Early years providers 'underrepresented' on funding panels

Gabriella Jozwiak
Monday, June 12, 2017

Local authorities are making "unfair and unbalanced" early years funding decisions because the sector is underrepresented on official decision-making forums, a childcare organisation has claimed.

Neil Leitch: “Children in deprived areas are almost twice as unlikely to engage with children’s centres as their more affluent peers.” Picture: Lucie Carlier
Neil Leitch: “Children in deprived areas are almost twice as unlikely to engage with children’s centres as their more affluent peers.” Picture: Lucie Carlier

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