£12m for children support groups

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The money, to be released over three years, is for the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services which will help support children's trusts and their partners, the Department for Children, Schools and Families said.

The centre, launched by DCSF minister Beverley Hughes, will gather and analyse information about what works in tackling a range of issues linked to child wellbeing.

Ms Hughes said: "The centre will strengthen our capacity to distil the key messages from research and practice, helping local areas to deliver sustained improvements in our communities and close the inequality gap between the most disadvantaged and the rest."

It will offer specialised advice and support to local authorities.

The centre is to look at information based around issues such as youth, disability, vulnerable children, parents, families and carers, early years plus schools and communities.

The priority in the first year will be to explore what works in the areas of early years, disabled children and children in care.