'UK needs children's centres'

By Annette Rawstrone, Nursery World, 28 June 2001

The Government should invest in 10,000 children's centres around the country, says a leading childcare campaigning group. A report by the Daycare Trust published earlier this week examines the costs and benefits of delivering a national programme of children's centres by 2010. Children's centres: Exploring the costs and delivery of a national scheme, by economist Sally Holtermann, said the centres could combine childcare, early years education and family support services and be linked to other local children's services.

The Government should invest in 10,000 children's centres around the country, says a leading childcare campaigning group. A report by the Daycare...

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