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Information on local consultations and the options for changes to some Children’s Centres and how you “Can Have Your Say”.
Eighteen centres were originally highlighted for change and we are committed to giving people a chance to share their views before making decisions about these individual centres.
How we approach this needs to be appropriate and proportionate to any proposed change.
Please note: There will be no proposals to close Children’s Centres. Services will continue to be provided in the communities where they are found now, through the current Children’s Centre buildings and other suitable venues.
We have now been able to speak to most of the relevant interested parties, notably schools, about different ways of doing things.
For at least eleven of the centres, our proposals mean effectively no change to the services available. In fact, the most likely change is that there will be some additional services made available as we develop our Early Help offer.
In these cases we are holding two drop-in meetings at or near the centres to talk this through, and importantly ask what extra help and support people think is needed in their community.
This is the approach being taken for the following centres: Street, The Octopus (Burnham-on-Sea), Woolavington, Eastover (Bridgwater), The Levels (Langport), Jigsaw (Yeovil), Dulverton, Nether Stowey, Ashlands (Crewkerne), Wells and Fledglings (Taunton).
By the end of February we will have held these drop-ins in eight of these centres and will have spoken to at least eleven to get this moving.
Proposals for the remaining seven centres will become clearer over the next couple of weeks. There will be appropriate opportunities for people to comment on these proposals. Any necessary consultations will begin in March and details will be publicised.
Please remember there will be no proposals to close Children’s Centres. Services will continue to be provided in the communities where they are found now, through the current Children’s Centre building and other suitable venues.
08/02/2014
