On 1 April the Walcot Family Centre and the Welcome Family Centre in Swindon received only 25,000 for their annual 50,000 social services budgets. The decision came just months after funding for a new children's centre in the same location was secured.
Helen Howe, project support worker at the Walcot Family Centre, said, 'This is devastating. We rely on the core social services funding in order to secure additional funding for staff salaries.'
She added, 'If we don't get more money by September, the outlook is bleak.
We will either have to close down or run a limited service.'
The Walcot Family Centre and the Welcome Family Centre cater for children aged nought to 12 and their parents. They both offer a creche and a drop-in facility and provide parenting education and support on an individual and group basis, family contact and assessment services.
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