Research by the Out of School Alliance finds that 82 per cent of clubs providing care to children in the form of breakfast clubs, after school clubs and holiday clubs had closed when Covid-19 lockdown measures were introduced in March.
A further 13 per cent said they had managed to keep their club open but two per cent had closed permanently, the survey finds.
The 359 clubs which took part in the survey provide 41,000 childcare places, the organisation said.
Of the clubs that had closed 56 per cent said it would not have been financially viable to stay open with a number of children attending, a report published by the Out of School Alliance shows.
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