closed its doors for the final time. time to say goodbye. this nursery in southampton has been here for more than 20 years. it is beloved by the local community. emotional, that s the only word for it, emotional. especially, like, when you re on your own as a mum and you go home, and you ve got the teachers here for support, it s really. it is really hard. this raw emotion is a result of hard economic realities. nearly all of the parents of the children at ymca weston park nursery and pre school make use of government funded free childcare. but that funding has not increased in line with recent rising gusts. in line with recent rising costs. the cost of living has gone up, everything has increased,
to find a place for their child. the early years alliance says thousands of providers have closed in the last year, due to rising costs and recruitment issues and that the situation will get worse without more investment. 0ur correspondent navtej johal reports from one nursery as it closed its doors for the final time. time to say goodbye. this nursery in southampton has been here for more than 20 years. it is beloved by the local community. emotional, that s the only word for it, emotional. especially, like, when you re on your own as a mum and you go home, and you ve got the teachers here for support, it s really. it is really hard. this raw emotion is a result of hard economic realities. nearly all of the parents of the children at ymca weston park nursery and pre school make use
worse without more investment. 0ur correspondent navtej johal reports from one nursery as it closed its doors for the final time. time to say goodbye. this nursery in southampton has been here for more than 20 years. it is beloved by the local community. emotional, that s the only word for it, emotional. especially, like, when you re on your own as a mum and you go home, and you ve got the teachers here for support, it s really. it is really hard. this raw emotion is a result of hard economic realities. nearly all of the parents of the children at ymca weston park nursery and pre school make use of government funded free childcare. but that funding has not increased in line with recent rising gusts. in line with recent rising costs. the cost of living has gone up, everything has increased,
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