Details of where a new network of children's centres will be built were revealed today.

The Bradford district won £10 million in March to develop the centres, which aim to help parents in disadvantaged areas. Offering a 'one stop shop', the centres will in many cases include affordable childcare to help working parents of under-threes, creches to enable parents to undergo training courses, and other helpful services aimed at families, such as health clinics and speech therapy.

"This means a lot more support for parents of young children in these areas," said Councillor Ralph Berry (Lab, Wibsey), chairman of the Early Years and Childcare Partnership.

The centres in most cases build on services that already exist, for instance well-established Council-run nursery schools at Abbey Green and Midland Road in Manningham, or facilities already operating under the banner of SureStart, another Government-funded scheme.

In some cases all that is needed is refurbishment of existing buildings to provide the space for new classes and clinics. But in some of the proposed centres the buildings need extending, requiring planning permission, and in a few cases there will be new buildings.

Carole Ver, head teacher at Abbey Green Nursery School, said the plans allowed for a new building on her site which would provide space for a neighbourhood nursery for under-threes alongside her existing nursery school, which takes three to five-year-olds.

"We hope the extra facilities will include ante-natal clinics and speech therapy," she said.

At Midland Road Nursery School in Manningham, head teacher Jo Dix said: "We would like to put on more training courses for parents, in English and computing and a drop-in session around health. We already do three classes a week, but it's having the room to do it in."

The list requires approval of the Council's executive.