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Mar 2023
Council to consult on Nidderdale Children's Centre closure
North Yorkshire County Council is set to consult on the closure of a children’s centre in Nidderdale.
The authority has proposed to close five centres across the county as part of cost cutting measures.
Among them is Nidderdale Children’s Centre, which is based at St Cuthbert’s Church of England Primary School in Pateley Bridge.
The council has recommended consulting on closure of the facility, which it says has not reopened since the covid pandemic.
Instead, officials have proposed giving the space back to the school in a bid to save the authority £13,400 a year.
In a report due before a children and young persons meeting, Stuart Carlton, director of children’s services, will say:
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The centre opened in September 2010 as a designated children’s centre. It was backed by £590,715 worth of Sure Start funding from the Department for Education.
The county council said it does not anticipate that the government will request any of the money back.
Centres in Eastfield, South Craven, Kirbymoorside and Wensleydale will also be considered for closure.
County councillors will discuss the proposal at a meeting on March 7.
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