Extra money for children's counselling

The government has announced extra funding to help children caught in the middle of family break ups, reports The Guardian.

An extra £60 million will be put into 1500 schools for counselling services and peer mentoring, as well as £5.5 million for local support for couples going through a separation.

With 350,000 children experiencing family break ups and separation it’s hoped the extra money will help provide them with they support they need. The children’s secretary Ed Balls said: “Too often in the past we have focused on supporting adults when they are breaking up but we have not thought enough about the impact on children. We are pioneering a new approach here in thinking about this particular group of vulnerable children.”

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