- When did children's trusts become children's trust boards?
They're not the same thing. The children's trust is the partnership set up under the Children Act 2004 that works together to improve outcomes for children. Although the 2005 children's trust guidance recommended that each children's trust partnership should have an inter-agency governance board representing each of the children's trust partners, that didn't happen in every area. The government therefore decided to make that recommendation a legal duty. From April 2010, every local authority in England must have a children's trust board in place. New guidance on children's trusts, the children's trust board and the children and young people's plans (CYPP) is now out for consultation. The CYPP regulations are also under consultation.
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