Children's centres
Tilbury Family Hub
Address
You can phone or visit our Brighter Futures Tilbury 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 April 2025
Start for Life: 0 - 2 years
0 to 12 months
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Days of the week |
Start |
End |
Activity |
How to join in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mondays |
10:30am |
11:30am |
Start for Life – Stay and Play 14th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
10:30am |
12:30pm |
Infant Feeding |
Book in advance 0300 300 1999 |
|
|
1:30pm |
2:30pm |
Start for Life – Messy Play 28th April 2025 |
Book in advance |
|
|
1:30pm |
2:30pm |
Baby Massage |
Book in advance |
|
|
Tuesdays |
1:30pm |
2:30pm |
Start for Life – Music and Rhyme 22nd April 2025 |
Book in advance |
|
1:30pm |
2:30pm |
Start for Life – Stay and Play – Colour theme 29th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
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Wednesdays |
9:30am |
10:15am |
Story time and rhymes 16th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
1:30pm |
3pm |
Baby Weighing Clinic |
Drop in |
|
|
1:30pm |
3pm |
Start for Life - Stay and Play (0 to 2 years) |
All welcome |
|
|
Thursdays |
10:30am |
11:30am |
Start for Life – Tummy, Crawl and Cruise 3rd April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
10:30am |
11:30am |
Start for Life - Stay and Play – Easter theme 17th April 2025 |
Book in advance |
|
|
10:30am |
11:30am |
Start for Life – Printing and Mark Making 24th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
|
11am |
1pm |
B3 – Birth, Bumps and Belonging A safe space for parents of Afro Caribbean heritage (0 to 2 years) and parents to be 24th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
|
Fridays |
10am |
11am |
Time for you and baby too 4th, 11th and 25th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
1:30pm |
2:30pm |
Start for Life - Let’s Talk with Your Baby 4th and 11th April 2025 |
Book in advance |
12 to 24 months
|
Mondays |
9:15am |
10:15am |
Start for Life - Stay and Play 28th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
Tuesdays |
10:30am |
11:30am |
Start for Life - Stay and Play 22nd April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
10:30am |
11:30am |
Start for Life - Outdoor Play 29th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
|
1:15pm |
2:15pm |
Let’s Talk with Your Toddler 1st April 2025 |
Book in advance |
|
|
Wednesdays |
9am |
1pm |
Development Checks |
Book in advance |
|
9:30am |
10:30am |
Start for Life - Fun with musical instruments 2nd April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
|
9:30am |
10:30am |
Start for Life - Outdoor Play 16th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
|
10:30am |
11:15am |
Story time and rhymes 16th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
|
11am |
Midday |
Sign and Communication (18 to 36 months) 23rd April 2025 |
Book in advance |
|
|
1:30pm |
3pm |
Baby Weighing Clinic |
Drop in |
|
|
1:30pm |
3pm |
Start for Life - Stay and Play (0 to 2 years) |
All welcome |
|
|
Thursdays |
11am |
1pm |
B3 – Birth, Bumps and Belonging A safe space for parents of Afro Caribbean heritage (0 to 2 years) and parents to be 24th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
1:30pm |
2:30pm |
Start for Life - Stay and Play 3rd and 24th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
|
1:30pm |
2:30pm |
Start for Life - Easter Fun 17th April 2025 |
Book in advance |
|
|
Fridays |
9:30am |
10:30am |
Start for Life – Wheels, bikes and trikes (weather permitting) 25th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
10am |
11am |
Time for you and baby too 4th, 11th and 25th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
|
11am |
Midday |
Start for Life - Fun with numbers, shapes and colours 4th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
|
1:30pm |
2:30pm |
Bookstart Toddler 25th April 2025 |
Book in advance |
Services and activities for parents and children aged 2-19 years
24 to 60 months
|
Mondays |
10:45am |
11:45am |
Stay and Play 28th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
1:30pm |
2:30pm |
Bookstart Preschool (36 to 60 months) 28th April 2025 |
Book in advance |
|
|
Tuesdays |
9:15am |
10:15am |
Chatterbox |
Referral only |
|
10:30am |
11:30am |
Chatterbox |
Referral only |
|
|
1:30pm |
2:30pm |
Wellcomm – Talk Together (3 to 4 years) 22nd and 29th April 2025 |
Referral only |
|
|
1:30pm |
2:30pm |
Outdoor Play 29th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
|
Wednesdays |
9am |
1pm |
Development Checks (24 to 36 months) |
Book in advance |
|
10:30am |
11:30am |
Fun with Food 23rd April 2025 |
Book in advance |
|
|
10:30am |
11:15am |
Story time and rhymes 16th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
|
11am |
Midday |
Sign and Communication (18 to 36 months) 23rd April 2025 |
Book in advance |
|
|
1pm |
2pm |
Let’s Talk Potty Training 16th April 2025 |
Book in advance |
|
|
1:30pm |
3pm |
Baby Weighing Clinic |
Drop in |
|
|
Thursdays |
10am |
11am |
Small World Play 3rd April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
10am |
11am |
Role Play 24th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
|
Fridays |
9:30am |
10:30am |
Garden Group 4th and 25th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
1:30pm |
2:30pm |
Fun with numbers, shapes and colours 4th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
|
1:30pm |
2:30pm |
Wheels, bikes and trikes (weather permitting) 25th April 2025 |
All welcome |
|
|
1:30pm |
2:30pm |
SEND – Just for You Aladdin’s Cave will be visiting on 25th April 2025 4th and 25th April 2025 |
All welcome |
5 to 19 years
|
Tuesdays |
9:30am |
4:30am |
Child and Mental Health Services (CAMHS) 0-19 Years and up to 25 for SEND |
Referral through service only |
|
4pm |
5:30pm |
Young Carers (4-8 years) |
Referral only |
|
|
Thursdays |
1pm |
3pm |
HENRY Group (5 to 12 year olds) |
Referral only |
|
4pm |
5pm |
Children’s Support Group |
Referral only |
General Family Hub Support Services
|
Mondays |
9am |
4pm |
Children’s Continence Advisor 14th April 2025 |
Referral only |
|
9:30am |
4pm |
Sensory Room |
Book in advance |
|
|
9:30am |
10:30am |
Changing Pathways |
Drop in |
|
|
10am |
11am |
Essentials Bank |
Drop in |
|
|
10am |
Midday |
Thurrock Virtual School: Information, advice and guidance on education matters and supporting children in education (Parents of 2 to 18 year olds) 7th April 2025 |
Drop in |
|
|
10am |
4:30pm |
Substance Misuse Drop in service 18+ years |
Drop in Lorraine 07485359896 |
|
|
1:30pm |
2:30pm |
Changing Pathways |
Drop in |
|
|
4pm |
4:30pm |
SEND – Sensory Room 5 to 8 years |
Book in advance |
|
|
Tuesdays |
9am |
Midday |
Antenatal Bloods |
Book in advance |
|
9am |
4pm |
Midwife |
Book in advance |
|
|
9:30am |
4pm |
Sensory Room |
Book in advance |
|
|
9:30am |
11am |
Childminder Support Group 1st April 2025 |
Referral only |
|
|
10am |
11:30am |
Easter Event for 0 to 11 years 15th April 2025 |
Book in advance |
|
|
Midday |
4:30pm |
New Born Screening |
Book in advance |
|
|
1:30pm |
3pm |
Easter Event for 0 to 11 years 15th April 2025 |
Book in advance |
|
|
Wednesdays |
9am |
Midday |
Speech and Language Clinic 16th April 2025 |
Book in advance |
|
9am |
4pm |
Midwife |
Book in advance |
|
|
9am |
4pm |
BCG Immunisations 30th April 20025 |
Referral only |
|
|
9am |
4pm |
MMR Immunisations 9th and 23rd April 2025 |
Referral only |
|
|
9am |
4pm |
Counselling (Thurrock Inclusion) |
Referral only |
|
|
9:30am |
Midday |
HENRY Healthy Start Programme (0-5 years) Commencing 30th April 2025 |
Book in advance |
|
|
9:30am |
4pm |
Sensory Room |
Book in advance |
|
|
10am |
11:30am |
Parent/Carer Panel 30th April 2025 |
Referral only |
|
|
11am |
11:45am |
Footsteps – Developmental Play Group (8 months – 3 years) |
Referral only |
|
|
12:15pm |
2pm |
One Community Steps to Success Job Club Opportunity |
Drop in |
|
|
4pm |
4:30pm |
SEND – Sensory Room 5 to 8 years |
Book in advance |
|
|
Thursdays |
9am |
4pm |
Midwife |
Book in advance |
|
9:30am |
4pm |
Sensory Room |
Book in advance |
|
9:30am |
1:30pm |
Prevention and Support Service (PASS) 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th April 2025 |
Drop in |
|
|
|
9:30am |
12:30pm |
Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities |
Referral only |
|
|
10am |
11am |
Just for Dads – Stay and Play - Easter theme (0 to 60 months) 17th April 2025 |
All Dads welcome |
|
Fridays |
9am |
Midday |
Antenatal Bloods |
Book in advance |
|
9:30am |
4pm |
Sensory Room |
Book in advance |
|
|
10am |
Midday |
Brook C-card collection drop-in for young people (13 – 24 years) 25th April 2025 |
Drop in |
|
|
10am |
4pm |
Soft Play Room |
Book in advance |
|
|
Midday |
4:30pm |
New Born Screening |
Book in advance |
|
|
1pm |
2pm |
Essentials Bank |
Drop in |
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.