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A number of children's centres could aim to provide support for both young and old people, following a new report that calls for bridging the generation gap.
Four children's centres in England have been recognised as hubs of good practice for their work supporting grandparents who provide childcare, as part of a new project by the Grandparents' Association...
Some children's centres in Southend will become full daycare settings for disadvantaged two-year-olds, in plans put out for consultation to re-organise Sure Start services.
What children's centres can do By Andrew Ireland, children's services group director at Havering Borough Council
The latest Ofsted results for children's centres suggest that performance is poor in comparison to other types of childcare provision. Gabriella Jozwiak investigates the facts behind the figures.
<P>The Government is to throw an extra 100m at children's centres but, says Sue Finch, it won't be enough for an integrated service </P>
Nine children's centres in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham will lose their direct funding under plans to reorganise children's centre services into a 'hub and spoke' model.
Manchester is set to axe universal children's centres services and commission the private and voluntary sector to take over its maintained daycare provision, according to the council's proposed budget...
Some local authorities will be able to delay opening children's centres after March 2008 to meet 'a more realistic timescale'.
Barnardo's and Action for Children have lost their contracts to run seven children's centres in Leicester in a council bid to save 1.7m a year.