Nursery World - Liverpool children’s centres saved from closure

Ten children’s centres in Liverpool that were under threat of closure are to remain open for the next two years.

Last month, Liverpool City Council put out plans for consultation to close ten of its 17 children’s centres in the wake of a 58 per cent cut to its Government funding.

However, this week the mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson announced he has secured an extral £1.5 million to keep the centres open.

It follows campaigning by parents to protect the at risk children’s centres from closure.

The campaign, ‘Save Liverpool Children’s Centres’, received the backing of television presenter Coleen Rooney and screenwriter Jimmy McGovern, who created the TV series Cracker.

Making the announcement, the mayor of Liverpool said, ‘Talks with partners have intensified over the last week or so, and we now have guarantees of an additional £1.5 million from our partners for the next three years.'

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