You'll see that the first theme in to help ensure every child in Edinburgh has the best start in life - and this week's upcoming Council Budget, for 2013/14, has several commitments to help do just that.
The detail is within the main motion, but here are the key points:
- investment of £558k
in 2013/14 for the recruitment and retention of more Council foster carers to
reduce use of independent foster agencies, with a planned further investment
over the following four years of £8.267m
- investment of £725k
in 2013/14 to support children with social, emotional and behavioural
difficulties, with a planned further investment over the following four years of
£7.057m
- completion of the
Wave 3 school replacement programme with a funding commitment over the next five
years of £7 million towards the replacement of St John’s RC Primary School,
£6.382 million for a replacement St Crispin’s Special School
- allocation of
£618,000 in capital for 2017/18 to fund early stage design works for a new
secondary school in Craigmillar
- an additional allocation of £10.5 million for new capital projects in the Children and Families estate
The final 2013/14 Council Budget will now be decided at the special Council Meeting at 10am next Thursday, 7th February. You can watch it here.
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