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A record number of children were in care in Wigan last year, new figures show.

Your Housing Group will deliver a new Foyer facility to provide accommodation, teaching, and communal spaces on the former site of Heatons Bakery off Boundary Street next to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

A new 38-home apartment block for young people who are at risk of homelessness has been approved by Wigan planners.

Ofsted has downgraded Wigan council to 'requires improvement' after finding workforce instability was driving inconsistent practice.

Wigan Council’s struggling children’s services have been given black marks by watchdogs.

Wigan Council bosses say they are committed to helping both staff and families after claims from whistleblowing staff that children’s services are under immense pressure.

Lisa Diaz, 40, who has a rare blood condition, began homeschooling her two children, Alex, 12 and Helena, nine after the UK went into lockdown last March and schools were shut.

Mesnes Park in Wigan Under a new leadership team, Wigan Council is investing in children’s social work to enable practitioners to flourish. New recruits will find a culture of kindness, openness, and empowerment Social work with children and families in Wigan is on the up. Under a new leadership team, with political and corporate support, an additional £11m is being invested in practice over the next four years to ensure practitioners and managers have the workloads, equipment, training, and...

RESIDENTS are invited to apply to become new foster carers as an awareness campaign was launched.

By Joseph Timan, Local Democracy Reporter Hundreds of children have been caught up in exploitation HUNDREDS of young people have been involved in child sexual and criminal exploitation in the borough over the last 12 months, according to a council report. Wigan Council’s complex safeguarding team has directly dealt with 346 young people over the last year – the second highest number in all of Greater Manchester. In total, 193 of ...