“The Council is not proposing to shut the East Reading after school club and it would be wrong to suggest that is the case. We fully understand just how valuable a provision after school clubs are for working parents, which is why we have provided a substantial number of after school club places in the East Reading area.
“What is true is that at present only 10 out of the 32 places are being made use of and that as a result the provision is losing £36,000 a year. In the current financial climate that is of course not sustainable. We are however fully committed to carrying out further promotion of the after school club to local parents in and we also intend to discuss with East Reading schools the possibility of them taking over the after school, provision in the future, with continuing assistance from Reading Borough Council.
“A further public meeting has already been arranged at the end of January to discuss future options for after school club promotion further. Parents do not have to wait until then however and they can contact the Council if they have suggestions on how to encourage more children to attend.”
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