Save our Children's Centres

Barnsley UNISON's campaign to oppose the dismantling of our Children's Centres.

Barnsley Council are proposing to dismantle the service provision of our Children's Centres and repurpose them as "Family Centres". This will remove nursery provision at 10 of the 19 centres in the Borough and include children from the ages of 0-25 in the same service. This is wholly inappropriate, as children and vulnerable young adults need specific, focussed care provision, not a cost saving ca  ...