Updated 5:29pm 15 December 2012

Save our nursery - Brighouse parents and toddlers bid to stop council axe falling on them

Wellholme Childrens Centre Nursery in Brighouse
Wellholme Childrens Centre Nursery in Brighouse

A CAMPAIGN to save a nursery from council cuts is appealing for help.

Parents with children at Wellholme Children’s Centre nursery in Brighouse are worried that cutting a council subsidy will leave working parents worse off.

And tomorrow, they’re asking people to go Wellholme Park in Brighouse at 10.30am to support the cause and sign a petition opposing Calderdale Council’s plans.

Helen Fulcher, whose son Daniel, four, attends the nursery, said: “There will be an awful lot of parents affected if the council removes its subsidy.

“We know there are 70 children on the roll at Wellholme and I think every one of them will have some difficult choices to make if the council goes ahead with this.

“The council has an odd way of working out if you are deprived based on the street you live on.

“Family A in the right postcode on benefits might get help but family B in the wrong postcode but on the same benefits might not get help.

“They are not taking into account the family’s needs, but where they live.”

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