It’s play time!

Today I co-ordinated the media launch of the new Clopton and District Children’s Centre near my home in Stratford. The centre threw open its doors at 10 am and welcomed people with a wide range activities for all the family including a teddy bear hunt, face painting and my favourite strawberries and cream! Both the Stratford Herald and the Stratford Observer attended the launch.

The SureStart Children’s Centre, which is one of the last to open as part of the Government’s plan to provide one for every community, provides children under five with a combination of play opportunities, advice and support. The new centre will be offering a toddler ‘chatter matters’ course, a group for breastfeeding mothers and a breakfast drop-in providing information from the local Citizen’s Advice Bureau, First Steps project and Credit Union.

The Centre is managed by a local charity The Parenting Project who also runs three other Children’s Centres in the area at Studley, Alcester and Stratford.