The S.A.G.E. association manages three day care centres in the Bordeaux metropolitan area. They employ a staff of 35 and can welcome 62 children at any given time. The annual budget is approximately ¤1.2 million and total annual childminding hours have reached 116,000.
2018 will be a turning point due to two major events. Firstly, the general manager, a founding member of the team who has been with the association for 30 years will be leaving. Secondly, an increasing number of new stakeholders, namely commercial daycare entities with national reach and significant capital resources are entering the market.
Furthermore, as the state and local authorities increasingly hand over childcare responsibilities to the private sector and reduce funding to associations, questions are inevitably to be asked about the future of structures such as S.A.G.E.