Kent County Council has today (17 January) launched a 10 week consultation on the future of our community services and buildings. This includes areas such as children’s centres and youth centres, adult education, some public health services and community services for adults with learning difficulties.
This reflects extensive work by KCC to model new ways to deliver these services; this will require fewer buildings, focused where they are most needed, a greater reliance on outreach and in a number of cases co-location of services. The proposals, if enacted, would deliver - reflecting the severe financial pressures which KCC is experiencing - savings of some £6 million, though this comes after reinvestment of £4 million in improved outreach. The proposals also aim to tackle the unsustainable maintenance backlog on the KCC community estate, much of which is open for only a limited number of hours per week.
The consultation, which includes drop-in events, runs until 26 March. The details, including the link to the consultation, are set out in this KCC media release.
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