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Following a two-year consultation, Essex County Council has decided to close 38 of its 75 children's centres.
The National Children's Bureau (NCB) has begun a wide-ranging and much-needed debate on the future of children's centres, including a survey about their purpose and value.
Lisa Harker, head of Strategy Unit, NSPCC, calls for children's centres services to be refocused on supporting children under the age of two
Hampshire County Council has committed itself to protecting all of its 81 children's centres from closure.
Keith Archer's comments ('In my view', 15 December) are true for many private children's establishments. I was not consulted on a 50-place children's centre opening 200 yards away from my nursery. I...
Children’s centres in poor areas help disadvantaged families to develop parenting skills, improve mothers’ mental health and children's learning at home, research shows.
Children's centres must do more outreach work to target families most in need, train staff in financial expertise and liaise with local authorities to establish the real cost of their services.
Toy libraries should be a core part of children's centres and schools, according to a new report from children's services think-tank Capacity.
Around one in five children's centres are planning on making childcare staff and teachers redundant this year as a result of cuts to local authority budgets, research by 4Children suggests.
The future of children's centres across the country is under threat with more than 120 set to close or earmarked for closure because of cuts to council budgets.