This consultation has now ended.
The consultation
Ealing Council is consulting on proposals to reorganise how early help services are provided from its children’s centres in the borough. Early help is an important step towards creating a safe environment for our children and young people to develop and reach their full potential, in their most crucial developmental years, under 5.
The proposals aim to improve the early help service offer and make sure that the future services are sustainable and effective. This means making changes to early help services so that they can be provided from fewer children’s centres and additional community venues across the borough’s 7 towns. The remaining children centres may be repurposed for other uses. Proposals also include longer opening hours for the children’s centres in the future and enhancing the council’s digital services such as online parenting workshops.
Your views
The consultation is open to everyone, whether they have used a children’s centre or early help services before or not. Please read the full consultation document and then complete a short online survey to say what you think of the proposals.
There is also a map showing children’s centres across the borough
View some of the comments made through a menti poll during the consultation events
We will also speak to parents and families directly at children’s centres. Please see the list of upcoming in-person and online consultation events and a copy of the presentation that is being shown at the events
The consultation will close on 27 April 2025.
What happens next?
Once the consultation closes, the council will review all the responses and prepare a report for cabinet members, who will make the final decision on how children’s centre services are reorganised in the future. Any changes are likely to be implemented later this year.
Further information
If you need any further information or help with taking part in this consultation, please contact children@ealing.gov.uk