reporter the demonstrators chose mother's Day to hand in their petition a group of women have used mother's Day to take their campaign against cuts certainly start children centres to Downing Street.Mothers and their infants of local campaigns on England have handed in a 50 000-name petition against cuts and closures of the centres.
Daycare Trust research suggests up to 86% of the centres are faced with budget cuts and that up to 250 in 2011.
But ministers say that there is enough money in the system to retain of the centres.
They want the centres to help more disadvantaged families, with health visitors picking up some of their early intervention work refocus.
Nursery rhymesThe Downing Street event was organized by mothers Louise King and Ruth Hardcastle, who formed the No cuts for Kids campaign in response to the cuts.
Louise King said that the cuts would have a devastating impactSure start children centres corners in some places because the grant funds to them was cut by 11% in the event of an emergency budget of last year, and again in the comprehensive review of spending almost the same percentage.
Then removed the Government protecting the budget certainly start. This has left them vulnerable as councils want to lose their grants from the Central Government on the whole.
???Continue reading the main storywe wanted to highlight the devastating consequences that these cuts have "unquote Louise King of children Centre campaigners as local authorities their plans to reduce budgets have set out, local campaigns have sprung up from parents concerned about losing the services and help they provide to them and their children.
Campaigns on Sunday represented included mothers of Lambeth, Hampshire, Manchester, Camden, Stoke, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kirklees Derby who are online and on paper signatures.
After handing off their petition number 10, some 30 parents and their children sang rhymes and painted faces.
Organiser Ms King said: "on the day the nation's thoughts turn to mothers and the work they do, we wanted the devastating consequences that these cuts to mothers and children everywhere have highlight.
"Sure start children's centres are a great leveler in our society. Children from all walks of life mix and learn together.
"Parents can further their education and indispensable support. Take them away or force them to cut back, and we will see the next generation really suffering. "
The campaign also has the support of childcare charity Daycare Trust and online parenting website Netmums.
' Bottle of bleach 'Shadow children's Minister Sharon Hodgson called for the Government to recover from the countries in the budget certainly start.
She said she knew of some centres that their budget of ￡ 450,000 reduced to ￡ 19,000 per year saw but still children centres.
"This is not enough for the financing of a children's centre, it only would finance, a Concierge and a bottle of bleach," she added.
A Department of education spokesman said: "We have made sure there is enough money in the system to maintain a network of sure Start centres, and provided new investments for health visitors.
"Local authorities have a legal obligation to provide sufficient children Centre provision for the families in their areas and local communities well before close or change of children centres should consult.
"Good local authorities are restructuring with care and sensible changes-for example through clustering of centres-so they can continue to provide much needed services for families, but at a more efficient way."
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