Several West Midlands councils will get a share of £30m to help children in care to build their own “family networks”. Coventry, Warwickshire and Stoke-on-Trent councils and Birmingham Children’s Trust are among 23 authorities across England to be awarded the money by the Department for Education. Children in care can often be separated from siblings and relationships can break down, but the Lifelong Links programme aims to help them rebuild connections they have lost. Read more.
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