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Support services for women who have children removed set to close

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Support services for women who have had children removed from their care are being forced to close as local authorities tighten budgets amid the cost-of-living crisis.
Pause will be forced to close three support services, the charity says. Picture: Pause
Pause will be forced to close three support services, the charity says. Picture: Pause

Pause, a national charity that works with women who have experienced, or are at risk of, having children removed from their care, runs 30 practices across 38 local authorities. 

However, in its latest briefing the organisation warns that two practices will close over the next two months and one will reduce its services because a lack of statutory obligation to fund such services means councils no longer see them as a priority. 

Pause told CYP Now that its Derbyshire and St Helens services are closing in the next two months and Pause North East is reducing to a very small service.

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