Reports

Parents warn ‘monstrous’ changes to autism referral rules for children will ‘cost lives’

SEND parents have slammed new rules that mean children must be in 'crisis' before they can be referred for an autism assessment in the Bristol area.

When it doesn’t pay to work: how universal free childcare would help us all

As the childcare crisis fuels inequality for women and children, mums are demanding action

People's History

The single parents from Bristol who changed women’s lives

What started as an interview in a living room became Single Parent Action Network, which tackled the stigma around single parenthood and campaigned on national issues.

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Reports

More children in care are being housed outside Bristol as Covid fallout bites

Scrutinising institutions

Bristol nurseries ‘are being asked to run a bankruptcy model’ during coronavirus

‘I have never experienced such intense stress’: Social workers on the strain of cuts

Soaring workloads and the impact of austerity can make a tough job unbearable, say children’s social workers

Photoessay: Feeding the people we love

Be it bottle, breast or both, photographer Esther May Campbells’ arresting portraits shatter the stigma to show the beauty of parents feeding their loved ones in Bristol.

Felix Rd celebrates 75 years of adventure play

But playworkers warn that the future of play in Bristol is at risk, with adventure playgrounds struggling to stay open without council funding.

Hartcliffe Children’s Centre: staff numbers halved, parents worried

Staff cuts have hit children’s centres across Bristol under the council’s new model. Hartcliffe, one of the most deprived parts of the city, is no different.

Council awards new youth services contracts two months late

After months of delays, Bristol's reduced youth services will finally launch in June.

Anti-FGM investigations ‘discriminatory and undermining’, say parents

Bristol Somali parents feel they are being unfairly targeted and questioned by authorities over FGM.