Children's centres

Stifford Family Hub

Address

Belmont Castle Academy, Parker Road, Grays, RM17 5YN

Contact

01375 652 653

You can visit Brighter Futures Stifford Family Hub when open for activities or phone 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 in November 2025

Start for Life

0 to 12 months 

Day

Start

End

Activity

How to join in

Monday

9.30am

11.00am

Start for Life – Baby Massage

Book in advance

9.30am

10.30am

Dental Event

3rd November

Book in advance

Tuesday

9.30am

12.30pm

Infant Feeding Clinic

Book in advance

0300 300 1999

11.00am

12.00pm

Sensory Play

All welcome

2.00pm

3.00pm

Baby Rhyme Time

All welcome

Wednesday

1.30pm

2.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

12th and 26th November

All welcome

Thursday

9.30am

10.30am

 6th Music and Mirrors

13th Natural Colours

20th Textures

27th Fruit Tasting

All welcome

11.00am

1.00pm

B3 Bumps, Birth and Belonging

safe space for parents of Afro Caribbean heritage (0-2 years) and parents to be.

13th November

All welcome

Friday

10.00am

11.30am

Baby Weighing Clinic

All welcome

11.00am

12.00pm

Baby Rhyme Time

All welcome

12.30pm

2.30pm

Infant Feeding Clinic

Book in advance

0300 300 1999

12 to 24 months

Monday

9.30am

10.30am

Dental Event

3rd November

Book in advance

11.00am

12.00pm

Let’s talk with your Toddler

Book in advance

Tuesday

9.30am

10.30am

Start for Life - Stay and play

All welcome

Wednesday

2.30pm

3.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

12th and 26th November

All welcome

Thursday

11.00am

1.00pm

B3 Bumps, Birth and Belonging

safe space for parents of Afro Caribbean heritage (0-2 years) and parents to be.

13th November

All welcome

Friday

9.30am

10.30am

Fun With....

 7th  Trains and cars

14th Letters

21st  Small World

28th  Playdough                                

All welcome

10.00am

11.30am

Baby Weighing Clinic

All welcome

1.45pm

2.45pm

Messy Play

7th, 21st  and 28th November

All welcome

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

24 to 60 months

Monday

9.30am

10.30am

Dental Event

3rd November

Book in advance

2.00pm

3.00pm

Stay & Play

3rd,17th and 24th November

All welcome

Wednesday

9.30am

10.30am

Fun with -

 5th Sand

12th Colour

19th Texture

26th Mark Making

All welcome

11.00am

12.00pm

Bring a Story to Life

All welcome

1.45pm

2.45pm

Stay & Play

All welcome

2.30pm

3.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

12th and 26th November

All welcome

Thursday

3.15pm

4.15pm

Stay & Play – After School

All welcome

Friday

9.30am

10.30am

 Fun With...

 7th Trains and Cars

14th Letters

21st Small World

28th Playdough                              

All welcome

10.00am

11.30am

Baby Weighing Clinic

All welcome

1.45pm

2.45pm

Messy Play

7th, 21st and 28th November

All welcome

General Family Hub Support Services

Monday

8.30am

12.00pm

Housing Advice for Council Tenants

01375 652 652

Option 4

11.30am

1.30pm

Parents 1st Antenatal Information Sessions

10th, 17th and 24th November

To book a space telephone

 01268 525758

Tuesday

12.00pm

1.00pm

Blooming Together – Infant Feeding Support Group

25th November

Drop-in

5.00pm

7.30pm

Dads First Aid Course

18th November

Book in advance

Wednesday

9.00am

4.00pm

Forward Trust - Addiction Service

Drop in

Lorraine. G   

07977 792 236

Thursday

9.30am

12.30pm

Strengthening Families/Communities

Referral only

10.00am

12.30pm

Job club – Supported Families

Employment Advisor

Book in advance

07776 345 301

10.00am

11.30am

Parental Outreach Advice Session

27th November

Book in advance

10.30am

1.30pm

Parents 1st Coffee Connections

6th November

All welcome

11.00am

1.00pm

Big Love

20th November

Drop in?

12.00pm

2.00pm

Teenage Parent Group

27th November

Referral only

Friday

1.45pm

2.45pm

Children in Need Event

0 to 60 Months

14th November

All welcome

1.00pm

4.30pm

Early Interactions Advice Therapy

Referral Only

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