The report, ‘What are children’s centres for’, argues that the lack of consistency and quality of children’s centres across the country makes it impossible for them to be truly effective and accountable.
It claims that despite their nationwide proliferation, there is still low awareness and understanding of children’s centres beyond their immediate target audience of families with young children.
The authors of the report blame a lack of clarity over the purpose of children’s centres on the absence of an overarching objective to describe their work, a broad and undefined menu of services and the disparity of age groups centres need to cater for.
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