Recent campaigns launched in opposition to council proposals to shut Sure Start centres across the country have received the support of parenting website Netmums, which has posted a guide on how to launch a campaign.
One campaign cited as an example was started by a Netmums member in Stoke-on-Trent who set up a group after discovering that seven of the town’s 16 children’s centres were going to close. After gathering 6,500 signatures to give to the local council ahead of a budget meeting, the authority agreed to take account of the group’s views and has since decided to save the centres from closure.
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