Eight children's centres are to be created in disadvantaged areas of Liverpool with 5m in funding pledged by Liverpool council. The money will be spent in Anfield, Croxteth, County, Tuebrook/ Stoneycroft, Knotty Ash, West Derby, Allerton/Hunts Cross and Belle Vale. As well as childcare the centres will offer health advice and parental support. Liverpool councillor Jan Clein said, 'By 2008 we will have a network of 24 children's centres across the city serving more than 20,000 youngsters and their families.'
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