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Workplace childcare: Council nursery that opened to public faces closure
By Laura Marcus,
Nursery World,
31 January 2008
Bradford City Council says the closure of its only workplace nursery will go ahead because 'it is no longer financially viable'.
Cavell House Nursery in Manningham is a 78-place setting catering for council employees and, since a £200,000 annual subsidy was withdrawn last March, local parents as well. Closure plans were announced in December and last week the matter was referred to the council's executive committee, which agreed to closing the nursery. Currently 65 part-time and 12 full-time places are filled. Parents are continuing to protest and have a meeting with children's services bosses today (31 January). Councillor Colin Gill, the executive member for children's...
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