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Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2008

Children's centres team hop on board the Wokingham mice bus!

Wokingham Borough Council’s children’s centres team will be boarding the Mobile Information Centre (MICE) vehicle during April and May to take the latest news on the borough’s centres for families with children aged under 5 to the heart of local communities.

The roadshow begins at Woodley town centre on Friday April 25 and visits a number of venues across the borough over the course of five weeks, completing its tour in Market Place in Wokingham on Tuesday May 27. Staff will be on hand to offer advice and information about the borough’s seven children’s centres, which aim to bring services closer to families with young children. In addition, staff will also be asking local families what kind of additional services they would like to see in their local children’s centre.

Caroline Norris, Wokingham children’s centres programme manager, said: “By taking information about our children’s centres on the road it will be a great opportunity for local families to find out more about the borough’s centres, what’s on offer and what they can do for them.”

Some £3.7million has been allocated to Wokingham Borough Council from the SureStart programme, and children’s centres aim to help deliver the best start in life for every child by bringing together early education, childcare, health and family support. All children’s centres in the Wokingham Borough are different, as they meet the needs of the local community, but all offer a range of different services. For a full list of the borough’s children’s centres, visit:
www.wokingham.gov.uk/childrens-centres

Wokingham Borough Council