'I still think NI has along way to go'
A Belfast mum has welcomed news that funding has been guaranteed for another year for Sure Start services.
The 23-year-old said she was over the moon when she heard that funding would not be cut for Sure Start. "But there's still so much more work to do - there's hundreds of kid in NI at the minute without a place for primary school, in secondary school and there's kids that are supposed to be in special educational needs settings that haven't got their place yet.She said that it had been a stressful few weeks, thinking that her son would not be able to go into the pre-school placement programme.
"I'm glad that we don't have that fear anymore, he's going to have somewhere where he'll have a year to settle into his next big journey in education, so delighted with the news." "It was a challenge, do doubt, for parents, staff and our service users, but we're just delighted we have a flat line budget to provide our services for families.
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