On this page you can read more news stories relating to Together for families. They are broken down by the month they were published.
July 2024
- CSW Group: A statement by Cornwall Council, Devon County Council, Plymouth City Council and Torbay Council
- Special event aims to recruit carers to support disabled children and their families in Cornwall
June 2024
- New website launched to support families in Cornwall
- Cornwall Council team has now helped more than 1,000 disabled children and their families
- Grab the popcorn and tune into Headstart Kernow’s new parent and carer series on education
May 2024
- Annual Conversation event helps ensure young people’s voices are heard in Cornwall
- New fostering recruitment hub aims to create more loving homes for vulnerable children in Cornwall
April 2024
- More than 97% of children in Cornwall secure place at preferred primary school
- New members of Cornwall Youth Council outline their goals for the future
- Campaign launched to recruit new childminders in Cornwall
March 2024
- Parents and carers invited to launch of new Family Hub in Penzance
- More than 95% of children in Cornwall secure place at preferred secondary school
- Budding engineers from Cornwall wow Royal Navy judges at Lego competition
- Adopt South West welcome Cornwall Council adoption services to their team
February 2024
- New activity journal launched in Cornwall to help boost children’s emotional wellbeing
- Council’s Family Information Service recognised for its commitment to helping families in Cornwall
- New contract to enhance SEND provision in Cornwall schools
January 2024
- Voting now open in Cornwall’s biggest ever youth elections
- New health advice messaging service launches for families in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
- Cornwall’s health visitors commended for ‘very high standard of care’ for new mums and pregnant women
- ‘Don’t miss the application deadline for primary school places’
December 2023
November 2023
- Youth workers unite to help children and young people flourish in Cornwall
- UK Parliament Week: Pupils from 21 Cornish schools visit council’s HQ to learn about democracy
- ‘Calling all young people - join Cornwall Youth Council and help shape your future!’
October 2023
- St Michael’s Mount to be lit up in honour of Cornwall’s care leavers
- Council’s adult education service rated ‘good’ by Ofsted
- New family hub opens in Penzance to support parents and carers
- New ‘navigators’ will help SEND families in Cornwall get the right support
- Homes for Ukraine: Campaign launched to recruit 100 new hosts in Cornwall
- People in Cornwall with experience of children’s care system now better protected against discrimination
September 2023
August 2023
- ‘School attendance is key to fulfilling dreams’
- Firefighting, cream teas and political debates – all in a day’s work for Cornwall Youth Council
- Views sought on impact of possible changes to Council-funded travel-to-education routes
- Cornish school is first in UK to secure gold award in new programme focusing on pupils’ mental health
July 2023
- New scheme will help Cornish businesses support breastfeeding mums
- Liskeard play park goes smokefree to protect youngsters from second-hand smoke
- ‘Refugees are welcome here’ – Cornwall sends clear message during Refugee Week 2023
- 'Ready, Set, Read!’ Children in Cornwall prepare to take on Summer Reading Challenge
May 2023
- Mum Heather's pedal power plan to raise money for charity that helped her son
- Budding engineers from Cornwall school need YOUR help to attend competition finals in USA
- Top tips and help available to beat exam stress
- Penpol pupils dazzle national competition judges with pumpkin-inspired food waste project
- New outreach team to help refugees and asylum seekers integrate into Cornish communities
April 2023
- Youth Council members from Cornwall take Parliament by storm
- More than 95% of children in Cornwall secure place at preferred primary school
- Cornwall families to benefit from £4.7m funding to give children best start in life
- Cornwall’s education and health leaders welcome findings of Ofsted and CQC inspection of SEND services
March 2023
- ‘Become a children’s social worker in Cornwall and change lives’
- Consultation launches on proposed changes to post-16 subsidised school transport scheme
February 2023
January 2023
- Deadline imminent for primary school applications
- ‘Can you help give a child a place to call home?’
- Cornwall & IOS Careers Hub hosts most successful careers summit to date, with young people at its heart
- £10m emotional wellbeing project has supported 87,000 young people in Cornwall
December 2022
November 2022
October 2022
September 2022
- Children’s community health services providing good start for young people across Cornwall
- Primary and secondary school applications now open for September 2023 starters
August 2022
- Vocational opportunities for young people collecting exam results today
- Support available for young people collecting GCSE results and special praise for children in care
- Time running out for parents in Cornwall to claim Cost of Living payment
July 2022
- Thousands of children compete in the annual Cornwall School Games
- Thousands of school days missed in Cornwall because of COVID
- Update on new provider at Porthpean Outdoor Centre
June 2022
- Make a difference to Cornish schools and become a governor
- A multimillion school expansion project in Launceston reaches a milestone
- An innovative arts and wellbeing program is being launched for young people in Cornwall…
May 2022
- Appeal for more Foster Carers in Cornwall
- New Secondary School for Cornwall
- Walk to school week 2022
- Cornwall’s Youth Council holds first meeting to give young people more say
- More foster carers needed for children in Cornwall
April 2022
- Record breaking number of children get their first preference primary school
- New provider sought for Porthpean Outdoor Education Centre
- Covid prepared, but other infections are circulating
- Real Heroes Read Books returns for 2022
- Supporting parents and children emotionally
March 2022
- Booking for free holiday clubs in Cornwall this Easter go live, as funding’s secured for the next three years
- Young people are being asked to look out for the signs of exploitation
February 2022
- 300 Cornwall school children take part in Lego challenge
- Ofsted’s praise for Cornwall Council’s children’s services