Children's centres

Aveley Family Hub

Address

Aveley Primary School, Stifford Road, Aveley, RM15 4AA

Contact

01708 863 954

You can phone and leave a message on our answering machine for Brighter Futures Aveley Family Hub at the following times:

  • Mondays from 8:30am to 5pm
  • Wednesdays from 8:30am to 5pm

What’s on in January 2025

Mondays

Start

End

Activity

Age groups

How to join in

9am

5pm

Midwife Appointments

Book with your midwife

9am

4.30pm

Child and Mental Health Services

(CAMHS)

0-19 Years and up to 25 for SEND

Referral through service only

9:30am

10:30am

Start for Life - 12 to 24 months Sensory Play  

6th 13th and 20th January

12 to 24 months

All Welcome

11am

Midday

Fun with colours and numbers

13th and 20th January

24 to 36 months

All Welcome

11am

Midday

Baby Massage                         

6th 13th and 20th January

0 to 12 months – no older siblings

Book in advance

1:30pm

2:30pm

Stay and Play                          

6th 13th 20th and 27th January

12 to 60 months

All welcome

1:30pm

2:30pm

Baby Sing and Rhyme       

13th 20th and 27th January

0 to 12 months – no older siblings

All welcome

Tuesdays

9:30am

11am

Baby Weighing Clinic

0 to 5 years

All welcome

9:30am

10:30am

Start for life - Stay and Play 

12 to 24 months

All welcome

9:30am

10:30am

Changing pathways, Brighter futures, Domestic abuse programme

Parents/Carers

Please call 01268 729 707 for information

11am

Midday

Start for life – Soft Play       

7th    12-24 months

14th  0-12 months

21st  12-24 months

28th  0-12 months

All welcome

11:30am

3pm

1- and 2-year Developmental Checks

Parents/Carers

Book in advance

0300 300 1999

1:30pm

2:30pm

Bring a Story to Life:             

7th    Stick Man

14th  The Gruffalo

21st  Tiger that came to tea

28th  Going on a bear hunt  

0 to 60 months

All welcome

Wednesdays Reception Fatima

9am

5pm

Midwife Appointments

Book with your midwife

9:30am

10:30am

Let’s talk with your Toddler  

15th 22nd and 29th January

12 to 24 months

Book in advance

9:30am

10:30am

Stay and Play                  

15th 22nd and 29th January

0 to 12 months – no older siblings

All Welcome

11am

Midday

Messy Play                 

15th 22nd and 29th January

12 to 24 months

All Welcome

11am

Midday

Stay and Play                

15th 22nd and 29th January

24 to 60 months

All welcome

1:30pm

2:30pm

Early Talk Boost        

Term Time Only

36 to 48 months

Referral only

1:30pm

2:30pm

Sing and Rhyme with Puppets  

8th and 15th January

0 to 12 months – no older siblings

All welcome

1:30pm

2:30pm

Positive behaviour workshop   

22nd January

Parents/Carers

Referral only

1:30pm

2:30pm

Fussy eating workshop            

29th January

Parents/Carers

Referral only

3:45pm

4:45pm

Help Me to Stay Safe

Children Services Thurrock

Referral only

Thursdays – Reception Aira AM Fatima PM

9:15am

10:15am

Start for Life - Stay and Play  

9th 16th 23rd and 30th January

12 to 24 months

All welcome

10am

Midday

Parent Outreach Advice Session

30 January

Parents/Carers

Book in advance

11am

Midday

Start for Life - 0 to 12 months  Sensory Play

9th 16th 23rd and 30th January

0 to 12 months – no older siblings

All welcome

11am

12:30pm

Pre and post-natal Exercise classes

Face to Face – For all fitness levels. You could improve your fitness, bladder control, posture, core strength, wellbeing and mood.

Mothers with a 0 to 6 month old child

Book in advance

Tilbury Family hub

01375 858243

1pm

2:30pm

B3 – Birth, Bumps and Belonging

A safe space for parents of Afro Caribbean heritage

16th January

0 to 24 months and parents to be

All Welcome

1:30pm

2:30pm

Messy Play                                 

9th 16th 23rd and 30th January

12 to 60 months

All welcome

Fridays – Reception Carina AM Aira PM

9:30am

12:30pm

1- and 2-year Developmental Checks

Parents/Carers

Book in advance

0300 300 1999

9:30am

10:30am

Start for Life - 0 to 12 months   Sensory Play

10th 24th and 31st January

0 to 12 months – no older siblings 12 to 24 months 

All welcome

11am

Midday

Start for Life – Stay and Play  

10th 24th and 31st January

12 to 24 months 

All welcome

1:30pm

2:30pm

10th  Fun with Painting         

24th  Fun with Textures

31st  Fun with Mark making

12 to 60 months

All welcome

1:30pm

2:15pm

Story time and Rhymes

10th 17th 24th and 31st January

0 to 12 months – no older siblings

All welcome

2:30pm

3:15pm

Story time and Rhymes

10th 17th 24th and 31st January

12 to 24 months

All welcome

More activities and support

A wide range of activities are organised at other family hubs across Thurrock. You can find out more about these activities in the document below. Check the timetables of individual family hubs for latest details.

For information on local support services during pregnancy and for families with a baby up to 2 years-old, go to Start for Life.

Registration

You can use the registration form below to register yourself and your child at this family hub, or any of our other family hubs.

Family hub registration