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Posts Tagged ‘nurseries’

Council says ‘no hard plans’ to close nurseries this year after legal challenge

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 18 September 2025 at 18:22
Children's centres protest

Town Hall shelved plans to close two children’s centres, but questions linger over lessons learned from the debacle

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Families warn they could quit Hackney after nursery fee hikes

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 21 August 2025 at 15:24

Parents say the borough has become an unaffordable place to raise children

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Petition urging council to freeze nursery fee hike hits 500 signatures

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 1 August 2025 at 10:16

One signatory calls move ‘slap to the face of hard-working families’, but Town Hall says ‘it was a choice we had to make’

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‘Hands off our nurseries’: Parents kick off new battle against council plans to close children’s centres

By Noora Mykkanen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 31 January 2024 at 14:09

Two centres that won a reprieve in 2021 following a hard-fought campaign are again at risk

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Parents battling to save two children’s centres in Hackney slam ‘dishonest’ consultation

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 2 November 2021 at 20:14
Previously: Children joined their parents to fight for the nurseries

Families who use Fernbank and Hillside centres say ‘vulnerable children will be impacted’ as cash-strapped council tries to save £1m

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Dolly Parton-backed literacy charity needs reading volunteers in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 17 October 2017 at 11:57
Children’s author and illustrator Sophy Henn read for local children at Story Starters' recent launch at Coram Campus in Bloomsbury. Photograph: Beanstalk

Following the country star’s supportive video, Story Starters appeals for locals to spend two hours a week helping early-years children

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Hackney Council promises action on poverty wages

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 31 October 2012 at 11:23

Hackney Citizen investigation prompts Town Hall to review policy on advertising jobs that fail to meet the London Living Wage

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Shock at Hackney nursery closure plan

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 5 February 2012 at 10:05
Homerton Hospital Roundabout Nursery

Homerton Hospital nursery to close this summer. Fears that parents will struggle to find alternatives

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Mayor speaks out over Hackney nursery cuts

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 4 May 2010 at 00:42

Jules Pipe condemns Learning Trust’s handling of funding issue as ‘disgusting’

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Funding for nurseries: you ask the questions

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 29 April 2010 at 09:47

Hackney Citizen Digital Debate Mayoral Election 2010

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