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Analysis: Neighbourhood Nurseries - Initiative facing collapse
Nursery World,
9 July 2008
Were they doomed from the start by their very nature - or could neighbourhood nurseries yet be saved to provide childcare for the neediest parents? Simon Vevers looks at what happened to a worthy idea.
They were created with the noblest of intentions - to provide childcare for parents in the most disadvantaged areas and enable them to find a route out of poverty through employment. The Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative (NNI) created 45,000 childcare places in 1,400 new nurseries. And yet their three-year tapered funding was always seen as their Achilles heel. Would they be able to remain sustainable after...
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