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Edinburch Council officially opened its new Children and Families Department on 1 April. The department unites the council's existing Education Department and the children and families section of the Social Work Department to make services more fully integrated. The Children and Families Department will be the largest in the council and the expansion will enable closer working relationships between schools, social workers and other professionals. Two new children's centres have been opened in West Sussex. The 1.5m Broadfield Children's Centre in Crawley, which opened on 19 March, has a 30-place nursery, ten-place creche, parents' room and cafe area. On 12 April a 1.3m centre opened in Littlehampton, with a creche, a 50-place nursery and facilities for courses on health and well-being.

Two new children's centres have been opened in West Sussex. The 1.5m Broadfield Children's Centre in Crawley, which opened on 19 March, has a 30-place nursery, ten-place creche, parents' room and cafe area. On 12 April a 1.3m centre opened in Littlehampton, with a creche, a 50-place nursery and facilities for courses on health and well-being.

West Sussex also saw the opening of South Lodge Day Nursery in Worthing on 11 April, with plans to become a children's centre later this year. It provides full daycare for children aged three months to five years from 8am to 6pm. The nursery is developing other community services such as drop-in sessions, clinics and Job Centre Plus surgeries. West Sussex County Council is developing another two centres in Chicester and Bewbush (Crawley).

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