Care News: Councils share £30mn to help children in care build relationships with friends and family

​The Department for Education is investing £30mn to increase the reach of a programme to help children in care build and mend relationships with friends, family and trusted adults in their lives such as teachers.

The move has been taken as such relationships often break down when children move into or within the care system.

Through the investment 12 more councils, including those in Brighton and Hove, Salford, Gateshead and Wiltshire, will access the charity Family Rights Group’s Lifelong Links programme.

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