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 November 2024

Mondays

Start

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Activity

Age groups

How to join in

8.30am

12.00am

Housing Advice for Council Tenants

   

9.30am

10.30am

Start for Life - Stay and Play

12 to 24 Months

All welcome

11.00am

12.00am

Sensory Play

4th    - 0 to 12 Months

11th  - 12 to 24 Months

18th   - 24 to 60 Months

25th  - 0 to 12 Months    

 

All welcome

1.30pm

2.30pm

4th    - Fun with Sticking

11th  - Fun with Mark Making 

18th  - Fun with Water

25th  - Fun with Sand  

12 to 60 months

All welcome

    Tuesdays

    9.30am

    12.30am

    Infant Feeding Clinic

    Parents/Carers

    Referral Only

    9.30am

    10.30am

    Messy Play

    5th, 12th, and 26th November

    12 to 60 Months

    All welcome

    9.30am

    11.30am

    Antenatal Sessions

    Parent/Career

    Book in advance

    11.00am

    12.00am

    Start for Life - Baby Rhyme Time

    5th, 12th, and 26th November

    0 to 12 Months

    All welcome

    1.30pm

    2.30pm

    Start for Life - Stay and Play

    5th, 12th, and 26th November

    0 to 12 Months

    All welcome

    Wednesdays 

    9.00am

    12.00am

    Local Area Co-Ordinator

    27th November

    Individual sessions

    Book in advance

    9.00am

    4.00pm

    Forward Trust – Addiction Service

     

    All welcome

    9.30am

    1.30pm

    Infant First Aid Training

    6th November

    Young Parents/Carers

    Referral only

    11.00am

    12.30pm

    Baby Sign Along

    13th November

    3 to 18 Months

    Book in advance

    1.30pm

    2.15pm

    Stories and Rhymes

    13th November

    0 to 12 Months

    All welcome

    1.30pm

    2.30pm

    Stay and Play

    13th, and 27th Novemeber

    24 to 60 months

    All welcome

    2.30pm

    3.15pm

    Stories and Rhymes

    13th November

    12 to 60 Months

    All welcome

    Thursdays

    9.00am

    10.30pm

    TACC – Tea and Talk: English for All

    Designed to help adult English learners develop the

    language skills needed for

    effective self-expression in English.

    Book in advance

    01375 652653

    9.30am

    11.00am

    Parental Outreach Advice Session

    28th November

     

    Book in advance

    10.00am

    12.30pm

    Job club – Supported Families

    Employment Advisor

    Parents/Carers

    Book in advance

    07776 245 301

    11.00am

    1.00pm

    B3 – Birth, Bumps and Belonging

    14th November

    A safe space for parents of Afro Caribbean heritage

    (0-2 years) and parents to be.

    All welcome

    12.00pm

    2.30pm

    HENRY Healthy Families Programme

    0 to 60 months

    Book in advance

    01375 652653

    3.15pm

    4.15pm

    Stay and Play – After School Club

    7th, and 14th November

    12 to 60 Months

    All welcome

    Fridays

           

    10.00am

    11.30am

    Baby Weighing Clinic

    0 to 60 Months

    All Welcome

    12.30pm

    2.30pm

    Infant Feeding

    Parents/Careers

    Referral Only

    1.00pm

    2.30pm

    Parent Career Panel

    15th November

    Parent/Carer

    Referral Only

    1.30pm

    16.30pm

    Early Interaction Advice Session

    1st November

    24 to 60 Months

    Referral Only

    1.30pm

    2.30pm

    Chatterbox

    24 to 60 Months

    Referral Only

     

    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