Children's centres

Aveley Family Hub

Address

Aveley Primary School, Stifford Road, Aveley, RM15 4AA

Contact

01708 863 954

You can phone and leave a message on our answering machine for Brighter Futures Aveley Family Hub at the following times:

  • Mondays from 8:30am to 5pm
  • Wednesdays from 8:30am to 5pm

What’s on in November 2024

Mondays

Start

End

Activity

Age groups

How to join in

9am

5pm

Midwife Appointments

Book with your midwife

9am

4:30pm

Child and Mental Health Services

(CAMHS)

0-19 Years and up to 25 for SEND

Referral through service only

9.30am

10.30am

4th      Fun with Colours    

11th  Fun with Puppets  

18th  Fun with Sticking     

25th  Fun with Painting   

12 to 24 months

All welcome

11am

Midday

Baby Massage                     

4th 11th 18th and 25th November

0 to 12 months – no older siblings

Book in advance

1:30pm

2:30pm

Stay and Play                   

4th 11th 18th and 25th November

12 to 60 months

All welcome

Tuesdays

9:30am

11am

Baby Weighing Clinic

0 to 5 years

All welcome

9:30am

10:30am

Start for life - Stay and Play  

5th 12th and 26th November

12 to 24 months

All welcome

9:30am

10:30am

Changing pathways, Brighter Futures, Domestic Abuse programme

Parents/Carers

Please call 01268 729707 for information

9:30am

11:30am

Antenatal sessions

Four sessions covering birth, meeting your baby and beyond

26th November (3rd 10th and 17th December)

Parents to be from 28 weeks

Book in advance

11am

Midday

Start for life – Soft Play 

5th     0-12 months

12th  12-24 months

26th   0-12 months

All welcome

11:30am

3pm

1- and 2-year Developmental Checks

Parents/Carers

Book in advance

0300 300 1999

1:30pm

2.30pm

Messy Play           

12th and 26th November

0 to 60 months

All welcome

Wednesdays

9am

5pm

Midwife Appointments

Book with your midwife

9:30am

10:30am

Start for Life: Stay and Play

6th 20th and 27th

0 to 24 months

All welcome

9:30am

10:30am

Let’s talk Potty Training

13th and 27th November

24 to 60 months

Book in advance

9:30am

10:30am

Dental Event                        

6th November

12 to 60 months

Book in advance

10am

Midday

Parent Outreach Advice Session

27th November   

Parents/Carers

Book in advance

11am

Midday

Behaviour Workshop   

6th and 27th November

Referral only

11am

Midday

Baby Sign and Communication

6th November

3 to 18 months

Book in advance

11am

Midday

Water Play for babies         

20th and 27th November

0 to 12 months (no older siblings)

All Welcome

11am

Midday

Stay and Play                      

6th and 27th November   

24 to 60 months

All welcome

1:30pm

2:30pm

Fussy Eating Workshop     

6th 13th and 27th November

Referral only

1:30pm

2:30pm

Early talk boost 

Term Time Only

36 to 48 months

Referral only

Thursdays

9:15am

10:15am

Start for Life - Stay and Play 

7th 14th 21st and 28th November

12 to 24 months

All welcome

9:30am

12:30pm

Strengthening Family, Strengthening Community group

Referral only

11am

Midday

Start for Life - 0 to 12 months Sensory Play

7th 14th 21st and 28th November

0 to 12 months – no older siblings

All welcome

1pm

2:30pm

B3 – Birth, Bumps and Belonging

A safe space for parents of Afro Caribbean heritage

21st November

0 to 24 months and parents to be

All welcome

1:30pm

2:30pm

Messy Play

7th 14th 21st and 28th November

12 to 60 months

All welcome

Fridays

9:30am

12:30pm

1- and 2-year Developmental Checks

Parents/Carers

Book in advance

0300 300 1999

9:15am

10:15am

Start for Life - 0 to 12 months Sensory Play

1st 8th 15th 22nd and 29th November

0 to 12 months – no older siblings

All welcome

11am

Midday

Start for Life – Stay and Play  

1st 8th 22nd and 29th November

12 to 24 months 

All welcome

11am

Midday

Pudsey and Peppa Children in Need Fundraising  

15th November             

12 to 60 months

All welcome

1:30pm

2:30pm

Fun with….

1st     Firework art       

8th     Books and Puppets

22nd   Instruments

29th   Mark making

12 to 60 months

All welcome

1:30pm

2:15pm

Story time and Rhymes  

1st 8th 15th 22nd and 29th November 

0 to 12 months – no older siblings

All welcome

2:30pm

3:15pm

Story time and Rhymes   

1st 8th 15th 22nd and 29th November 

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