In a speech later today, children’s minister Vicky Ford will announce £4.2m will be given to a coalition of charities, including Barnardo's, to continue the See, Hear, Respond programme until next March.
The programme supports vulnerable children who fall below the threshold for statutory support and early help, including those in need of crisis support due to the pandemic.
According to the Department for Education the partnership, launched in June, has reached more than 39,000 vulnerable or ‘hidden’ children whose usual support networks of friends, extended family or out-of-school activities have been impacted by national and local pandemic restrictions.
This additional funding will reach an estimated 15,000 more children and young people, as well as 11,000 parents and carers in need of extra help, the DfE added.
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