From April, Kestrels Childcare Centre in Caterham, Surrey, will offer the service one Saturday a month, after securing a 6,500 grant.
The centre, which opened in June 2003 at Marden Lodge Primary School, is a 56-place nursery with wraparound care including a breakfast club, after-school club and holiday playscheme for children from two to 11 years old.
It is used regularly by five single fathers who have children aged from three to eight.
Centre manager Linda Smith said, 'The original idea came from talking to dads. One dad said he found it really difficult to find things to do with his little girl.'
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