The Kids' Clubs Network (KCN) is supporting the concept of children's centres, which would be aimed at four-to 14-year-olds. The idea emerged from the Childcare Commission report published back in January. The Commission, chaired by former social security minister Harriet Harman, was set up by KCN and spent a year seeking the views of the public.
KCN believes that children's centres would offer a co-ordinated approach to providing childcare and tackling child poverty, and would serve as a conduit for the wide range of Government initiatives in this area, helping to maximise investment. There are about ten Government programmes that acknowledge the benefits of out-of-school childcare, out-of-school learning, play and wider support to school-age children and their families, including the Children's Fund, which has 450m available, New Deal for Communities and Education and Health Action Zones.
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