As part of a major reorganisation of children’s health and well-being services, Birmingham City Council is de-registering some of its children’s centres and moving the running of services to community venues.
It follows a public consultation during the summer which initially proposed closing 26 children’s centres. One of those saved from closure is Lakeside Children's Centre in Erdington.
Under the new arrangement, there will be 22 ‘early years’ hubs providing the full range of children’s centre services, but only 18 of these will meet the statutory criteria for what constitutes a children’s centre.
Each district in Birmingham will have a minimum of one ‘early years’ hub, with most concentrated in areas of the highest deprivation.
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