Cuts reversed to Youth and Early Years programmes including the Pathway Fund, Sure Start, Bright Start and Toybox
No cuts to Pathway Fund, Sure Start, Bright Start and Toybox
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No cuts to Pathway Fund, Sure Start, Bright Start and Toybox
Proposed budget cuts to programmes which aid early years and youth services will not go ahead, the Department of Education (DoE) has confirmed.
The Department of Education has announced it is not proceeding with proposed cuts to Youth Services and a range of Early Years programmes including the Pathway Fund, Sure Start, Bright Start and Toybox. In addition the Department is not proceeding with the full scale of proposed cuts to Extended Schools.
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