The appointment of the new chief executive of the Nurture Group Network, Angela Sarkis (pictured), was also announced at the meeting, which marked the 40th anniversary of nurture groups.
Ms Sarkis, whose experience is in working with disadvantaged and vulnerable children, replaces Jim Rose, who stepped down from the position after working at the group for the past five years.
Ms Sarkis said, 'There is a huge potential to this job. My ambition is to raise the profile of nurture groups through evidence that they really work. It's an opportunity to influence and change, which I am very excited about.'
The meeting at the House of Lords was shown film of group work at schools in Enfield, London, where nurture groups originated, and Glasgow, where a study in 2007 linked them to improvements in children's behavioural problems (News, 11 January 2007).
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