Then, the city council wanted to withdraw its funding due to concerns about quality and service delivery. In 18 months, we turned around the centre’s fortunes through a combination of partnership working, service reform, community engagement, and lots of hard work. It is where I earned my stripes and learned my craft. I saw for the first time the profound and long-lasting outcomes that can be achieved by such services, for children and families in the least advantaged communities. It fuelled my mission then and that remains in my blood.
Now all nine Leicester playgrounds face an uncertain future, due to budget demands. As a result, centres are being asked by the local authority to build self-funding plans for 2025, after a period of advice offered via the council to build alternative funding models.
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