Agenda item

Media Relations

Minutes:

The Overview and Scrutiny Officer provided the Committee with recent press articles relating to the remit of Children and Young People’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee:

 

·         Award for Inspirational social worker who helped set up County Durham Academy - Northern Echo 3/12/19

·         Child Poverty in North East ‘at Worst’ level in memory - Northern Echo 5/12/19

·         More than 28% of England’s secondary schools now in the red, study finds - Guardian 19/12/19

  • Troubled Families programme gets £165m cash boost - BBC 6/1/20

 

Councillor Potts reminded Members who were also school governers, that there was a school benevolent fund which was in place to assist families in need with the cost of school uniform.

 

Resolved:

 

That the presentation be noted.