Children's centres
Thameside Family Hub
Address
You can phone or visit our Brighter Futures Thameside 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 January 2025
Mondays
Start |
End |
Activity |
Age groups |
How to join in |
8.30am |
12.00am |
Housing Advice for Council Tenants |
01375 652652 Option 4 |
|
8.30am |
3.00pm |
Early Interaction Advice Session 13th and 27th January |
24 to 60 Months |
Referral Only |
9.30am |
10.30am |
Start for Life - Stay and Play |
12 to 24 Months |
All welcome |
11.00am |
12.00am |
Sensory Play 6th - 12 to 60 Months 13th - 0 to 12 Months 20th - 12 to 60 Months 27th - 0 to 12 Months |
All welcome |
|
1.30pm |
2.30pm |
6th - Fun with Water 13th - Fun with Mark Making 20th - Fun with Colours 27th - Fun with Sticking |
12 to 60 months |
All welcome |
Tuesday
9.30am |
12.30am |
Infant Feeding Clinic |
Parents/Carers |
Referral Only |
9.30am |
10.30am |
Messy Play |
12 to 60 Months |
All welcome |
9.30am |
10.30am |
Start for Life -Let’s Talk with your Baby |
0 to 12 Months |
Book in advance |
9:30am |
11:30am |
Ante-natal Sessions 14th, 21st, 28th January |
From 28 weeks plus |
Book in advance Tilbury Family Hub 01375 858 243 |
11.00am |
12.00pm |
Early Words Together |
36 to 60 Months |
Book in advance |
11.00am |
12.00am |
Start for Life - Baby Rhyme Time |
0 to 12 Months |
All welcome |
1.30pm |
2.30pm |
Start for Life - Stay and Play |
0 to 12 Months |
All welcome |
6.00pm |
7.30pm |
Dad’s Paediatric First Aid session 14th January |
Parents/Carers |
Book in advance |
Wednesday
9.00am |
4.00pm |
Forward Trust – Addiction Service |
All welcome |
|
9.30am |
10.30am |
Fun With Small world play 15th, 22nd and 29th January |
24 to 60 Months |
All welcome |
11.00am |
12.00pm |
Baby Sign and Communication 8th January |
3 to 18 Months |
Book In advance |
11.00am |
12.00pm |
Bring a Story to Life 15th Were Going on a Bear Hunt 22nd The Animal Boogie 29th What the Ladybird Heard |
24 to 60 Months |
All welcome |
12.00pm |
1.30pm |
Parents 1st Antenatal Information Sessions 15th, 22nd, and 29th January |
Meet other expectant mums in your local area and feel supported |
All welcome |
11.00am |
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 |
1.30pm |
2.15pm |
Stories and Rhymes 15th and 29th January |
0 to 12 Months |
All welcome |
1.30pm |
2.30pm |
Stay and Play 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th January |
24 to 60 Months |
All welcome |
2.30pm |
3.15pm |
Stories and Rhymes 15th and 29th January |
12 to 60 Months |
All welcome |
Thursday
9.00am |
10.30pm |
TACC – Tea and Talk: English for All 16th, 23rd, and 30th January |
Designed to help adult English learners develop the language skills needed for effective self-expression in English. |
Book in advance 01375 652653 |
9.30am |
10.30am |
Bookstart Toddler 9th and 23rd January |
12 to 24 Months |
Book in advance |
10.00am |
12.30pm |
Job club – Supported Families Employment Advisor |
Parents/Carers |
Book in advance 07776 245 301 |
10.00am |
11.30am |
Parental Outreach Advice Session 30th January |
Book in Advance |
|
12.00pm |
2.30pm |
HENRY Healthy Families Programme |
0 to 60 months |
Book in advance |
3.15pm |
4.15pm |
Stay and Play: After School 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th January |
12 to 60 Months |
All welcome |
Friday
9.30am |
10.30am |
Storytime and Rhyme 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th January |
0 to 12 Months |
All welcome |
10.00am |
11.30am |
Baby Weighing Clinic |
0 to 60 Months |
All welcome |
11.00am |
12.00pm |
Storytime and Rhyme 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th January |
12 to 60 Months |
All welcome |
12.30pm |
2.30pm |
Infant Feeding |
Parents/Careers |
Referral Only |
1.30pm |
2.30pm |
Baby Massage |
0 to 12 Months |
Referral Only |
1.30pm |
2.30pm |
Winter Crafts |
12 to 60 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.