Children's centres

Purfleet-on-Thames Family Hub

Address

Centurion Way, Purfleet-on-Thames, RM19 1ZZ

Contact

01375 652 104

You can phone or visit our Brighter Futures Purfleet-on-Thames Family Hub at the following times:

  • Monday to Thursday from 8:30am to 5pm
  • Fridays from 8:30am to 4:30pm

 What’s on in November 2024

Mondays

Start

End

Activity

Age groups

How to join in

9:15am

10:15am

Fun with Colours         

4th 11th 18th and 25th November

12 to 60 months

All welcome

11am

Midday

Start for Life - Sensory Play

4th 11th 18th and 25th November

0 to 12 months only– no older siblings

All welcome

1:30pm

2:30pm

Start for life - Stay and Play

4th 11th 18th and 25th November

12 to 60 months

All welcome

1pm

4:00pm

1- and 2-Year Developmental Checks

Parents/Carers

Book in advance 0300 300 1999

Tuesdays

9:15am

10:15am

Fun with Textures

5th and 12th November

12 to 24 months

All welcome

9:15am

10:15am

Fun with Small World   

19th and 26th November

24 to 60 months

All welcome

11am

Midday

Story and Rhymes   

5th 12th 19th and 26th November

12 to 60 months

All welcome

10am

Midday

Parent Outreach Advice Session

26th November

Parents/Carers

Book in advance

9:30am

11:30am

1- and 2-Year Developmental

assessment Checks

Parents/Carers

Book in advance 0300 300 1999

1pm

2:30pm

Baby Weighing Clinic – Health

Drop-in session for ages

Every Tuesday

0 to 5 years

All welcome

1pm

2:30pm

Baby Stay and Weigh      

(For those attending the Baby Weighing Clinic only)

0 to 5 years

All welcome

Wednesdays

8:45am

Midday

Speech and Language Clinic

6th November

(1st Wednesday in each month)

Referral only

Appointment only email:[email protected]

9:15am

10:15am

Start for life: Bring a story to life  

13th 20th and 27th November    

12 to 24 months

All welcome

11am

Midday

13th Fun with Gluing and Sticking      

20th Fun with Books and puppets     

27th Fun with Instruments

24 to 60 months

All welcome

1:30pm

2:30pm

Start for Life: Messy Play Babies

6th 20th and 27th November                                      

0 to 12 months – no older siblings

All welcome

1:30pm

2:30pm

Pudsey and Peppa Children in Need Fundraising                 

13th November

12 to 60 months

All welcome

Thursdays

9:15am

10:15am

Start for life – Stay and Play 

7th 21st and 28th November                          

12 to 24 months

All welcome

9:30am

10:30am

Arts and Crafts                   

7th 14th 21st and 28th November                                         

24 to 60 months

All welcome

11am

Midday

Sensory Play    

14th 21st and 28th November                           

0 to 12 months – no older siblings

All welcome

11am

Midday

Early words together

7th 21st and 28th November SZ                                               

36 to 60 months

Book in advance

11am

1pm

B3 – Birth, Bumps and Belonging

A safe space for parents of Afro Caribbean heritage

7th November

0 to 24 months

All welcome

1:30pm

2:30pm

Baby Massage

7th 21st and 28th November                         

0 to 12 months – no older siblings

Book in advance

2pm

16:30pm

Forward Trust – Substance Misuse

7th 14th 21st and 28th November                                      

18 years and over

Book in advance by calling Lorraine Gray

07485359896

3:15pm

4:45pm

Come and Dine with me –

7th 14th 21st and 28th November 

Course Code: MULTI693Y3                      

6 to 11 years olds

Book in advance

01375 372476, press option 1

Fridays  

9:30am

10:20am

Messy Play 

1st November

0 to 24 months

Book in advance

01375 372476, press option 1

9:30am

10:30am

Let’s talk with your Toddler               

8th 15th 22nd and 29th November

12 to 24 Months

Book in advance

9:30am

10:30am

Fun with Textures

8th 15th 22nd and 29th November  

0 to 12 months – no older siblings

All welcome

11am

Midday

Chatterbox

1st 8th 15th 22nd and 29th November

24 to 60 months

Book in advance

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