfizer Says

Parents' beliefs and knowledge may impact a child's brain development: Study

The Science And Policy Behind The Decision To Vaccinate Younger Children

Scientists use AI to create drug regime for rare form of brain cancer in children

Scientists Find That "Class Clowns" Are Actually the Smartest People in Class

Daily antigen testing to reduce disruption when schools return

Antibiotics for lower respiratory tract infection in children presenting in primary care in England…

Childhood lower respiratory tract infections: more evidence to do less

Optimising the health-care experiences of babies, children, and young people

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