News centre

Latest news, reports and more from the Centre for Young Lives
Press Release
May 28, 2026

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

News
October 7, 2025

Baroness Anne Longfield’s oral and written evidence to the Covid Inquiry.

Press Release
October 2, 2025

Baroness Longfield calls for a formal Government apology to children for the damaging mistakes made during the Covid pandemic

Press Release
October 1, 2025

Centre for Young Lives sets out a new framework for effective delivery of the Government’s Young Futures Hubs to keep vulnerable teens safe from harm and support them to succeed

Press Release
September 29, 2025

The Centre for Young Lives publishes new research on the power of football to support children and young people and the impact of the Premier League Charitable Fund

Press Release
September 8, 2025

New report reveals almost half of children on free school meals were not ready for school in 2023/4

Press Release
July 25, 2025

Centre for Young Lives’ 2025 State of Childhood Vulnerability report warns the Covid pandemic is still casting a long shadow over millions of children in England five years on

Blog
July 15, 2025

Education and quarantine: experiences of the covid pandemic

Blog
July 9, 2025

The Centre for Young Lives responds to the Government's Early Years Strategy

Blog
June 16, 2025

The Centre for Young Lives responds to the Spending Review

Press Release
June 11, 2025

Inquiry Calls For a New National Play Strategy for England to Reclaim Childhood and Tackle the Scourge of Addictive Doom-Scrolling

News
June 10, 2025

Experts and practitioners back the Raising the Nation Play Commission’s call for a National Play Strategy in England

News
June 4, 2025

Centre for Young Lives report puts forward a fresh vision for youth provision and reveals the huge financial and social benefits of investing in youth centres, youth workers, and activities for young people

Press Release
May 22, 2025

Centre for Young Lives report reveals London is powering ahead of the rest of England in delivering schools that leave fewer children behind as part of a new plan to boost inclusion and opportunity for all children

Press Release
April 30, 2025

Report calls for new strategy for children’s mental health services to tackle ‘perverse’ situation where NHS local spending prioritises treating bunions over supporting young people considering self-harm

Press Release
April 8, 2025

New FOI data reveals funding cuts to Family Hubs and children’s centres could put Government’s Opportunity Mission at risk

Press Release
March 14, 2025

Child of the North/Centre for Young Lives report urges ‘Britain’s kids have got talent’ drive in schools to boost opportunity and stop the pipeline of pop stars, actors and creatives becoming the preserve of the well-off

Press Release
February 24, 2025

Inquiry Report Calls On The Government To Restore School Playtime Amid Warning That Play Is Being Squeezed Out Of Children’s Lives

Press Release
February 18, 2025

New research reveals positive link between enrichment and tackling the school attendance crisis

Press Release
February 5, 2025

‘Future Minds Campaign’ Launches With New Research Warning The Trillion-Pound Cost Of Failing To Tackle The Children’s And Young People’s Mental Health Crisis Is Holding Back Government’s Growth Plans

Blog
February 3, 2025

The Play Commission - Six Months On

Blog
February 2, 2025

The Centre for Young Lives is One

Press Release
January 27, 2025

Centre for Young Lives and Mission 44 – Ambitious about Inclusion

Thoughts
December 17, 2024

Our response to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Blog
December 12, 2024

Centre for Young Lives submission to the NHS 10 year plan consultation

Thoughts
December 5, 2024

Centre for Young Lives submission to the Curriculum and Assessment Review

Press Release
December 3, 2024

Centre for Young Lives report warns poverty and hardship are preventing some children from attending school amid big increases in persistent and severe absence among children receiving Free School Meals 

Press Release
November 29, 2024

Child of the North/Centre for Young Lives report warns thousands of vulnerable children at risk of criminal exploitation and urges Government to roll out Young Futures in disadvantaged areas

Blog
November 18, 2024

A significant step forward – Anne Longfield’s response to the Government’s announcement on children’s social care

Blog
November 4, 2024

Time for Government to put more flesh on the bones of its opportunity mission for children

Press Release
October 25, 2024

Call for new era of school inclusion and belonging as attendance crisis report warns children in the North and children with SEN are more likely to be persistently missing school

Want to keep up to date?

Sign up to our newsletter and get the latest news and reports from the Centre for Young Lives

Sign up

Want to keep up to date?

Sign up to our newsletter and get the latest news and reports from the Centre for Young Lives

Sign up