The poll, taken at last week's CYP Now conference on children's centres, found 52 per cent were "very concerned" about future funding for centres.
A quarter of the voters, who included children's centre managers and directors of children's services (DCSs), felt the centres were deemed a low priority in their local authority, while 30 per cent said their centres relied solely on Sure Start for funding.
Deborah Absalom, chair of the conference and DCS for Bexley, said there were fears that children's centres would not have funding ringfenced in the next spending period and would rely solely on local authorities. "There are significant challenges in getting children's centres up local authorities' priority lists, because they will have to show evidence of outcomes," she added.
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