It has been a lengthy journey from vision to reality for the nationalcentre of excellence for children's residential care in England.
The concept was proposed by Sir William Utting, the first chiefinspector of social services, in 1997, yet the Department for Educationand Skills has only now agreed 731,000 in funding over threeyears.
But comparisons have already been made between the fledgling initiativeand its Scottish counterpart, the Scottish Institute for ResidentialChild Care, which receives 2.7m each year from the ScottishExecutive.
A London base
The English centre will be based at the National Children's Bureau,where the Children's Residential Care Unit, home to the Children'sResidential Network, has been at the forefront of the drive to make ithappen, working with bodies such as the Social Education Trust.
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