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Children's mental health services to move into new facility next year
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (332+ words) Children's mental health services were at "risk" of being left unable to function when its current lease expired next year, it has emerged " but a new home has now been secured. The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) will…...
IN NUMBERS: CAMHS acceptance rate hits lowest level since 2018
21+ hour, 16+ min ago (404+ words) Jersey's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service accepted just 67% of referrals in 2025 " the lowest rate recorded since at least 2018, according to its latest annual report. The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service's annual report for 2025 revealed that the service's acceptance…...
Students invited to learn about finance career through summer internship - Bailiwick Express News Guernsey
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (164+ words) Students from Guernsey are being invited to find out more about a career in finance, with a paid summer internship at one of the Channel Islands" most-prestigious professional services firms. Mourant"s Governance Services Summer Scheme is open to people…...
Kids "just love" Hello Kitty-inspired craft shop - Bailiwick Express News Guernsey
1+ week, 1+ day ago (679+ words) I'grew up in Guernsey, so I know that there's'nothing for kids to do here other than playdates" especially in the winter." Lola Haines is not your typical 21-year-old. While her peers are at university or taking their first steps in…...
Review into funding for schoolchildren with additional needs
1+ week, 2+ day ago (386+ words) The way Jersey funds its most vulnerable pupils is set to come under scrutiny this year, as key "inclusion" elements of the island's school-funding formula are reviewed. Published this week, the Jersey Funding Formula for Schools 2026 report explained that while…...
Plans to give Jersey's youth service legal protection shelved
1+ week, 3+ day ago (400+ words) Plans to give Jersey's Youth Service legal protection have been shelved after a government review warned the move could add bureaucracy, risk funding instability and undermine parish-led support. In a report published this week, Children's Minister Richard Vibert concluded that…...
IN NUMBERS: Obesity levels higher among reception children in Jersey than England
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (190+ words) The proportion of reception children categorised as overweight and obese is higher in Jersey than in England, new figures have revealed. The latest Jersey Child Measurement report revealed that 28% of reception children in Jersey were classified as overweight or obese…...
Kids can get past 70% of age controls on apps - Bailiwick Express News Guernsey
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (235+ words) Children are able to get past more than 70% of age control measures on apps and websites, according to a new report. The "privacy sweep" report, from Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN), looked at nearly 900 platforms, including ones designed specifically for…...
'Put your screens away and play,' toddlers told - Bailiwick Express News Guernsey
3+ week, 5+ day ago (216+ words) The "Screens Away, Time to Play" campaign aims to help families of children under four "build age-appropriate screen habits. The campaign, which includes posters, leaflets, and a website " was "designed with parents in mind, organisers said. Zara Betts, an Early…...
Unfiltered: Truths That Shape Us" " meet the students behind Jersey's first ever TEDx Youth Event
4+ week, 21+ hour ago (542+ words) Very often young people are viewed in the abstract: a mass of anonymous data points utilised to shape policy and confirm pre-determined narratives" but tomorrow, a group of forward-thinking students will be boldly taking the discourse into their own hands....