Minister for Social Justice and Local Government Dr. Brian Gibbons has announced funding of over £1.5 million to support organisations tackling domestic and sexual abuse.

Funky Dragon, the children and young people’s assembly for Wales is launching a new website dedicated to children from 6 to 11 years of age.

In his Pre-Budget Report, Chancellor Alistair Darling announced a number of measures to help low-income families.

UK Disabilities minister Jonathan Shaw has said that the government will delay the ratification of a United Nations disability rights charter until next year.

The Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 is due to come into force on 25 November 2008.

The Welsh Assembly Government has published its first Children and Young People’s Well-being Monitor, which brings together research and statistical data on the well-being of young people aged 0-18 in Wales.

The Welsh Ambulance Service has launched a brand new bilingual health website to provide relevant, up-to-date, quality information to Wales' young people.

The National Assembly’s Children and Young People Committee has published the results of its inquiry into child poverty and education.

The Children and young Persons Bill received Royal Assent on 13 November 2008.

The UK Government has unveiled a new £1.5m THINK! Campaign, which graphically spells out the dangers of not crossing the road safely and highlights the need to 'stop, look and listen' every time.

The Legislative Competence Order on Vulnerable Children was approved by both Houses of Parliament on 12 November 2008.

A new campaign to encourage boys to embrace the joy of reading has today been launched by the Deputy Minister for Skills John Griffiths.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has commissioned a series of short reports focusing on certain key policy areas relevant to the 2020 target of eradicating UK child poverty.

The Welsh Assembly Government is consulting on its draft action plan to reduce suicide and self-harm. Consultation ends: 30/01/09

The Care Council for Wales has launched its search for the best-performing teams and organisations in the Welsh social care sector as the 2009 Social Care Accolades officially get underway.

‘From Bump to Breastfeeding’, produced by the charity Best Beginnings, is a DVD designed to show mothers-to-be everything they need to know about breastfeeding.

A new national billboard campaign encouraging young people and communities to stand together against knife crime has been launched.

National Family Week has received cross-party political support and is endorsed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, and by a host of important organisations and charities.

Significant changes have been made to the Child Maintenance system in Britain.

The Internet Watch Foundation has underlined the importance of its Awareness Day with the release of new research which indicates that over three quarters (77%) of UK adult internet users who have stumbled across images of children being sexually abused are unsure how to report them.