Three projects with ambitious plans to transform children’s
services in their areas have been awarded a share of more than £7
million in government grant funding.
The grant funding from the Department for Education will support
projects led by adoption charity Coram, the City of Bradford
metropolitan district council and Dorset county council.
Dorset county council plans to use its funding to improve
outcomes for children and families in the county, including
through providing additional training and development for staff.
The project has been funded for 2 years.
Coram will use its share of the innovation programme funding to
support local authorities in Northamptonshire, Manchester,
Reading and Slough to make better use of data to understand the
needs of the children in their care. They will also be carrying
out work on fostering, including looking at post-18 support.
Meanwhile Bradford metropolitan district council will deliver its
Rethinking Social Care project over the next 2 years. The project
aims to provide integrated care for children and young people
with the most complex needs.
, Minister for Vulnerable
Children and Families, said:
It is fantastic to see the range of projects funded as part of
the innovation programme, and it is clear to me that this work
is helping to transform children’s services. We know that
children thrive when the professionals who care for them are
given the freedom to turn their passion and expertise into
providing life-changing support. The department has worked with
each one of these projects to look at what we can learn from
their ideas, and it is good to see that many of them will
continue to support vulnerable children and families in the
future.
