Family & Community Government Policy & Strategies entries for Wales include strategy documents which inform current and future policy.
Removing profit from the care of children looked after: general briefing (19 July 2024)
This report summarises and discusses how for-profit children’s homes will be transitioning to a not-for-profit model of care in Wales. This fundamentally changes how Wales cares for children and young people who are looked after, by working to keep them close to home, while still meeting their needs and allowing for better outcomes.
Care Experienced Children: Statistical Briefing (14 March 2024)
This is a briefing on care experienced children and young people in Wales.
Update on the Children and young people’s plan: (January 2024)
Child Poverty Strategy for Wales (2024)
The Child Poverty Strategy includes overcoming the challenges of austerity, Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic and their impacts on tackling child poverty and improving the outcomes of low income families in Wales.
NYTH/NEST ‘in action’ (2023)
Good practice examples of the implementation of the NYTH/NEST framework
The NYTH/NEST Framework aims to ensure a ‘whole system’ approach for developing mental health, well-being and support services for babies, children, young people, parents, carers and their wider families across Wales.
Evaluation of the Early Implementation of the Childcare Offer for Wales (2023)
The Welsh Government’s Childcare Offer for Wales provides eligible parents with up to 30 hours of childcare and early education for three and four year olds for 48 weeks per year. This evaluation report relates to the period from September 2021 to August 2022, the fifth year of implementing the Childcare Offer (‘the Offer’).
Conclusions
- Take-up returned to pre-pandemic levels for most local authorities.
- Number of children with ALN supported by the Offer increased due to negative effects of COVID-19 and changes to ALN legislation.
- Childcare provider staff recruitment and retention issues continue to be reported.
- 54% of parents accessing the Offer earned below £26,000 per year.
- 75% said the Offer made it easier for them to undertake work.
Flying Start
Flying Start helps families with children under 4 years old in disadvantaged areas of Wales.
Help available includes:
- Funded high quality, part-time (12.5 hours a week) childcare for 2–3-year-olds
- An enhanced health visiting service
- Access to parenting support
- Support for Speech, Language and Communication development.
Contact your local Family Information Service to find out if you live in a Flying Start area and what help may be available.
An Introduction to an Anti-racist Wales
Written Statement: Expanding Flying Start childcare to more children in Wales – Julie Morgan MS, Deputy Minister for Social Services
Published: 14 April 2023
Cymraeg 2050: Welsh language strategy action plan 2023 to 2024: What we will do during the 2023 to 2024 financial year to deliver Cymraeg 2050: a million Welsh speakers
First published: 24 March 2023
Welsh Government – Consultation – summary of response National Minimum Standards for Regulated Childcare for children up to the ages of 12 years (NMS) 2023: A summary of responses to the consultation on proposed changes to the NMS
Publish: January 2023
Ministerial Review of Play: Prepared by Play Wales for the Ministerial Review of Play Steering Group
Publish: 20 January 2023
Ministerial Review of Play BACKGROUND PAPER – Prepared by Play Wales for the Ministerial Review of Play Steering Group
Published: January 2023
Cafcass Cymru annual report 2021 to 2022
Published: 11 January 2023
Ending physical punishment in Wales: information for parents
First published: 20 September 2021 – Last updated:10 January 2023
Refugees and childcare and play: Advice for childcare providers and local authorities on childcare for refugees
First published: 7 April 2022 – Last updated: 15 November 2022
Children and Young People 2019-22: Evaluation
This report produced by the Children’s Commissioner for Wales details their plan for all children in Wales from the years 2019-2022
Rights, respect, equality: Statutory guidance for governing bodies of maintained schools
Published: 6 November 2019
