Covid-19 and children and young people
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Blog: Connecting old and young with intergenerational learning
Covid-19 struck just as intergenerational learning was gathering momentum in England - and everything was put on hold as the two care sectors, early years and elder care...
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Blog: Broadening thinking on what is critical for students’ learning
I am Director of Education for Bohunt Education Trust, a multi-academy trust of eight secondary schools, totalling approximately 10,000 students. Since March 2020 we’ve...
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Blog: Helping autistic graduates into employment
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented levels of unemployment - and autistic university graduates are likely to be among the hardest hit. Research from the...
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Blog: The importance of outdoor activities for teenagers
During the February half-term holidays last year, I welcomed 45 teenagers to the National Air Cadet Adventure Training Centre in North Wales. Little did I know that...
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Blog: Mentoring young people during the pandemic
How can we build and maintain mentoring support for children and young people when face-to-face contact has been restricted for almost a year? This wasn’t one of the...
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Blog: Street gang intervention – back to basics
Growing up on a socio-economically deprived council estate in London’s east end as a teenager back in the 1980s, I was so hell bent on getting out myself that I would...
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Blog: A home-schooling model for lockdown
What does a working parent do when their child is sent home because of Covid-19? And what if that parent’s employer expects them to meet the usual deadlines and targets ...
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Blog: Protecting young people at risk of self-harm and suicide
Suicide rates among the under 25s have increased in recent years, particularly among 10-24-year-old females, according to the Office for National Statistics. Suicides...
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Opinion: Protecting children’s rights during Covid-19
On 11 March 2020 the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Covid-19 to be a global pandemic. Since then the pandemic has become a global phenomenon with hugely...
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Long read: Recommendations for tackling childhood obesity
The UK is the third fattest nation in Europe, according to a World Health Organization study of 53 nations published in 2018. Almost two-thirds of adults in the UK are...
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Blog: Mental health support for young carers during the pandemic
Covid-19 has increased pressure on the estimated 700,000 young careers across the UK. In my role as CEO of TYKES, a support service for young people in Scotland who have...
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Blog: Can storytelling improve children’s mental health?
September 7 is Youth Mental Health Awareness Day – and this year it is needed more than ever.
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Covid-19 and children and young people: Fellows’ case studies
PageTemi Mwale (above) has been providing increased advocacy and legal support for young people affected by the criminal justice system Churchill Fellows are taking action ...
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Blog: Going to university during the pandemic
I am a senior lecturer and admissions tutor at the University of Dundee. I am also a 2020 Churchill Fellow with an interest in developing interactive learning strategies...
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Blog: How do you maintain school spirit during lockdown?
This year's lockdown has created many challenges for teachers like me. My school, Northfleet Technology College, faced a monumental task in March 2020. Because of...
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Blog: Supporting sixth formers in their education
On 20 March 2020, education for young people across the UK completely changed. School sixth forms have been heavily affected during the pandemic, especially with the...
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News: Supporting young people into employment post Covid-19
News | 19 Jun 2020 |According to the Resolution Foundation, the 800,000 school leavers and graduates due to leave education this year are the most exposed age group to a likely unemployment...
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Blog: Outdoor learning as a solution to social distancing in schools
Since March many children and young people across the UK have stayed at home whilst others have continued to go to school. We are now at the point where all schools...
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Blog: Welcoming children back to primary school as lockdown restrictions ease
I am currently working as the headteacher of a primary school in Tower Hamlets. The pandemic of the past few months have provided many challenges as we adapted to the...
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Covid-19 Action Fund winners: children and young people
PageThe Covid-19 Action Fund provides grants for Churchill Fellows to run projects combatting the effects of Covid-19 in all areas of society. Hundreds of pandemic projects...
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Blog: Supporting vulnerable children during Covid-19
Churchill Fellow Patrick Branigan works as the development lead for child sexual abuse at the children’s charity NSPCC and describes how he is supporting children during...
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News: Churchill Fellows supporting children who are missing out on free school meals
News | 5 May 2020 |The World Food Programme and UNICEF have released a statement urging national governments to prevent devastating nutrition and health consequences for the 370 million...
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Blog: Supporting young people with autism during Covid-19
Currently in the UK, after you receive a diagnosis of autism as a young person, you are very unlikely to be offered any sort of post-diagnostic support that is catered...