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

What’s on in May 2025

Start for Life: 0 to 2 years 

0 - 12 months 

Day

Start

End

Activity

How to join in

Monday

9.30am

10.30am

Start for Life – Baby Massage

Book in advance

11.00am

12.00pm

Start for Life – Lets Talk with Your Baby `

Book in advance

Tuesday

10.00am

12.00pm

Start for Life - Triple P Baby

Pre birth up to 1 Year

Book in advance

9.30am

12.30pm

Infant Feeding Clinic

Book in advance

0300 300 1999

1.30pm

2.30pm

Start for Life – Stay & Play

6th and 13th May

All welcome

Wednesday

1.30pm

2.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

7th and 21st May

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.

8th May 

All welcome

Friday

10.00am

11.30am

Baby Weighing Clinic

All welcome

11.00am

12.00pm

Baby Rhyme Time

9th and 16th May

All welcome

12.30pm

2.30pm

Infant Feeding Clinic

Book in advance

0300 300 1999

12 to 24 months

Tuesday

9.30am

10.30am

Start for Life - Stay and play

6th May

All welcome

11.00am

12.00pm

Start for Life - Sensory Play

6th May

All welcome

Wednesday

11.00am

12.00pm

Toddler Sign & Communication

18 to 36 Months

14th May

Book in advance

12:30pm

2.00pm

Spring Crafts

TACC

14th May

Book in advance

2.30pm

3.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

7th and 21st May

All welcome

Thursday

9:30am

10.30am

Bookstart Toddler

15th and 22nd May

Book in advance

11.00am

1.00pm

B3 Bumps, Birth and Belonging

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

8th May

All welcome

3.15pm

4.15pm

Stay & Play – After School

1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd May

All welcome

Friday

9.30am

10.30am

Stay & Play

9th May

All welcome

9.30am

10.30am

Pyjamarama Event

16th May

Book in advance

10.00am

11.30am

Baby Weighing Clinic

All welcome

1.30pm

2.30pm

Messy Play

9th and 16th May

All welcome

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

24 to 60 months

Monday

2.00pm

3.00pm

Stay & Play

12th and 19th May 

All welcome

 

11.00am

12.00pm

Start for Life - Sensory Play

6th May

All welcome

Wednesday

1.30pm

2.30pm

Stay & Play

21st & 28th May

All welcome

11.00am

12.00pm

Toddler Sign & Communication

18 to 36 Months

14th May

Book in advance

12.30pm

2.30pm

Supporting your children with English

TACC

7th May

Book in advance

12:30pm

2.00pm

Spring Crafts

TACC

14th May

Book in advance

2.30pm

3.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

7th and 21st May

All welcome

Thursday

3.15pm

4.15pm

Stay & Play – After School

1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd May

All welcome

Friday

9.30am

10.30am

Stay & Play

9th May

All welcome

9.30am

10.30am

Pyjamarama Event

16th May

Book in advance

10.00am

11.30am

Baby Weighing Clinic

All welcome

1.30pm

2.30pm

Messy Play

9th and16th May

All welcome

 

General Family Hub Support Services

Monday

8.30am

12.00pm

Housing Advice for Council Tenants

01375 652 652

Option 4

Tuesday

1.30pm

2.30pm

ESOL Conversation Club

6th, 13th, 20th and 27th May

All welcome

Wednesday

9.00am

4.00pm

Forward Trust - Addiction Service

Drop in

Lorraine. G   

07977 792 236

Thursday

10.00am

12.30pm

EPEC -Living with a Teenager

8th, 15th and 22nd May

Book in advance

10.00am

12.30pm

Job club – Supported Families

Employment Advisor

Book in advance

07776 345 301

10.00am

11.30am

Parental Outreach Advice

29th May

Book in advance

10.30am

1.30pm

Parents 1st Coffee Connections

19th May

All welcome

11.30am

1.30pm

Parents 1st Antenatal Information Session 1st May

Book in advance

1.00pm

4.30pm

Early Interactions Advice Therapy

2nd May

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