Saving £900,000; reducing 10% for Phase
1, 25% for Phase 2, and 30% for Phase 3 whilst maintaining the best
possible provision. Merging centres across 2 or 3 bases to reduce
management and running costs
Decision type: Key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Financial: Yes;
Community Impact: Yes;
Decision due: 8 Dec 2011 by Cabinet
Lead member: Cllr. Ian Moncur, Cabinet Member - Adult Social Care and Health and Deputy Leader ian.moncur@sefton.gov.uk
Lead director: Peter Morgan
Department: Children's Services and Safeguarding
Contact: Olive Carey, Head of Service - Early Intervention & Prevention Email: olive.carey@sefton.gov.uk.
Consultation process
• Letters to partners
• Postcards to parents
• Web and paper response forms in place
• Use of local media and publications to publicise
consultation
• Local consultation groups to inform and gather views
Consultees
Consultation will include the following
groups:
• Local families who use the centre
• Children’s centre staff and their trade unions
• Advisory board members
• The wider community
• Local service providers located in and linked to
children’s centres
• Schools, particularly those that share their site with a
children’s centre
• Elected members
We will work with partners to ensure that we also consult with
groups who do not currently use the centres and those who are
seldom heard, these include:
• Young parents
• Families from minority ethnic groups
• Disabled parents
• Parents of disabled children / children with SEN
• Gypsies and Travellers
• People who have difficulty reading, writing or speaking
English
• Parents on low income
Consultation Deadline Date: 31 October 2011