For many mothers in remote Aberdeenshire villages such as Keith and Tomintoul, when the once weekly mobile creche rolls around it's the only chance for them to get time to themselves.
The creches are two of six run by Direct Childcare on behalf of Moray Childcare Partnership. Catering for children from six weeks to 16 years old, they run for two hours in locations that are too rural to sustain a regular nursery.
In both England and Scotland, Ofsted and the Care Commission require all creches to be registered if running for more than two hours a day or six days a year, so they are subject to the same regulatory requirements as all registered childcare settings.
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