The Cabinet Office’s Mutual Support Programme has awarded nearly £56,000 to a group seeking to run school support services in Hammersmith & Fulham.
The group known as 3BM (the three borough mutual) hopes to eventually expand the service to Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster, which have brought their children’s services together under the tri-borough arrangement.
A further £10,000 has been awarded to a staff-led organisation seeking to provide youth services in Blackpool.
Andy Rennison, assistant director for school support services at 3BM, said: “The process for mutualisation is challenging and the support from the Mutual Support Programme fund has been a tremendous help."
The government funding is going towards legal and business support to help the mutuals get off the ground.
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