Queens Crescent Community Association (QCCA) in the London Borough of Camden is proving that cuts and closures do not have to be the only answer in these straitened times.
Last year Camden Council decided that Caversham Nursery, in Kentish Town, should be closed on the basis that it had the lowest numbers of children attending.
Children's services manager Susan Barbara says, 'Parents felt strongly that they didn't want the nursery to close. Caversham is very much a local provider, with many siblings having attended the nursery. While the local authority offered these families places in other settings, they did not want to make the change or have to travel further afield.'
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