Children’s Trusts Guidance

This resource includes the revised 2008 statutory guidance for local authorities and agencies on the 'duty to cooperate' to improve children's well-being, and a short leaflet which contains a simplified explanation of what a Children's Trust is for and what it does.
 
The revised statutory guidance sets out in detail what a Children's Trust is and what it does. Intended for local authority senior managers and partner agencies, including schools with responsibility for improving children's outcomes, it has been revised to reflect the lessons learned since the publication of Every Child Matters (ECM); progress in the implementation of the ECM vision, and the development of new policies and programmes to support the drive for better outcomes for children and young people.

The short leaflet has been provided to communicate the key points.

For more information, go to the Children's Trusts page.