A NEW multi-purpose building designed to gather together all the local agencies concerned with children, under one roof, in the centre of Petersfield has moved a step closer.

The proposed Acorns 2000 Early Years Centre in The Avenue could, it it gets the green light, provide a permanent home for existing groups which use the present Avenue pavilion and the adjoining temporary mobile unit.

A full version of this story will be found in the Petersfield Herald of September 1, 2000.