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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
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

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

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