Nursery World - 12m NOF childcare grants

In the run up to Christmas the lottery distributor the New Opportunities Fund (NOF) announced grants of 12m to develop nursery and childcare facilities. The award included 9.4m in the final round of its 100m Building Neighbourhood Nurseries programme. In Brighton, East Sussex, a grant of 150,000 will be used to extend the Kemp Town Crypt under St George's church to create a 21-place underground nursery. Specially designed light shafts will let natural light into the building.

In Brighton, East Sussex, a grant of 150,000 will be used to extend the Kemp Town Crypt under St George's church to create a 21-place underground nursery. Specially designed light shafts will let natural light into the building.

In Birmingham, the ground floor of a former Victorian factory is to be transformed into a 38-place nursery in the Balsall Heath area of the city with a grant of 100,00 made to the Hazrat Sultan Bahu Trust.

Merthyr Tydfil is the first recipient of 11m of NOF investment to build integrated children's centres in Wales. More than 1,000 children and 4,000 adults will use the childcare and adult training facilities on offer at the 400,000 new-build project in Pentrebach.

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