An ambitious project which will help support vulnerable children and families in Cornwall has been awarded almost £2m from the Government’s Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme.

The project, developed by Cornwall Council in partnership with health organisations, is one of 24 projects across the country to receive funding from the programme. 

Cornwall has been awarded £1.9m to support a new project to help transform the way education, health and social care services work together to meet the needs of children, young people and their families.

The funding will be used to support further work in developing ways of bringing together education, health and social care services.

Sally Hawken, cabinet member for children and well-being, said: ’Integrating our services will ensure that we have the right mix of knowledge and skills to meet all the community-based needs of children, young people and their families, in one place, at the right time.  It is what our residents, service users and staff are telling us they want to see and this funding will help us look at different models for achieving this.’