Clube dos Pequenos will open just before Christmas. 444 pre-registrations for a daycare center that would only have space for 84 babies.
Will open soon creche em Braga, for babies up to 3 years old, which will be open every day from 6:30 am… until 00:30 of the following day.
An unusual time in Portugal at Little People’s Club, nursery and daycare center created by the Centro Social do Vale do Homem.
Com 24 employees (35 soon), it will be open on Saturday and Sunday, which the usual vacation schoolchildren. You will also have babysitting from January 2025.
It will open in two weeks, on December 16th, and there is already sold out. I would be 84 vacancies (later he managed to increase it to 92) but received 444 pre-registrations.
“The number of applications and impressive and it clearly shows the need for a response of this nature, which is truly innovative and was sorely needed”, analyzes the president of Centro Social Vale do Homem, Jorge Pereira.
The manager explains that the idea is to “facilitate professional and family reconciliation for those who work for shifts and needs this type of support.”
The space will operate very close to the Braga City Council and the hospital of the University of Minho; professionals from these two institutions should be the main stakeholders.
The construction of the Clube dos Pequenos cost 2.3 million euros, with 875 thousand euros in financing through the PRR.