Trevu Children's Centre had been due to close this month, but on 15 September Cornwall Council confirmed that the centre, based in a school building that dates from 1908, will now be used as the main hub for providing children's services to families in the area for the next two years.
The council is setting up a group to consider how other groups and organisations could use the building to help contribute to the running costs and is consulting on how best to offer services for children and families in the future. Staff at the centre will continue to develop outreach services.
Protestors had fought hard to save the centre after it was put up for sale in June, setting up a campaign website and collecting more than 1,000 petition signatures.
Cornwall Council had planned to sell the building to private developers for housing, claiming that its running costs were too high and that it would cost too much to repair the heating system.
Councillor David Biggs, chair of the working group, said that a detailed examination of the costs of maintaining the existing building had concluded it would not be financially viable to sell it in the current economic climate.
Mr Biggs said, 'This demonstrates the commitment of Cornwall Council to talking and listening to local people. I am delighted we have been able to identify a way forward that all groups can support and that we will be able to work together in the best interests of all children and families.'