The organisation sold its Grantham-based centre to aNottinghamshire-based nursery chain and has put the remaining fourregional centres on the market.
The five centres have only been open since 2004 but an NDNA spokeswomaninsisted there was no suggestion of financial difficulties. She said thedecision was a strategic move and that the organisation now wanted tofocus its activities on campaigning on behalf of daycare providers anddeveloping the workforce through the new national early years enterprisecentre (see Resources, p20).
Chief executive Purnima Tanuku said: "NDNA's future strategy will focuson providing our members with regional support. Our priority now is toensure that the sale of remaining centres has the best outcome for thestaff, children and parents who use them." Each of the five centresoffers childcare places in a day nursery as well as facilities for thelocal community. The centres cost on average 1.5m to build andwere financed with capital funding from the Neighbourhood NurseriesInitiative and other sources including the Big Lottery Fund, the LondonDevelopment Agency and the European Regional Development Fund.
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