By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Child exploitation cases involving 304 children were reported to Cheshire East Council last year, new figures show.
And more than 170 of those children were later referred to social services.
Children at Acton CE Primary Academy pulled their socks up for a week of anti-bullying activities.
Odd Socks day marked the start of Anti-Bullying Week at the school near Nantwich, to support the nationwide drive organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance.
It was a case of love at first sight for new Calveley Primary Academy headteacher Ray Rudd.
Ms Rudd has an impressive career in education, specialising in helping children with additional needs.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is deciding on a case by case basis if children in the council’s care should be given the Covid vaccine if birth parents do not consent.
Annemarie Parker, head of service for cared for children and care leavers, told a corporate parenting committee that the local authority sought consent from the parents of cared for children aged 12 to 15.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The number of school children who have tested positive in the 10 to 14 age group in Cheshire East is nearly five times that of the adult population.
Latest available figures quoted by director of education Jacky Forster revealed that at the beginning of the week (October 4), the overall positive rate in Cheshire East was 515 per 100,000 population.
More than 2,000 children and young people across Cheshire East have participated in hundreds of free summer holiday activities.
Activities were funded by the government’s Holiday Activity Programme, coordinated by Cheshire East Council.
Cheshire East Council is to roll out its holiday activity fund for vulnerable children this summer, the authority says.
It follows the council’s roll-out of the government’s support package for vulnerable children and families placed at risk during the Covid pandemic.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity has launched a Children’s Emergency Care Appeal to provide a new unit for children needing emergency medical care.
Charity organisers want to provide a “calming, child-friendly environment we can help to relax and distract children of all ages so that their experience is the best that it can be”.
Dear Editor,
All Councillors have a responsibility of being a “Corporate Parent” to vulnerable Children and Young People.
An important facet of this work falls to members of the Corporate Parenting Committee.
Computer businesses in Nantwich and Crewe are helping children connect with online school learning by repairing donated laptops.
The Laptop Shop, on Hospital Street, and Nantwich Computer Consultant Nic Bunting are taking in donated devices so they can be fixed on passed on to youngsters without them.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
The number of health checks on vulnerable children in Cheshire East Council care within 20 days plummeted last year, it has been revealed.
One of Cheshire East’s key performance indicators for its care of vulnerable children is the proportion of initial health assessment requests made within 20 days for a child when they enter CEC’s care.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
A new shared vision “for children and young people in Cheshire East” has been formally endorsed by the borough’s cabinet.
The vision includes aims such as making “families and communities strong, welcoming and supportive, where differences are celebrated”.
A Nantwich mum of two’s debut children’s story book became an Amazon best-seller on the same day it was launched online.
During lockdown, Sarah Mellor, 31, was inspired by her own personal struggle with anxiety and depression, which saw her turn to writing and illustrating.
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