Children's centres

Stifford Family Hub

Address

Belmont Castle Academy, Parker Road, Grays, RM17 5YN

Contact

01375 652 653

You can visit Brighter Futures Stifford Family Hub when open for activities or phone at the following times:

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

What’s on in April 2025

Start for Life: 0 to 2 years 

0 - 12 months 

Day

Start

End

Activity

How to join in

Mondays

9.30am

10.30am

Start for Life – Sensory Play

7th and 28th April

All welcome

Tuesdays

9:30am

10:30am

Start for Life – Let’s Talk with your Baby

Book in advance

9.30am

12.30pm

Infant Feeding Clinic

Book in advance

0300 300 1999

1.30pm

2.30pm

Start for Life – Stay and Play

1st, 22nd and 29th April

All welcome

Wednesdays

1.30pm

2.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

2nd and 23rd April

All welcome

Thursdays

11.00am

1.00pm

B3 Bumps, Birth and Belonging

safe space for parents of Afro Caribbean heritage (0-2 years) and parents to be.

10th April

All welcome

Fridays

10.00am

11.30am

Baby Weighing Clinic

All welcome

11.00am

12.00pm

Baby Rhyme Time

4th, 11th and 25th April

All welcome

12.30pm

2.30pm

Infant Feeding Clinic

Book in advance

0300 300 1999

12 to 24 months

Monday

9.30am

10.30am

Start for Life - Stay and play

7th, 14th and 28th April

All welcome

11.00am

12.00pm

Sensory Play

14th April

All welcome

2.00pm

3.00pm

7th    Fun with water

14th  Fun with Paint

28th   Fun with Colours

All welcome

Tuesdays

11.00am

12.00pm

Start for Life – Let’s Talk Toddler

Book in advance

Wednesdays

2.30pm

3.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

2nd and 23rd April

All welcome

Thursday

9:30am

11.00am

Simple Science for Toddlers

17th April

Book in Advance

11.00am

1.00pm

B3 Bumps, Birth and Belonging

safe space for parents of Afro Caribbean heritage (0-2 years) and parents to be.

10th April

All welcome

Fridays

10.00am

11.30am

Baby Weighing Clinic

All welcome

1.30pm

2.30pm

4th   Fun with Glue

11th Fun with Mark Making

25th Fun with Playdough

All welcome

Services and activities for parents and children aged 2-19 years

24 to 60 months

Mondays

11.00am

12.00pm

Sensory Play

14th April

All welcome

2.00pm

3.00pm

7th    Fun with water

14th  Fun with Paint

28th   Fun with Colours

All welcome

Wednesday

2.30pm

3.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

2nd and 23rd April

All welcome

Thursday

9:30am

11.00am

Simple Science for Toddlers

17th April

Book in Advance

Fridays

9.30am

10.30am

Bring a Story to Life

4th     - Going on a Bear Hunt

11th  - Little Red Hen

25th   - Animal Boogie

All welcome

10.00am

11.30am

Baby Weighing Clinic

All welcome

1.30pm

2.30pm

4th   Fun with Glue

11th Fun with Mark Making

25th Fun with Playdough

All welcome

5 to 19 Years

Tuesday

12.00pm

3.00pm

HENRY Healthy Families Programme

5 to 11 Years

Book in Advance

 

General Family Hub Support Services

Mondays

8.30am

12.00pm

Housing Advice for Council Tenants

01375 652 652

Option 4

9.00am

3.00pm

Joint OT/Physio Baby Clinic

7th April

Referral Only

Wednesdays

9.00am

4.00pm

Forward Trust - Addiction Service

Drop in

Lorraine. G   

07977 792 236

9.00am

11.00am

Send Forum – Coffee Morning

2nd, 9th, 16th and 30th April

All Welcome

Thursdays

10.00am

12.30pm

Job club – Supported Families

Employment Advisor

Book in advance

07776 345 301

11.30am

1.30pm

Parents 1st Antenatal Information Session 17th and 24th April

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