A parent of a child at the Pagoda Chinese Community Centre nursery inLiverpool posted a message on the Nursery World online forum,complaining that staff and parents only saw an announcement in Marchthat the nursery would close in July.
A group of parents were considering taking over the nursery as acommunity trust, but said they had not been given enough time by thelocal authority to employ staff and re-register the nursery.
The nursery, which has been running for 26 years, is currently attendedby only 12 children, but supporters say there is likely to be much moreinterest from within Liverpool's 6,500-strong Chinese community.
Alan Seatwo, chairman of the Pagoda Chinese Community Centre Advisory,said, 'We don't have data to say how many parents want to use theservice because the council stopped the waiting list last year, so wenow have to find out how much interest there is. Parents could take overthe nursery and run it as a social enterprise, but that is proving verychallenging due to the short timescales. Also, the nursery is in acouncil building, and the council will not lower or waive the rent.'
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