Early years development and childcare partnerships (EYDCPs) are being rebranded and re-shaped in some areas because they are deemed to be too unwieldy to respond to the spate of Government initiatives to integrate children's services.
The four-times-a-year meetings of up to 40 representatives from a range of stakeholders are being streamlined, with EYDCPs being replaced by task groups dealing with specific areas.
John Thorn, early years and partnership officer in Nottinghamshire, said that the EYDCP still existed in name, but that its work was now led by an executive board comprising the chairs of various task groups and senior officers of the county council.
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