The ‘National Save our Children’s Centres Campaign’ group has arranged the march on the 20 May to highlight the growing concern of the national loss of children’s centres and the underfunding of early years services, which they say has led to many nurseries closing their doors over the last 12 months.
The campaign group, which is made up of parents and professionals from several counties fighting against cuts to early years services locally, argues that despite children's centres being central to the delivery of early intervention, funding for the provision has been 'slashed' since 2010.
It also says that many centres are being 'remodelled' to save money for 'cash deprived, underfunded local authorities' by bringing together services to make them accessible for children up to the age of 19 and their families, leading to the the of dedicated funded early years services.
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