Children's centres

Stanford Family Hub

Address

Hassenbrook Road, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, SS17 0NS

Contact

01375 652 810

You can phone or visit our Brighter Futures Stanford Family Hub at the following times:

  • Monday - Thursday: 8:30am to 5:00pm
  • Fridays: 08:30 to 4.30pm 

 

View timetable as PDF: 

What's on in November 2026 

                                                                                                                    

Best Start in Life - 0 to 12 months

 

Days of the week 

Start

End

Activity

How to join in

Mondays

9:30am 

10:30am

Music and Rhyme

2, 30 November

Book in advance

9:30am

10:30am

Stay and Play – Shiny

9 November

All welcome

9:30am

10:30am

Stay & Play – Colours

23 November

All welcome

Tuesday

9:30am

11:30am

Infant Feeding 

3, 10, 17, 24 November

Book in advance

0300 300 1999

1:30pm

2:30pm

Messy Play

3, 24 November

Book in advance

Wednesday

1:30pm

2:30pm

Baby Massage 

4 November

Book in advance

1:30pm

2:30pm

Let’s Talk with Your Baby 

11, 18, 25 November

Book in advance

Thursdays

 

1.30pm

2.30pm

Just for You 

5, 12 (SNAP in attendance), 19, 26 November

All welcome

Fridays

10:45am

11:45am

Stay and Play

6 (Pudsey Children in Need), 13, 20, 27 November

All welcome

 

Best Start in Life - 12 to 24 months 

 

Mondays

1pm

2pm

Messy Play

2nd November

All welcome

1pm

2pm

Music & Rhymes

9 November

All welcome

1pm

2pm

Fun with Construction

23 November

All welcome

1pm

2pm

Painting & Printing

30 November

All welcome

Tuesdays

11am

Midday

Messy Play

3 November

Book in advance

1:30pm

2:30pm

Fun with Paining

10 November

All welcome

11am

Midday

People that Help us

24 November

All welcome

Wednesdays

 

10:45am

11:45am

Fun with Mark Making

4 November 

Book in advance

10:45am

11:45am

Fun with Painting and Printing

25 November

Book in advance

Thursdays

10:45am

11:45am

Stay and Play

5, 12 (Pudsey Children in Need), 19, 26 November

All welcome

1:30pm

3pm

Just for You

5, 12 (SNAP in attendance), 19, 26 November

All welcome

 

Fridays

1:30pm

2:30pm

Fun with Books

6 November

Book in advance

1:30pm

2:30pm

Fun with Construction

13 November

Book in advance

 

1:30pm

2:30pm

Story & Rhyme Time

27 November

All welcome

 

Services and activities for parents and children aged 2-19 years

 

24 to 60 months

 

Mondays

10am

11am

Chat Play Grow

2, 9, 16, 23, 30 November

All welcome

Tuesday

9:30am

10:30am

Bring a Story to Life – ‘Going on a Bear Hunt’

3 November

All welcome

9:30am

10:30am

People that Help us.

24 November

All welcome

Wednesdays

 

9:15am

10:15am

Fun with Mark Making

4 November 

Book in advance

1pm

2pm

Early Words Together

4 November 

Book in advance

11am 

Midday

Let’s Talk about Potty Training

18 – 60 months

11 November

Book in advance

9:15am

10:15am

Fun with Paining & Printing

25 November

Book in advance

Thursdays

9:15am

10:15am

Stay and Play

5, 12 (Pudsey Children in Need), 19, 26 November

All welcome

1.30pm

2.30pm

Just for You

5, 12 (SNAP in attendance), 19, 26 November

All welcome

Fridays

9:15am 

10:15am

Chatterbox

6, 13, 20, 27 November

Referral only

 

5 to 19 years

          

Mondays

3:30pm

4:30pm

Slime & Gloop (4 to 8 years)

2 November

Book in advance

3:30pm

4:30pm

Arts & Crafts (4 to 8 years)

9 November

Book in advance

3:30pm

4:30pm

Construction (4 to 8 years)

23 November

Book in advance

3:30pm

4:30pm

People that Help us (4 to 8 years)

30 November

Book in advance

 

General Family Hub Support Services

 

Tuesdays

10am

Midday

Thurrock Pre- School Sensory group for Deaf and visual impaired Children

10 November

All welcome.

For more information, please contact 

s.ablin.scs@osborne.coop

10:30am

Midday

Being a Parent Group (EPEC – for parents with a child 2-11 years)

24 November

To book, contact Angie Holland:

aholland@thurrock.gov.uk

07894 710373

Wednesday

1pm

2:30pm

Parent Carer Panel information session

4 November

To book, contact Angie Holland:

aholland@thurrock.gov.uk

07894 710373

9am

4pm

Parental Outreach Advice Session

18 November

Book in advance

 

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.