Children’s Centres – Nearly Time to Decide

The future of Warwickshire's Children's Centres is due to be decided by the county council's Conservative Cabinet members on Thursday this week.

In front of them will be two reports, one from the Children & Young People Overview & Scrutiny Committee following its select committee hearings last month, and one from officers recommending that 'option 1′ is proceed with. Links to the two Cabinet reports can be found here and here.

Liberal Democrat county spokesperson for Children & Young People, Cllr John Whitehouse (Kenilworth Abbey) said:

"We shall listen very carefully to what is said at Thursday's Cabinet meeting, and how its Conservative members react and respond to the two reports. The O&S report contains nine strong recommendations, not all of which have been accepted by the officers concerned. Which will the Cabinet back? Also we have strong reservations about the way forward as recommended by the officers' report, as it fails to demonstrate a long-term sustainable future for our Children's Centres within an overall strategic context of fair opportunities for all children."