4Children, which runs more than 100 children’s centres across the UK, will operate the Moredon, Drove, Gorse Hill, Penhill and Pinehurst settings from 1 May following a consultation process carried out last year.
An open tender procurement process to run the centres saw the charity awarded with the contract at the end of March.
The centres will provide local families with children under the age of five with a range of practical support, information and advice. Priorities will include health and wellbeing services for all children from pre-birth to five years old.
The takeover comes after Swindon Borough Council closed four of the town’s 14 centres last year in a bid to save £380,000.
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