Suffolk Council’s Children’s Centre Review details proposals to reduce the county’s 38 children’s centres to just 16 full-time family hubs.
The hubs could provide services available at current children’s centres as well as support for 0- to 19-year-olds, with a particular focus on vulnerable people, the review states.
Two children’s centres, Chatterbox in North Ipswich and Caterpillar in Woodbridge, could be closed completely after being deemed “not fit for purpose”.
A further nine sites are likely to be repurposed for school or nursery provision, the council says.
These include seven based in nurseries, the closure of which “could provide between 10-20 additional nursery places” at each site, the review states.
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