A CHILDREN'S centre which closed more than a year ago will be re-opened this afternoon by families who raised £50,000 to save it.
Flo's - The Place in the Park will open its doors to the public at 3pm, marking the culmination of a long community-led campaign.
Housed in the former Florence Park Children's Centre, the new facility has a cafe, nursery, community drop-in space and other meeting rooms.
Residents bought shares in the scheme to help fund the refurbishment and pay for initial costs.
The original children's centre closed in February 2017 amidst Oxfordshire County Council funding cuts of £6m which affected 44 centres - leaving families devastated.
Charity Aspire was awarded the contract to help set up the East Oxford site but has now stepped away.
The centre will receive £30,000 over the next three years from the council from a £1m pot to help groups reopen centres closed following cuts.
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