Ross Hendry has spent more than a decade at the forefront of policymaking in children's services. His appointment at Spurgeons is his first chief executive role, having joined in 2014 from the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England where he spent five years as deputy chief executive. Spurgeons is a 150-year-old faith-based charity that runs around 80 services across the UK, including 50 children's centres, family contact services in prisons and provision for young carers.
What impact are council cuts having on children's centres run by Spurgeons?
I sympathise with local authorities. We've tried to work collaboratively with them to understand what they want to achieve and how they can best use resources.
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