The funding will be used to help local authorities create Family Hubs in 10 areas across the country, the Department for Education has said.
Family Hubs, championed in Andrea Leadsom’s government-commissioned report Best Start for Life: A Vision for the 1,001 Critical Days, are designed to provide both in-person and online services including early education and childcare, mental health support, meetings with health visitors and parenting classes, counselling and advice for victims of domestic abuse.
The new round of funding comes from the Treasury’s Shared Outcomes Fund.
It includes £10m for the Family Hubs Transformation Fund, which will support local authorities to open family hubs in 10 new areas of England.
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