Chadwell Family Hub
Address
Claudian Way, Chadwell St Mary, Grays, RM16 4QEYou can phone or visit our Brighter Futures Chadwell Family Hub at the following times:
- Monday to Thursday from 8:30am to 5pm
- Fridays from 8:30am to 4:30pm
View timetable as PDF: What’s on
What’s on in August 2026
Best Start in Life - 0 to 12 months
Days of the week | Start | End | Activity | How to join in |
Mondays | 1:30pm | 2:30pm | Best Start in Life – Stay and Play – Colour theme 3 August | All welcome |
1:30pm | 2:30pm | Best Start in Life – Stay and Play – Black and white theme 17 August | All welcome | |
1:30pm | 2:30pm | Best Start in Life – Stay and Play – Music and Movement 24 August | All welcome | |
Tuesdays | 1pm | 3pm | Infant Feeding | Book in advance 0300 300 1999 |
Wednesdays | 9:30am | 11am | Best Start in Life – Stay and Play (0 to 2 years) | All welcome |
9:30am | 11am | Baby Weighing Clinic
| Drop in | |
Thursdays | 10am | 11am | Summer Fun (0 to 60 months) Delivered by Thurrock Adult Community College 27 August | Book in advance |
1:30pm | 3pm | Zoo Lab (0 to 11 years) 20 August | Book in advance |
Best Start in Life - 12 to 24 months
Mondays
| 9:30am | 10:15am | Story and rhyme time
| All welcome
|
10:45am | 11:45am | Best Start in Life – Sand and Water play in the garden 10 August | All welcome | |
Wednesdays | 9:30am | 11am | Baby Weighing Clinic
| Drop in |
11:15am | Midday | Story time and rhymes 12 and 19 August | All welcome | |
Thursdays
| 10am | 11am | Summer Fun (0 to 60 months) Delivered by Thurrock Adult Community College 27 August | Book in advance |
1:30pm | 3pm | Zoo Lab (0 to 11 years) 20 August | Book in advance | |
Fridays | 11am | Midday | Best Start in Life - Stay and Play 14 August | All welcome |
Services and activities for parents and children aged 2-19 years
24 to 60 months
Mondays
| 9am | 4:30pm | Speech and Language Therapy | Referral only |
9:30am | 10:15am | Story and rhyme time
| All welcome | |
10:45am | 11:45am | Fun with Role Play 24 August | All welcome | |
10:45am | 11:45am | Outdoor Play 3 August | All welcome | |
Tuesdays
| 10am | 11am | Movement with Music Delivered by Thurrock Adult Community College 6 August | Book in advance |
Wednesdays | 11:15am | Midday | Story time and rhymes 12 and 19 August | All welcome |
Thursdays
| 9am | 2pm | Developmental Checks
| Book in advance |
9:15am | 10:15am | Chatterbox | Referral Only | |
9:30am | 10:30am | Ready Steady School (48 to 60 months) 18 and 25 August | All welcome | |
10am | 11am | Summer Fun (0 to 60 months) Delivered by Thurrock Adult Community College 27 August | Book in advance | |
1:30pm | 3pm | Zoo Lab (0 to 11 years) 20 August | Book in advance | |
Fridays | 9:30am | 10:30am | Stay and Play 14 August | All welcome |
5 to 19 years
Thursdays | 1:30pm | 3pm | Zoo Lab (0 to 11 years) 20 August | Book in advance |
Fridays | 1:30pm | 3pm | Just for You – SEND (5 to 11 years) 7 August | Book in advance |
General Family Hub Support Services
Mondays | 10am | Midday | Local Area Coordinator Helen Catterick 17 August | Drop in For more information, please contact Helen on 07710950318 hcatterick@thurrock.gov.uk |
3pm | 4pm | Essentials Bank at Tilbury Family Hub | Drop in Please call Tilbury Family Hub on 01375 858243 for more information | |
Tuesdays | 9am | 5pm | Midwife | Book in advance
|
10am | 4pm | Parental Outreach Advice Session 4 August | Book in advance | |
Wednesdays | 9am | 2:30pm | Midwife | Book in advance
|
12pm | 4pm | Big Lunch at the Pyramid Centre, Heath Road, Chadwell St Mary, RM16 4XH 5 August | All welcome | |
2:30pm | 3:45pm | ONE COMMUNITY Steps to Success Job Club Opportunity | Drop in | |
Thursdays | 9:30am | 2:30pm | Changing Pathways
| Drop in |
3pm | 4pm | Essentials Bank at Tilbury Family Hub | Please call Tilbury Family Hub on 01375 858243 for more information
| |
Saturdays | 9:30am | 11:30am | Dads or Partners Baby Morning Run by Parents 1st (0 to 4 years) 8 August | To book a space please go to www.parents1st.org.uk |
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.