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Press Release
May 28, 2026

Connie Muttock, Head of Policy at the Centre for Young Lives thinktank, responds to the Milburn Review interim report

Blog
May 22, 2026

Centre for Young Lives response to the Youth Justice White Paper

Blog
May 13, 2026

Centre for Young Lives responds to the King’s Speech

Blog
April 29, 2026

Funding the future of girls and young women's mental health

Blog
April 22, 2026

Turning the Tide on Rising Young NEETs: New report from Centre for Young Lives sets out a new vision for a system-wide approach to shifting the dial on young people not in education, employment or training

News
April 21, 2026

Mumsnet analysis for Future Minds campaign reveals the reality of the children’s mental crisis for many families

Blog
April 7, 2026

Osob's blog - Ambitious About Inclusion

Press Release
March 19, 2026

Centre for Young Lives launches new Vulnerability Index project to transform support for families, women, and girls, and to refocus Government attention on to vulnerable children

Press Release
March 9, 2026

Centre for Young Lives report calls on MPs to reclaim childhood and break the stranglehold of big tech by voting to limit social media to over 16s

Blog
March 3, 2026

Ambitious About Inclusion

Blog
February 23, 2026

Schools White Paper brings an ambitious plan to put inclusion at the heart of education

Press Release
February 23, 2026

Schools White Paper 'best chance in a generation' to reform the education system

News
February 19, 2026

Bold vision must be followed by system shifts - our framework for SEND reform in the Schools White Paper

Press Release
February 12, 2026

Launch of the “Young Creatives Commission” brings together top cultural talent for new national inquiry to boost young people’s access to arts, culture and the creative industries

Blog
February 11, 2026

Centre for Young Lives responds to the Milburn Review on young NEETs

Press Release
January 29, 2026

Centre for Young Lives launches new neighbourhood ‘Growing Up Well’ model to transform the system of support to tackle the mental health crisis facing children and young people

Press Release
January 28, 2026

Mumsnet survey reveals three-quarters of parents fear for children’s mental health as leading charities launch national crisis plan

Press Release
December 22, 2025

Centre for Young Lives publishes new ‘inclusion score’ to map inclusive schools in England

Press Release
December 18, 2025

Centre for Young Lives response to the VAWG Strategy

Blog
December 17, 2025

What does the first set of guidance for the Government’s new network of Best Start Family Hubs tell us?

Blog
December 12, 2025

No wrong door: How Young Futures Hubs can tackle the mental health crisis

Blog
December 10, 2025

The Government’s new Youth Strategy sets out an ambitious plan, by young people and for young people

News
December 10, 2025

Baroness Anne Longfield to chair the National Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs

Thoughts
December 1, 2025

What do the Government’s latest Early Years statistics tell us about the prospect of Ministers meeting their pledge to boost the number of five-year-olds reaching a good level of development?

Blog
November 27, 2025

What does the Budget mean for children and young people?

Press Release
November 26, 2025

Baroness Anne Longfield, former Children’s Commissioner and Executive Chair of the Centre for Young Lives, responds to the scrapping of the two child benefits limit

Call for Evidence
November 24, 2025

Centre for Young Lives launches 'looksmaxxing' call for evidence

News
November 21, 2025

Future Minds Campaign and Fund the Hubs publish new paper setting out the key principles for delivering an ‘in-reach’ mental health and wellbeing offer through the Government’s new Young Futures Hubs

Blog
November 6, 2025

The Curriculum and Assessment Review is good - and a step forward towards a more inclusive, holistic, and aspirational education system

Press Release
November 5, 2025

Centre for Young Lives report urges Government to embed Best Start Family Hubs in law and target new funding at England’s areas of greatest need and “childcare deserts”

Blog
October 27, 2025

Module 8 of the Covid Inquiry has confirmed children were an afterthought for the Government and shown why children need new rights and an apology

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