Councillor Emma Corlett of the Norfolk County Labour Party set up the petition in response to local authority proposals to reduce its spend on children’s centres from £10m a year by up to £5.5m over the next three years.
The council, which has a £125m funding gap, is consulting on a review into how children’s centre services are provided, how to focus children’s centre services on vulnerable families, and on the possibility of consolidating children’s centres and libraries in the same buildings.
Together, the council believes these plans could save £2m in 2018-19, £3m in 2019-20 and £0.5m in 2020-21.
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