History of Upstairs Kids Klub

Upstairs Kids Klub opened the doors to its first customer in December 1999, at that time we were based in Eastfield Resource Centre in Cambuslang. The group provided an Out of School Care service to children attending local schools, by October 2000 there were twenty three children attending the service full time with four staff members. The premises were shared with other groups and the Parent Committee decided to look for new premises which could be used for sole use.

On the 6th September 2000 Upstairs Kids Klub moved to Cambuslang Training and Enterprise Centre where a unit was adapted to meet the needs of the service. This gave the group the opportunity to join forces with another local group, Upstairs Downstairs Playgroup who became part of the service. As the service developed UKK again joined with another local group, an OOSC provider who occupied a room along the corridor. We were now providing Out of School Care to approximately 40 children and term-time Nursery sessions to 24 morning and 24 afternoon children.

In early 2005 Cambuslang Training and Enterprise centre were planning a total refurbishment and UKK were invited to be part of this. This was a natural progression as by now UKK had built an excellent service which was very much needed with in the local community. CTEC management recognised all the hard work and dedication of staff, management and parents of UKK and were very keen for UKK to be part of their plans for the future.

During October 2006 UKK moved into their new purpose-built accommodation downstairs within the CTEC building. In January 2007 the new service, including a 0-3 year Nursery provision was opened.