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  • 20/06/2025
News update for Leeds

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00:00Launching a review into children's centres across the region, Leeds City Council have
00:05said it could save £2.45 million by making cuts. No job cuts or centre closures have
00:12been confirmed. However, a report to the City Council notes it's inevitable that there
00:17could be fewer overall posts on the revised structure.
00:21Children's centres in Leeds were introduced in the early 2000s as part of the national
00:26Shure Start initiative designed to support young children and families, especially in
00:32disadvantaged communities, with services like early education, childcare, healthcare and
00:38family support. With birth rates declining, the number of families needing these services
00:44is expected to drop. Last month, research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies found Shure
00:51Start centres had a remarkably long-lasting impact on children's health and education,
00:58particularly benefiting disadvantaged families, boys' mental health in adolescence and the
01:04educational and behavioural development of children from non-white ethnic backgrounds.
01:09Neil Leach, Chief Executive of the Early Years Alliance, responded to the findings, saying
01:15this research reinforces what those of us in the early years have long known, that children's
01:20centres play an absolutely critical role in improving children's life chances, especially
01:27those from more disadvantaged backgrounds. Councillor Helen Hayden said she was proud of the work
01:33the centres had done, but that in the last 20 years the world has changed and that parents
01:39access information by going online as well as going to a physical place.

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