A consortium of seven voluntary organisations, led by the National Children's Bureau (NCB), has been given Government funding of just under 500,000 to develop the project over the next three years.
Sally Whitaker, director of resources and marketing at the NCB, said, 'When NCB was established 40 years ago, its remit was to promote co-operation and co-ordination within the children's sector, and this project epitomises that philosophy. The Children's Centre project will tackle some of the problems charities today face, such as competition for resources and duplication of services, while ensuring that each partner is able to make its own unique contribution to the well-being of children and young people.'
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