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  • The Children Act 1989 - 30 years on

    The Children Act 1989 - 30 years on

    Kathy's contribution to the CYP Now feature on the 30th anniversary of the Children Act 1989 Read more

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Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

The next Budget must put children first

Government must support families – including ‘corporate’ ones – instead of heaping scorn on them when low income leaves them struggling to cope Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 21st February, 2020

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Opinion
The Children Act 1989 - 30 years on

The Children Act 1989 - 30 years on

Kathy's contribution to the CYP Now feature on the 30th anniversary of the Children Act 1989 Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 30th October, 2019

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Opinion
  • Legislation and regulation (Policy)

Commissioning: it’s time for clarity about cost, price and the real effects of competition

Kathy's article on commissioning for CYP Now, May 2019 "Commissioning Children's Services: Policy context" Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 3rd June, 2019

Updated: 4th June, 2019

Author: Kathy Evans

Comments: 1

Related topics:
  • State of the sector
  • Service commissioning (Policy)
“Tell it like it is”

“Tell it like it is”

Wise women’s words and new resolutions Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 30th January, 2019

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Opinion
Remake the welfare state for children

Remake the welfare state for children

Kathy's pre-budget article for CYP Now Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 7th November, 2018

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Funding (Policy)
  • ChildFair State
  • Keeping children at heart (Policy)
  • Opinion
  • The state of the sector (Policy)

How can a crisis so big still be so quiet?

Kathy responds to Quiet Crisis, the Lloyds Bank Foundation report on local authority spending on disadvantage Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 12th September, 2018

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Providing public services (Policy)
  • Opinion
  • Campaigning
Lessons for commissioners from Carillion

Lessons for commissioners from Carillion

Kathy Evans reflects on what commissioners can learn from the collapse of Carillion Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 31st July, 2018

Updated: 1st August, 2018

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Opinion

Facing our future means rediscovering some home truths together – will you join us?

Kathy launches the ChildFair State Inquiry with a call for contributions Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 20th June, 2018

Updated: 15th February, 2019

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Providing public services (Policy)
  • ChildFair State
  • Keeping children at heart (Policy)
  • Providing public services (Practice)

One Welsh Woman and the Welfare State

Kathy's obituary for her mother, Elizabeth Evans Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 18th April, 2018

Author: Kathy Evans

Comments: 4

Related topics:
  • Providing public services (Policy)
  • Opinion

Apocalypse NAO!

National system failure calls for national reforms, not nationwide funding withdrawal. By Kathy Evans, CEO Children England Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 22nd January, 2018

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Funding (Policy)
  • Providing public services (Policy)
  • Opinion
  • Service commissioning (Policy)

The Management Delusion

The worsening funding crisis for children cannot be ‘managed’ away. Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 14th November, 2017

Updated: 16th November, 2017

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Providing public services (Policy)
  • State of the sector
  • Opinion
Public Service Markets Aren’t Working for the Public Good… or as markets

Public Service Markets Aren’t Working for the Public Good… or as markets

Chapter 2 of Kittens Are Evil: Little Heresies in Public Policy Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 1st November, 2017

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Opinion
We must argue for a children in need funding formula

We must argue for a children in need funding formula

It is still hard to assess the significance of the general election outcome for children and young people. Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 2nd August, 2017

Updated: 31st July, 2018

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Funding (Policy)
  • Opinion
  • The state of the sector (Policy)
Public sector ‘market’ failures undermine children’s services reforms

Public sector ‘market’ failures undermine children’s services reforms

Salutary tales from public service markets have been escalating in number and seriousness lately Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 15th February, 2017

Updated: 14th July, 2017

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Providing public services (Policy)
  • Opinion
  • A sustainable voluntary sector economy (Policy)
Amid the noise about child abuse scandals, some silences are deafening

Amid the noise about child abuse scandals, some silences are deafening

Kathy Evans on society's treatment of teenagers Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 20th January, 2017

Updated: 14th July, 2017

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Keeping children at heart (Practice)
  • Opinion
We don't need to redefine child poverty, we need to redefine 'economic recovery'

We don't need to redefine child poverty, we need to redefine 'economic recovery'

Published in response to government plans to scrap child poverty targets Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 16th November, 2016

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Opinion
  • Child poverty
  • Legislation and regulation (Policy)
We need grants for good

We need grants for good

The ‘respond, adapt, learn and lobby’ cycle is something we can’t afford to lose Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 16th November, 2016

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Funding (Policy)
  • Opinion
  • The state of the sector (Policy)
  • Campaigning
Ain't Misbehaving

Ain't Misbehaving

Five paradigms of childhood behaviour Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 7th November, 2016

Updated: 14th July, 2017

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Opinion

Why declare interdependence?

Children England and the TUC have published the Declaration of Interdependence. Our Chief Executive Kathy Evans explains why we developed this document and what we want to achieve. Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 14th October, 2016

Updated: 15th November, 2016

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Providing public services (Policy)
  • Opinion
  • The state of the sector (Policy)
  • A sustainable voluntary sector economy (Policy)
The rule of law is no rule at all if it changes on demand

The rule of law is no rule at all if it changes on demand

The Children and Social Work Bill is becoming the focal point for important sector debates about whether statutory duties are an impediment to innovation in children’s services. So it feels timely to examine the nature of statutory duties and the Government’s approach to them. Read more

Posted to: Kathy Evans, Chief Executive

Published: 10th October, 2016

Updated: 29th September, 2017

Author: Kathy Evans

Related topics:
  • Lobbying
  • Opinion
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