On Tuesday 8th January I met with Lesley Hunter of the Pre-School Learning Alliance.
We had a really interesting chat and she listened very hard to the reasons why financially things are always going to be a struggle. She also runs provisions across the borough on behalf of the PLA, and so understands the pressures.
I pointed out that the Pre-School Learning Alliance as well as the SureStart guidance on the 3/4 year old funding expects provisions to have equal opportunities at its core, and yet the financial reality of delivering that is very complicated and quite frankly unsustainable without more funding - or at the very least without a greater understanding of our situation by councils and government.
I'd like to thank Lesley for giving up her morning to hear our point of view and to see our Playgroup in operation.
