Liverpool City Council is currently consulting on proposals to close ten of its 17 children’s centres in a bid to save £156 million by 2017. The consultation runs until 24 March.
The ten children’s centres under threat are: Anfield, Dingle Lane, Fazakerley and Croxteth, Fountains and Vauxhall, Garston Church and Mossley Hill, Kensington, Stoneycroft, Tuebrook and West Derby, Wavertree and Yew Tree.
The council envisages that the buildings would be taken over by other organisations such as schools, with some rooms continuing to be used for outreach services.
If the plans are given the go-ahead, 63 of the 157 full-time members of staff could face losing their jobs.
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