Nursery World - Norfolk County Council plans to close 46 of its 53 children’s centres

All but seven of Norfolk’s 53 children’s centres could close under proposals put out by the council.

Norfolk County Council is consulting on plans to de-register 46 of its 53 children’s centres from October 2019.

It comes after Norfolk County Council agreed in February that the budget for children’s centres would be halved from £10m to £5m, with the contracts for the 12 providers of the centres coming to an end next year.

More than 5,500 people signed a petition against the decision to review the service.

Under the proposals, the county’s seven remaining children’s centres, one in each district, would become ‘Early Childhood and Family Bases’.

The de-registered centres could be used to deliver some services, the council states.

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