Major changes to the way children’s centre provision is run are out for consultation by Birmingham City Council, after it awarded the tender to run health and education services for young children and families to Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHT).
The proposal involves creating ‘early years hubs’ in districts based in each of the city’s ten constituency areas with a network of family services run from points including libraries and places of worship, in partnership with Barnardo’s, Spurgeons Children’s Charity, St Paul’s Community Development Trust and The Springfield Project. Services in Sutton Coldfield would be managed by Spurgeons.
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