The Barnardo's project will look at ways to involve young children and their families in professional development and was selected by the panel to receive the CWDC's allocation for the North East of England. The panel was asked to select a project for each of the nine English regions from a shortlist devised by an adult panel.
London's successful bid is a Pre-School Learning Alliance scheme to help children's professionals engage fathers. In the East Midlands Fostering People secured funding for a project to involve looked-after children and the children of carers in foster carer recruitment.
However, further applications are now being invited for the East of England, as neither panel could decide on a successful project to be given funding.
Alex Brookes, the CWDC's participation development manager, said: "This process is a fantastic example of meaningful participation, and a model that could be easily adopted by other project teams."
