The plan, unveiled on 18 December 18 by children's secretary Ed Balls,will provide 60m to 1,500 schools for counselling and peermentoring programmes; allocate 5.5m for local pilot projectsaimed at supporting parents by co-ordinating services such ascounselling, mediation, and practical and legal support; and help trainmore professionals to support new and first-time parents.
The relationship summit was attended by a panel of agony aunts andrelationship experts from newspapers and television to give their viewson what help children need when their parents split up.
It followed a meeting held in October as part of the Kids in the Middlecampaign, launched in July, which highlighted the impact that familybreakdown can have on children (News, 24 July).
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