England's Children's Commissioner Al Aynsley-Green officially opened the 1m Willow Children's Centre in Wembley, London. A jazz band was on hand to play the centre's own theme song, while children did a performance of their own. As the flagship children's centre for the London Borough of Brent, the building is fitted with environmentally-friendly solar panels to provide its outside lighting, and has a high-dependency suite complete with sensory rooms which are designed for children with SEN. The Willow centre offers 100 childcare places.
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