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title=fhn@live.co.uk href="mailto:fhn@live.co.uk">Friends of Hackney
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 21, 2010 1:10 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [HackneySolidarityNetwork] URGENT Wherever you live, help
defend Hackney's nurseries</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>Please forward to interested
people</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>Apologies for short notice -- we have only
just heard that about these huge cuts to nursery budgets in Hackney, and we want
to mobilise people to help try and save them, so we are organising an emergency
public meeting THIS THURSDAY 22ND APRIL 6:30 P.M. -- further details
below.<SPAN> </SPAN>It is outrageous that Hackney Council/The Learning
Trust should think that they can get away with attacking services to women and
working-class people in this way, and just before the election. </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>We have local elections in Hackney,
including for our elected mayor, as well as the General Election.<SPAN>
</SPAN>Even if you don't live in Hackney, you can bring this up at any hustings
meetings you go to, because this is part of a nationwide problem, and the
Daycare Trust just published a report saying that childcare issues are almost
the most important voting issue for women … now there's a surprise!</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>If you would like to help, but cannot make
this week's meeting, please send us an e-mail -- FHN@live.co.<WBR>uk.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>Thanks, Friends of Hackney
Nurseries</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>(</SPAN>After successfully fighting against
huge cuts to council and community nurseries in the 1990s and early 2000s,
Friends of Hackney Nurseries is being re-activated to fight against Hackney
Council and the Learning Trust's plan to impose cuts of upto 60% in this year's
grant to community nurseries, and indeed to fight for even more and better
childcare provision locally. JOIN US!)<SPAN lang=EN-US></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US>============<WBR>=========<WBR>=======<U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN lang=EN-US>Media release -- 20th April 2010, for
immediate release</SPAN></U></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>From Friends of Hackney Nurseries, <A
href="mailto:FHN@live.co.uk">FHN@live.co.<WBR>uk</A> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-US>Just a couple of weeks before the
election, Hackney Council and the Learning Trust have delivered a devastating
blow to Hackney's community nurseries</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>Despite Diane Abbott telling us in her
election address that "Only a Labour government will protect our schools,
hospitals and public services", community nurseries have been told in the last
few days that, with immediate effect, they will be having cuts in their budget
of up to 60%.<SPAN> </SPAN>This means cuts of £40 to £50,000, which will
</SPAN>lead to the serious threat of nursery closures, and hardship and distress
for parents, workers and children. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Jules Pipe, who is standing for re-election as Labour mayor
of Hackney, has been boasting recently that “For the fifth year in a row
Hackney’s part of the Council Tax will not increase," and he claims that
"Investment in services for Hackney residents is at the heart of spending plans
for the coming financial year – at no extra cost to the tax payer." </P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The people of Hackney would like to know how he can square
this with the devastation that is threatened to our nurseries. The withdrawal of
public funds will affect all nurseries, and consequently our children's
opportunities will be diminished, and nursery staff will have to spend valuable
time struggling for their financial survival. Hackney's nurseries have always
fought to remain inclusive, affordable, and professional, but it is impossible
to achieve that by relying on parents' fees alone to meet all the costs.
<BR></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Dawn Primarolo, Minister of State for Children, Young People
and Families, said recently, "We are spending a billion pounds a year on early
years education, and even in these tough times we have said we will sustain this
over the next three years, because that's how crucial we think excellent early
years provision is for children and families, and for our economy." In which
case, we would like to know why our share of the money is not coming to
Hackney’s nurseries.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal><BR></P><B>Friends of Hackney Nurseries is organising an
emergency meeting to campaign against these cuts. If you want to help us defend
good quality, affordable childcare in the borough, for our children now, and for
future generations, please come to our meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday 22nd
April at The Bath House Children's Community Centre, The Old Warm Baths, 76
Shacklewell Lane, London E8 2EY.<SPAN> </SPAN>You can contact Friends of
Hackney Nurseries at <A href="mailto:fhn@live.co.uk">fhn@live.co.<WBR>uk</A>
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