Three easy tasks

We keep this page updated intermittently with a list of easy tasks you can do to support local campaigns against closure and be part of raising awareness of the hidden exploitations of current early years policy in England. 

 

Please be in touch to if you would like to be involved in our new national campaign for public early years education and care, or if you are able to share your experience and up for connecting to local networks and campaigns ... and check out our News page – for posts with details of upcoming demonstrations, motions you can bring to your union, meetings and further information about the campaigns listed below. If you haven't already we advise you to join your union – childcare is a workplace issue – find out more here. Last updated: 23 October 2024.

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1.Follow us on twitter and boost local campaigns

 

 

​Follow us on Twitter @postpandmicch1, and boost our comments with some emojis if you don't have headspace to comment!  Follow the accounts of local campaigns and union branches that we share, and re-share their campaign links!

Current campaigns on Twitter include: @SaveLittleOwls and @Save_Fernbank and @saveNHS_nursery

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2. sign & share these petitions​

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The Ioss of early years services has an impact far beyond those immediately most severely impacted. Signing petitions helps boost them to reach more local engagement and shows your solidarity – so even if you are not local to these campaigns your solidarity is appreciated!

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However if you are a local resident or work in the area – please ensure you indicate this.

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Leeds, Little Owls: against the privatisation of the Leeds Little Owls council-run nurseries https://www.change.org/p/save-little-owls-nurseries

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Southampton, Start Point Sholing: against the closure of this council-run nursery which specialises in Special Educational Needs & Disabilities https://www.change.org/p/help-save-our-nursery-start-point-sholing

     

London, Hackney Childrens Centres: against impacts on over 50 members of early years staff and the loss over 200 quality affordable under twos places: https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/save-hackney-s-children-centres

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London, NHS Nurseries in Denmark Hill: sign the petition against the closure of King’s College Hospital Day Nursery and the Cedar House Day Nursery at Maudsley Hospital https://www.change.org/p/keep-affordable-high-quality-nursery-provisions-open-for-nhs-staff-in-south-london. More about the campaign here.

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3. Join a demo and Join the fight!

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Save the date and bring your friends and family to upcoming demonstrations in:​

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Hackney: Monday 25 November, 5.30pm, TBC 

Hackney Town Hall, Mare St, London E8 1EA

Join the demo against the closure of council run children centre nurseries, timed for the Cabinet Meeting, this demo will follow the campaigns challenge to Hackney Council's plans being heard at the High Courts of Justice: 6-7 November 2024.

Stop press! 5 November 2024: Hackney Council has conceded that the Public Consultation for the Children's Centres was unlawful. "Hackney positively misled consultees regarding the necessity to make savings" and "failed to consult on alternative available options." See: https://rookirwinsweeney.co.uk/hackney-council-concedes-childrens-centre-judicial-review/

More about the campaign here.​​​

 

Image: Islington nursery workers on strike, supported by parents, carers and children, 1984.  These pages were set up as part of the  'Grow Your Own' project, run by On the Record and Post Pandemic Childcare Coalition, initially funded by Trust for London. The project has developed campaign resources and this London map of Childcare Histories – activism and organising.