INVERCLYDE health and social chiefs have been awarded £250,000 to help deliver changes to the youth care system.

The council has been successful in its bid to be part of a new Scottish Government initiative called ThePromise.

Their joint project with community care forum Your Voice and third sector umbrella group CVS Inverclyde will be aimed at improving the lives of young people within the care system.

New staff will be taken on to carry out the work.