Springwise recently ran an article - More work spaces for parents - covering the development of coworking spaces that include childcare.

New York’s TwoRooms and San Francisco’s Cubes & Crayons both offer care for pre-school kids, randing from a few months  to five years old. Alongside workspaces are playrooms and activities for children.

Cubes & Crayons goes a step further in encouraging the cohesion of its community, be asking parents to volunteer several hours each month, depending on how many hours they’re using the facilities; a wonderful way of deepening bonds between coworking colleaugues! I wonder when we’ll need a creche here at Metspace…

Find out more at Springwise…

Stephanie Booth, a social media consultant, prolific blogger and the force behind the upcoming Going Solo freelancing conference, has recently been given the chance to develop a coworking space in her hometown of Lausanne (incidentally, Steph’s grandmother is from Leeds!).

The space itself is a 120m² of spare office space in central Lausanne; perhaps enough to accommodate 15-20 people and a meeting room with a monhtly cost of around 4000 CHF. We’re hoping that we can help Stephanie develop this space with the experience and insight we’ve gained in establishing met:space over the last year.

In the meantime, here are Stephanie’s initial thoughts…