The Department for Education and Skills is drawing up an overarching strategy for its relationship with the voluntary and community sectors working with children. It will look at how the sectors can help assess needs, develop local strategies, and commission and deliver services.
Ian Vallender, policy officer at the National Council for Voluntary Child Care Organisations (NCVCCO), welcomed the plan.
"The green paper was disappointing because it did not explicitly acknowledge the role the voluntary sector plays in the delivery of services to children and families," he said.
"We are pleased the Government has recognised it failed to acknowledge this and we are particularly happy they want us to be involved in developing local and national strategies - not just in delivery."
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