The Department for Children, Schools and Families has chosen 25 areas in England to test out its Targeted Mental Health in Schools project.
In Gloucestershire the money will help implement the county council's emotional health and wellbeing strategy. The project, being put in place by the council and Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust, will work in four groups of schools to develop existing services.
Gloucestershire's project aims to reduce absence from schools, exclusions and referrals to CAMHS. It also aims to increase the number of children who are happy and improve children's healthy lifestyles.
Another of the 25 areas is Leicester, which has run a similar project for nine years. Its child intervention initiative brings professionals together to identify problems at an early stage. The city council and Leicester Primary Care Trust plan to use the money for a team of psychologists, family support workers and mental health professionals to work with schools.
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