The Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) Reducing Parental Conflict programme, which first launched in 2018, has been granted a further £11m in funding to support councils to create “bespoke relationship support” for disadvantaged families in their local area.
According to DWP documents the new funding “can be used by councils to train frontline staff working closely with families in sectors such as policing, schooling, health and social care, so they know how to spot parental conflict and can step in to support parents and ensure children do not suffer as a consequence”.
Local authorities will be able to bid for a share of the funding from April in order to develop new projects or extend existing ones.
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