Ridge nursery future secure for next 3 years

16 December 2016

 


Green councillors were very relieved to find out  that the Rising Stars Nursery will remain open when County pulls its staff out of Firbank Children's Centre at the end of March 2017. After months of pressing County to reconsider its closure of the Firbank building, City Councillor Abi Mills said,

“It is great to finally have it confirmed that County has granted the nursery a 3-year lease. It would have been devastating for local parents to have lost their highly-valued nursery as well as the children's centre.”

Last month, Abi organised a meeting between the nursery, Ridge Primary School, local midwife, ward city councillors, and key officers to raise the issue of  the new lease. 


Bulk ward Cllr Caroline Jackson added,

“Greens are now hoping that the rest of the Firbank building can be used for the kind of 'complementary services' which County is going to stop providing through the children's centre: keeping current midwifery services and health visitor clinics on/-/site, and developing well-being provision for all ages.”

 






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