Staff, children and parents celebrated the launch of Devonshire Children's Centre in East Sussex last month. The event was also a chance to mark progress on the second phase of the county's children's centre programme.
Families checked out progress on one of Norfolk's newest children's centres last month. Building work is under way on Corpusty and Holt's £745,000 centre, which is currently running services from the local library.
A celebration marked the completion of building work on a children's centre in Coventry. The centre, which will serve families from the Spon End area of the city, is in the grounds of Spon Gate Primary School.
Last month saw the completion of the first wave of Barnet's children's centre programme with the official opening of Childs Hill Children's Centre, which is linked to Childs Hill School.
A community childcare project has been brought in to run out-of-school clubs at two Chester schools. Blacon Kids Community Club is running after-school and holiday care at Mill View Primary and Westlea Primary schools.
A Derbyshire bowling club has launched an after-school club for children and young people in Glossopdale. Manor Park Bowling Club's initiative links into a local programme to introduce bowling training in schools.
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