Childcare Provider area

Contact us

If you cannot find what you are looking for please email: fyis@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk

Concerned about a child or young person? (Opens in New Window)

Please contact Children's Services 0300 300 8585  (out of hours 0300 300 8123). If it's an emergency and a child is in immediate danger, call 999.

Planned Essential Maintenance

Please be aware that this website will be down between 8:00 am to 11:00 am on Monday, 24th November 2025 for some essential maintenance work. You will not be able to use this website including the Parent Portal and the Provider Portal during this time.

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We have developed our Children’s Centres so they meet the needs of the local community - no one centre is the same. Each of the centres work with partners to offer a range of services to meet your child's needs all in one place. There is a core set of services they aim to provide to support for families from pregnancy until 12-years-old.

What do we do

Children’s Centres deliver groups and sessions on a number of different topics including:

  • child and family health services - antenatal, postnatal, baby self-weigh
  • parenting support
  • child development and learning – Stay and Play, Baby and Me, Dad and Me, Little Explorers
  • Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) – Stay and Sign, sessions for parents and carers to connect, SEND Stay and Play
  • feeding – breastfeeding (Brasserie), Introducing Solids
  • speech and language
  • first aid
  • wellbeing
Staff can also provide information, advice and support on things including childcare, education, domestic abuse and healthy relationships.  Check your local centre's calendar of events to see what is running there.

Children's Centre Membership Form (Opens in New Window)

To ensure that our Children’s Centres offer the best possible service to everyone, every family is asked to register; once you have registered you can use any Children’s Centre in Central Bedfordshire.

Childrens Centres Request for Services form (Opens in New Window)

You can complete this form or you can ask a professional to help you to request a service from any of the Children’s Centres in Central Bedfordshire.

Find your nearest Children's Centre

Map of Central Bedfordshire's Children's Centres
Search for your nearest Children's Centre or click on the buttons below.

Dunstable

Flitwick

Houghton Regis

Leighton Buzzard

Shefford and Stotfold

Sandy and Biggleswade

School Term Dates

2025 - 2026 School Term Dates

Apply for 2 year old funding

National Wraparound Childcare Programme

Find out more about the National Wraparound Childcare Programme

Support to become a Childminder

Find out more about becoming a Childminder

Careers in Early Years

Find out more about working in Early Years and Childcare

SEND Local Offer (Opens in New Window)

Information about education, health and care services, voluntary agencies, leisure activities and support groups for children and young people with SEND

Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF) (Opens in New Window)

Fun, free activities for children and young people aged 5 and upwards during the Easter, Summer and Christmas school holidays. The programme is for children eligible for benefit related free school meals.

 

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided in this directory, we do not accept any responsibility or liability for any errors that have occurred. It is recommended that you always check with providers that their service or organisation meets your requirements. We offer an impartial service and we cannot recommend or endorse any providers or services listed.