The pressure group Friends of Hackney Nurseries is campaigning for the Oranges and Lemons community nursery and Wetherell council nursery to remain open. Both nurseries have provided a service to the local community for more than 20 years.
Last year parents and children sat in at two council-funded day nurseries to keep them open (News, 16 November 2000), but one closed in January.
Wetherell Nursery is in a building leased to Hackney Council by Crown Estates for only 200 per year. The building is now in disrepair and Pounds 10,000 is needed to fix it, but the council is allegedly not prepared to pay despite being contractually obliged to keep the building in good repair. The 38-place nursery, earmarked for closure in a council 'best value' review earlier this year, is now due to close at the end of August.
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