In its latest report, The Red Book, the charity has claimed that a rise in the number of children, young people and families needing urgent help with increasingly serious problems coupled with budget reductions, is making it more difficult for the most vulnerable to access help.
The report is the result of a year-long investigation into the social and financial costs of the government’s spending review in October last year. Research gathered from more than 200 Action for Children frontline social care managers found that 68 per cent had experienced budget cuts, with more than a third having seen cuts of between 11 and 30 per cent this year.
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