Teenage fun club: how children's centres were saved from austerity

Frustrated by the ‘scandalous’ closures of hundreds of spaces, people all over England have stepped up

A decade of austerity has not been kind to Britain’s young people. An extra 1.5 million children will be living in poverty by 2021 as a consequence of government cuts, according to a study of the impact of tax and benefit policy by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Since 2010, more than 500 children’s centres in England have closed. In the West Midlands, 33 youth clubs run by Staffordshire county council were shut in 2014 in an attempt to save £2.6m. Months later, all employees of the council’s youth service were made redundant or redeployed.

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from Children | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2FOwdnJ