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Latest news in Yorkshire: October 22, 2018 05:12:14 PM
Rotherham’s most senior councillors have agreed a deal which will see
the authority give up control of a series of children’s and youth
centres across the town in a move designed to safeguard – and in some
cases improve – the vital services they offer. The children’s centres to
be de-registered, meaning other activities will also take place there,
are Park View, Broom Valley and WATH VICTORIA.
It means that in many cases the buildings will be handed over to other
bodies, including schools, under agreements which will free the council
of the running costs but will still allow them access to run sessions
from the buildings.
Some youth centres will go, but the biggest impact of that change will
be that staff will have their office base elsewhere, because much of the
work they do is out in communities, working with youngsters on the
streets or in parks, rather than at old fashioned ‘youth club’ type
buildings.
The changes will save the money needed to balance budgets under the
ongoing austerity cuts, but will also give the council the opportunity
to train its ‘early years’ staff to provide new services which are aimed
at ultimately keeping more children away from going into care –
something which will both save money and improve the lives of those
involved.
Numbers of council children’s centres will reduce from 12 to nine as a
result of the decision agreed by the council’s ruling Cabinet, with some
services still operating from the same building.
However, much of what children’s centres currently offer is done out in
communities already so those arrangements will be unaffected.
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