Those involved are going to have to be more innovative and work harder to find families most in need," says Maxine Bretherton-Budd, director of strategy and partnerships at Together for Children about the third and final stage of the national rollout of children's centres.
These remaining 600 centres, to be opened by 2010, will take the total to 3,500. But unlike previous ones, set up in areas of high social deprivation, some will be in affluent areas, city centres, the suburbs and semi-rural towns. This gives phase-three centre staff a tough job, says Bretherton-Budd. "The most disadvantaged people will be more hidden. Centres will have their work cut out finding them and ensuring they are being supported," she says.
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