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Blog
August 12, 2026

Tim's blog: Enrichment teaches me things I can’t get from school - and more young people should be able to access it

News
August 11, 2026

Centre for Young Lives and Agenda Alliance publish new briefing on making Young Futures Hubs work for young women and girls

Press Release
July 28, 2026

Head of Policy, Connie Muttock, responds to the Prime Minister's announcement on skills and education

Press Release
July 26, 2026

New report exposes the scale of childhood crisis facing Andy Burnham and warns “incremental change will no longer cut it”

Press Release
July 9, 2026

New report urges Andy Burnham to end 40 years of school competition and calls for new era of place-based inclusion

Press Release
July 9, 2026

Experts call for national connected data model to transform children's services and boost UK economy

Press Release
July 9, 2026

New briefing urges government to end fragmented youth support, and calls for Young Futures Hubs in every community

Press Release
June 25, 2026

Toxic “looksmaxxing” social media trend is pushing boys towards extreme body obsession, misogyny, and self-harm, Centre for Young Lives report warns

Blog
June 16, 2026

Mission 44 and the Centre for Young Lives publish Ambitious About Inclusion Report

Press Release
June 8, 2026

New Report from the Centre for Young Lives: Government needs to do more than set a target if it is going to improve school readiness

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

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