Nursery World - Final decision 'on hold' over future of Doncaster children's centres

Doncaster Council's plans to cut the number of local youth and children’s centres it provides have met with strong opposition from local people.

The ‘multi-use’ proposal includes several schools taking on facilities and services that were previously offered by the council.

Nearly 2,000 people took part in a consultation on the plans and 66 per cent said they did not want to lose services from their area. Moving services to new areas did not please 57 per cent of those questioned, who said that it would be a significant barrier to accessing them.

With this research in mind, a council report stated that the cabinet had a ‘preference to retain children’s centres wherever possible and for those to be utilised as multi-use where required’.

Following a meeting last week the cabinet has asked officers to do some more detailed work on the plans before making any final decisions.

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