Children's centres

Thameside Family Hub

Address

Thameside Primary School, Manor Road, Grays, RM17 6EF

Contact

01375 652280

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.

Family hub registration