Financial close achieved for Port Glasgow early years centre

Work is set to start next month on a £2.4 million extension to the Rainbow Family Centre (Park Farm) in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde.The new Park Farm facility is being developed by hub West Scotland, who has worked in partnership with Inverclyde Council delivering multiple educational facilities. It will be connected to the existing Rainbow Family Centre with both buildings operating as one facility upon completion. The centre will remain open during the construction work which will be performed by CCG.The extension, design by architects Holmes Miller, is part of a major expansion programme which has seen the amount of free early learning and childcare provided to all three and four-year-olds – as well as two-year-olds whose parents are on benefits or a low income – virtually double from 600 hours a year to 1,140 hours in the local authority area.