Funding dilemma for NNI settings

By Nicole Weinstein, Nursery World, 30 November 2006

Neighbourhood nurseries need 'continued ongoing funding' if they are to survive in the wake of next year's subsidy withdrawal, according to the largest voluntary provider of the initiative. Steve Alexander, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, which has 30 neighbourhood nurseries - 26 of which are now designated children's centres - said that the ending of the three-year subsidy in April 2007 presents 'significant challenges'.

Neighbourhood nurseries need 'continued ongoing funding' if they are to survive in the wake of next year's subsidy withdrawal, according to the largest voluntary provider of the initiative. Steve Alexander, chief executive of the...

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