Children’s centres are having to reduce their opening hours and scale back or charge for services because of cuts to their budgets.
According to 4Children’s Children Centre Census 2015, 68 per cent have had their budgets cut this financial year.
The survey was based on responses from 388 managers representing 1,000 children’s centres.
When extrapolating the figures across all 3,382 children’s centres in England, this equates to about 2,300 settings that have seen reductions to their budget, says the charity.
To continue to operate on a reduced budget, more than half of survey respondents (57.5 per cent) said they are cutting back on the services that they offer in the coming year.
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