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- A Christmas conversation with care leavers
- NYAS Cymru’s Sharon Lovell Hopes MBE Will Help to Raise Advocacy Awareness
- Social care review must protect and promote children’s rights
- Alcohol doesn’t just affect grown-ups
- NYAS’ Response to The President of Family Court’s Review of Transparency in Family Courts
- A Tribute to John Kemmis
- Merseyside charity launches first in series of legal seminars
- Police, Politicians and Charities Set Out Steps to Stop Exploitation of Children and Young People Missing from Care and at Risk of Criminality in Wales
- NYAS Welcomes New Trustee, Terry Galloway
- NYAS Appoints First Head of Policy and Research
- NYAS and POhWER partnership renew UK-wide Priory Group advocacy contract
- National Practice Standards and Guidance for Independent Visitor Service
- Care At Christmas: Support Care Leavers this Christmas
- “What about me?” Reframing support for families following parental separation
- NYAS to benefit from sale of Melling Manor
- NYAS pledges support for campaign to protect trafficked children
- Miton Provides Vital Assets to National Children’s Charity
- NYAS joins forces with Everton in the Community and Olympic athelete Akabusi
- NYAS joins call for Government to do more to protect care leavers from homelessness
- Raise free money for NYAS
- Record numbers of children going missing from care because councils are not listening
- The Knapman Fund: a brand-new fund for young people leaving care
- Do something different this January
- NYAS – Helping to Amplify the Fostering Network’s Keep Connected Campaign
- NYAS Cymru appoints new CEO
- NYAS offers advice to England’s Care Review
- Government fails thousands of children by refusing to ban unregulated accommodation in England
- NYAS Cymru hosts hustings for candidates in Welsh Parliament
- NYAS appoints new National Executive Director for Legal Services
- Celebrating World Children’s Day 2021
- National Care Leavers Week ‘Reach for the Sky’ Message has Life-Changing Power
- NYAS Position Statement on Ukraine
- “We have the right to demand change and we have the right to make change” – young people lead NYAS response to United Nations global consultation
- Action on children and young people’s advocacy in England
- Care Review sets out its case for change
- Let’s Resolve to Make a Difference: Why volunteering should matter to YOU
- NYAS’ ways to wellbeing this Children’s Mental Health Week
- NYAS Campaign Asks For the Support of Police Commissioner Candidates
- NYAS calls on the UK Government to ban unregulated accommodation for all children in care
- Police, Politicians and Charities Unite to Stop Exploitation of Children Missing from Care in Wales
- Parliamentary report calls for end to ‘national scandal’ of children missing from care
- Unregulated Accommodation: High Court Backs UK Government Against Children’s Charity
- NYAS Cymru calls for child-centred COVID-19 recovery, backed by charities, the Youth Justice Board and all four Welsh Police Commissioners
- NYAS Supports Myth-Busting Guide Action from Article 39
- Running the London Marathon 2021 for NYAS
- NYAS appoints Sir Mark Hedley as its new chair of the board of trustees.
- Why having fun should be every child’s right
- NYAS Hits the High Note with Opera Fundraiser
- A celebration of the advancement of children’s rights
- NYAS response to the DfE’s announcement on children in care living in unregulated accommodation
- Business Leader of the Year Accolade for NYAS CEO, Rita Waters
- Care leavers vulnerable to loan sharks – education must be part of the answer
- NYAS Urges Parliament to End Downward Mental Health Spiral for Men and Boys
- Care-Experienced Children 16+ Expected to Live in Unregulated Homes for the Next Two Years
- Campaign Success: New Welsh Protocol to Reduce CEP Criminalisation
- One child is reported missing every hour in Wales – New NYAS Cymru report calls for better protection
- End youth homelessness in Wales
- NYAS supports call for the immediate withdrawal of the Department for Education’s ‘myth busting’ guide
- Rights, Wrongs and Hopes: NYAS Responds to the Latest Care Review Report
- An independent advocate is not a solicitor- understanding the difference
- Care-experienced children and young people urgently need mental health support
- Care-Experienced children should have mental health priority in Wales
- WHY FAMILY CONTACT COMES IN ALL SHAPES & SIZES
- Put children and young people at the heart of Government spending
- Volunteer Power: How to Make a Difference
- Government bans unregulated accommodation for children up to the age of 15 while leaving thousands of 16 and 17 year olds without care
- My Things Matter calling on local authorities to treat young people with dignity and respect when they move
- Welcome to NYAS News – The inaugural edition of our newsletter
- 12 ideas for improving children’s social care: NYAS priorities for the Care Review
- NYAS Cymru launches pioneering Parent Advocacy programme across Pan Gwent
- NYAS responds to DfE call for evidence on the Children’s Homes Workforce
- NYAS Heads to Parliament to Speak Up for Care Leavers
- Nationality and Borders Bill: NYAS Cymru highlights concerns with Welsh Parliament
- NYAS Joins Stand for Separated and Unaccompanied Children
- NYAS joins over 70 organisations and experts in call for General Election pledges for children
- Place of Safety? NYAS Cymru launches campaign on rights of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Wales
- NYAS call on Government to put children at the heart of recovery
- Why collaboration is essential for successful service delivery in the charity sector
- Put children and young people at the heart of this General Election.
- News of Myth-Busting withdrawal is welcomed by NYAS
- NYAS stands SidebySide with care leavers
- NYAS Stands Side by Side with Care Leavers
- Mental Health – beyond the January Blues
- NYAS calls on government to scrap new legislation that threatens children’s rights
- Bridging the Gap: Comparing Care Leaver Entitlements in England and Wales
- Slough’s Children in Care launch animated films to help others
- GOVERNMENT ACTED UNLAWFULLY ON SI 445 SAYS COURT OF APPEAL
- Celebrating Volunteer Week
- We’re here to support vulnerable children and young people
- How to make online shopping pay
- NYAS Joins Call for ‘Whole System’ Review of Children’s Social Care
- NYAS joins forces with other organisations across the sector to end child poverty
- NYAS and POhWER Partnership Awarded UK-Wide Priory Group Advocacy Contract
- Life as a NYAS independent visitor
- NYAS Cymru welcomes £15 million Welsh Government Investment aimed at reducing the number of children in care
- NYAS Welcomes New Guidance on Anonymisation in Family Court Judgments
- AlphaBiolabs ‘gives back’ to NYAS for a second year
- ‘The Commission on Young Lives’: NYAS Responds
- “Young people cannot be an afterthought” – NYAS on reforming the Mental Health Act
- England’s Care Review receives NYAS’ evidence
- A Christmas message from our CEO, Rita Waters
- Meet Milly – NYAS’ Welsh Youth Parliament Representative
- Missing children, missed opportunities – NYAS launches new #AcrossTheBorder briefing
- New ‘Young Lives in Lockdown’ research shows increase in loneliness and anxiety among children in care and care leavers
- NYAS Responds to ‘Advocacy for Children’ Report from Children’s Commissioner
- Children’s Rights Considerations Are Now Officially Part of the Care Review
- NYAS launches new #AcrossTheBorder research series, with first report shining spotlight on youth homelessness in Wales and England
- NYAS calls on Secretary of State to deliver meaningful review
- Mental health of care-experienced children and young people must be a Government priority
- “Make children and young people a priority in pandemic recovery” 140+ organisations tell government
- Nyas Cymru ensure young people in care have a voice at first Welsh Youth Parliament
- National Trustees Week: Meet Kelly Harris
- VOLUNTEER SHORTAGE SEES CHILDREN IN CARE ‘GO WITHOUT’
- Problem-solving pioneer judge Nicholas Crichton dies
- 50 organisations and social work experts urge withdrawal of key parts of new ‘myth busting’ guide about England’s care system
- Young People in Wales to Voice Gender Equality Hopes at First of Its Kind Conference
- A Black Tie Gala Dinner and a Night of Opera at the fabulous Thornton Manor
- Empowering Families: Volunteer in Warwickshire
- Advocates4U campaign takes a step closer to new national standards to make sure children are heard loud and clear
- A Student’s Perspective
- NYAS Cymru Partners on Pioneering Crime Project
- NYAS Cymru’s commitment and work with young people on mental health and wellbeing during the Pandemic
- Festive Fundraising Ideas
- 141 miles From Home: Challenges for Children in Secure Homes
- Helping young people in care to dream big
- NYAS calls on UK and Welsh Governments to act swiftly to protect the rights of young people during the COVID-19 response
- “The Enduring Scandal” of Space Shortage in Secure Children's Homes
- Beneath catchy slogans lies a lurking epidemic – alcoholism
- Care experienced children and the trouble with the law
- The Rights Idea? NYAS partnership supports children’s rights through parental separation
- Prince Harry Gives The Green Light To Talk About Mental Health
- Don’t Forget Children in Care this Christmas
- Protecting vulnerable children is “top priority” says UK Government Minister in response to NYAS and 40+ charities’ letter
- New Financial Scheme for Care Leavers in Wales
- NYAS Cymru welcomes Welsh Parliament committee’s findings on supporting children and young people throughout and after COVID-19
- COVID-19 service delivery – getting creative with contact!
- NYAS Cymru awarded Police Community Funding to tackle anti-social behaviour for young people in Blaenau Gwent
- #CareDay21 – Care experienced young people take centre stage to put their questions to UK commissioners
- BREAKING: HIGH COURT RULES STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 445 WAS MADE LAWFULLY
- Increased Rights for Scottish Children Blocked by Supreme Court Ruling
- Civil Service Internship Scheme introduced by Government for care leavers
- NYAS Cymru provides FREE laptops and tablets to young people in care
- NYAS Cymru’s Project Unity shortlisted at European Social Services Awards 2020
- NYAS welcomes the launch of the Care Review for England
- NYAS Cymru’s Project Unity runners up in Youth Work in Wales Excellence Award!
- MAKE A YOUNG PERSON SMILE AND VOLUNTEER
- Parliament votes against scrapping new law that undermines children’s rights
- NYAS Cymru successful charity grant applications!
- A Christmas message from our Group CEO, Rita Waters
- NYAS Cymru Leads Action Plan to Stop Exploitation of Children and Young People Missing from Care and at Risk of Criminality in Wales
- What Does The Big Ask: The Big Answer Mean for Children in Care?
- NYAS Cymru provides digital equipment for young people in care
- Police, politicians and charities come together in Wales at NYAS Cymru event to protect missing children
- Keeping your mental health in check in 2021
- Voices of vulnerable children and young people will be at the heart of an independent care review
- Foster and kinship carers want more support helping young people access mental health services, NYAS report finds
- NYAS Cymru Campaign Shortlisted for Children and Young People Now Awards 2021
- Young people in care need a friend they can rely on – our volunteers step up to the mark
- “Not seeing my mum” among children’s concerns presented by NYAS Cymru to the Education Committee
- There is no case for law undermining children’s rights to continue into September – NYAS’ response to flawed government consultation
- NYAS secures contracts to support children in need in Wales
- UK Government will keep the law undermining children’s rights (for now), but do not want it to be used… #ScrapSI445
- Electronic Recycling Campaign
- NYAS Joins Call for Closure of Controversial Medway Secure Training Centre
- NYAS responds to the Care Review’s ‘Case for Change’
- Across the Border briefing calls for ‘active offer’ of advocacy to be extended from Wales to England
- NYAS evidence on COVID-19 and children’s rights published by parliamentary committee
- Where is the care? Government proposals for 16/17 year-olds in England would fail thousands
- 30 Years of The Children Act 1989 – How it Changed the Children’s Rights Landscape Forever
- NYAS Cymru Helps to Shape ‘Major Milestone in the History of Advocacy in Wales’
- Why disparity in advocacy provision could lead to systematic failings of children in care
- NYAS joins with other leading homelessness charities to call on the Government to continue investment in homelessness in upcoming Spending Review
- NYAS Urges Action on ‘Rogue’ Children’s Homes, Following BBC Newsnight Report
- Human Rights Committee quotes NYAS as questions raised over UK Government decisions affecting children during the pandemic
- Senedd candidates set to debate as NYAS Cymru launch manifesto with care-experienced children and young people
- Challenging Changes to Human Rights Act & Proposed Bill of Rights
- NYAS Welcomes Advocacy as a Key Focus of Care Review Recommendations
- NYAS Achieves Bronze Quality Mark for Youth Work in Wales
- NYAS Cymru CEO Sharon Lovell Chairs New Youth Board
- Supporting Families in Warwickshire: Empowering Families Update
- 5 Helpful Tips to Overcome Anxiety
- NYAS Campaigns Advisory Group Visits London | NYAS
- NYAS Calls for Promotion of Child Positive Mental Wellbeing
- Children’s Sector Sets Care Review Priorities for Government
- Creating a World for All Ages: International Youth Day 2022
- The Liberty Protection Safeguards: NYAS Responds
- What to Take to University: A Checklist
- Gordon's Story
- My Things Matter Campaign Receives Two Award Nominations
- Across the Border: Extend Independent Visitor Entitlement to Age 25.
- Care Experienced Young People Need More from Police Commissioners
- NYAS Joins Leading Disability Organisations on SEND Reform Principles
- UNCRC Children’s Rights Monitoring: NYAS Responds
- My Things Matter Wins Partnership Award at CYP Awards 2022
- NYAS Contributes to Wales National Social Prescribing Framework
- NYAS Campaign Highly Commended At CYPNow Awards Last Week
- "The System is not Delivering" - Care Review Debate
- Children and Young People Respond to Care Review Recommendations
- Across the Border: Child Poverty in England and Wales
- Independent Monitoring Visits Approach Care Review Chopping Block
- NYAS Efforts Recognised with Royal Stamp of Approval
- Alliance for Children in Care and Care Leavers elects new co-chair
- NYAS My Things Matter Campaign Celebrates First Birthday
- "Right to a childhood": NYAS Rejects Supported Accommodation Proposals
- Campaign Success as Government Keeps Children's Home Protections
- Four Tips from Four Years at NYAS
- Radical Reform for Children in Wales: NYAS Cymru Lead Calls for Change
- Tribute to Phenomenal Young Campaigner Aisha Hamzat
- 97 charities warn UN that children’s rights have worsened in England
- Break the Cycle: Children of Care-Experienced Parents Entering Care
- Rating secure children’s homes – What do inspections tell us?
- Rosie’s Story: School Resources Support Children in Separated Families
- Royal Reward as NYAS Visits the Palace
- NYAS Responds to Government Plans to Reform Children’s Social Care
- Mental Health Awareness Week – Just Keep Swimming
- Senedd Issues Policy Recommendations for Radical Reform of Care System
- 76,000 Times Too Many: International Missing Children’s Day 2023.
- “They keep me safe” - Foster Care Fortnight
- Golden Celebrations as My Things Matter Reaches 50 Pledges
- Actor Joe Swash meets teen and NYAS IV in new BBC One documentary
- Senedd Unites Over ‘Dismissive’ Response to Social Care Reform Report
- Across the Border: Are Looked After Minds Really Looked After?
- Ofsted Data Shows Concern for Children Living in Residential Settings
- NYAS Appoints New Head of Policy and Communications
- New Advocacy Pilot Offers a Helping Hand to Plymouth’s Homeless Youth
- AlphaBiolabs ‘Giving Back’ campaign raises over £15,000 for NYAS
- Care Not Respite From Poverty: Welsh Child Poverty Strategy Response
- NYAS comments on UK Government 'Stable Homes, Built on Love' response
- NYAS responds to UK Government 'Stable Homes, Built on Love' response
- NYAS launches new research series ‘This is My Home’
- NYAS Celebrates Protected Characteristics Success in Kingston!
- NYAS Joins IICSA Changemakers in London to Tackle Child Abuse
- King’s Speech 2023: Statement from NYAS Group Chief Executive
- NYAS Responses to UK Government National Standards for Advocacy
- Putting Children at the Heart of the Victims and Prisoners Bill
- NYAS Responds to Education Committee’s Children’s Social Care Inquiry
- NYAS Welcomes UNCRC Concluding Observations
- NYAS Cymru Calls For Sustained Funding of Project Unity
- Advocacy 101: Everything You Need to Know
- NYAS Cymru calls for statutory return interviews in Wales
- Spotlight: In Conversation With... Rebekah Pierre
- Introducing Brand New Accessibility Features on NYAS Website
- NYAS Wins ‘Commitment to the Local Community Award’ at the Better Society Awards 2024
- Spotlight: In Conversation With... Terry Galloway
- It’s Time to Vote! UK Government Calls a July Election
- Foster Care Fortnight Special: The Lived Experiences of Children in Foster Care
- Put Children and Young People First! NYAS Launches General Election Manifesto
- What a New Government Means for Care-Experienced Children and Young People
- Spotlight: In Conversation With... Vivien Shaw
- ‘Set Up to Fail’: Discrimination and Care-Experienced Young Mothers
- UK General Election: Political Party Manifestos for Children and Young People
- NYAS Statement on Southport
- Spotlight: In Conversation With... Fatima Whitbread
- NYAS Welcomes Prime Minister Housing Commitments to Care Leavers
- Advocacy Awareness Week 2024
- Behind-the Scenes: Advocacy
- National Care Leavers Week 2024
- Challenges Facing Care Leavers
- Care Leavers and Housing – A Complex Story of Discrimination and Inequality
- NYAS Cymru Goes Global
- Parent Mental Health Day
- Children's Mental Health Week 2025
- Going the Distance: Paul’s Fundraising Journey for NYAS
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