Daily roundup: Separating families, race and youth unemployment, and the last day at the GSCC

Voluntary and community sector organisations are being invited to bid for a slice of £14m to provide support for separating families, from the Department of Work and Pensions. The money will go towards helping parents maintain a “collaborative relationship” after separation, in the best interests of children. Organisations offering everything from legal advice to marriage counselling are encouraged to apply. 

Young people are being sought to join a youth panel that will advise business leaders on reducing unemployment levels for black, Asian and minority ethnic young people in the UK, amid concerns they are more likely to be out of work. Race for Opportunity, a campaign run by Business in the Community, is looking for 16- to 24-year-olds living in London and the South East to sit on the panel.

The General Social Care Council (GSCC) will close today, following the government's decision to scrap a number of arms-length bodies. From tomorrow (1 August) the Health Professions Council will take over its remit as regulator of the social work profession in England. To reflect this new remit, the body will change its name to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).