Children's centres

Thameside Family Hub

Address

Thameside Primary School, Manor Road, Grays, RM17 6EF

Contact

01375 652280

You can phone or visit our Brighter Futures Thameside 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 in May 2026 

Start for Life 

0-12 months

Day

Start

End

Activity

How to join in

Monday

1.30pm

3.00pm

Baby Massage

Book in advance

Tuesday

11.00am

12.00pm

Start for Life – Stay and Play

5th, 12th and 19th May

All welcome

Wednesday

10:30am

11:30am

SEND - Just For You

6th, 13th and 20th May

6th May –Aladdins Cave –toy library and resource hire

All welcome

1.30pm

2.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

13th and 27th May

All welcome

Thursday

10.00am

11.00am

Time For You and Baby Too

(Pre-birth up to 2 years old)

7th May

All welcome

1.30pm

2.45pm

Baby Weighing Clinic

Drop in

1.30pm

2.30pm

Time For You and Baby Too

(Pre-birth up to 2 years old)

14th, 21st and 28th May

All welcome

12-24 months

Monday

9.30am

10.30am

Start for Life – Stay and Play

11th and 18th May

All welcome

11.00am

12.00pm

Start for Life -Sensory Play

11th and 18th May

All welcome

Tuesday

9.30am

10.30pm

Start for Life – Let's Talk to your Toddler

Book in advance

Wednesday

10:30am

11:30am

SEND - Just For You

6th, 13th and 20th May

6th May –Aladdins Cave –toy library and resource hire

All welcome

1.30pm

2.30pm

Fussy Eating Session

13th May

Book in advance

2.30pm

3.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

13th and 27th May

All welcome

Thursday

10.00am

11.00am

Time For You and Baby Too

(Pre-birth up to 2 years old)

7th May

All welcome

1.30pm

2.45pm

Baby Weighing Clinic

Drop in

1.30pm

2.30pm

Time For You and Baby Too

(Pre-birth up to 2 years old)

14th, 21st and 28th May

All welcome

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

24 to 60 months

Monday

11.00am

12.00pm

Sensory Play

11th and 18th May

All welcome

Wednesday

10:30am

11:30am

SEND - Just For You

6th, 13th and 20th May

6th May –Aladdins Cave –toy library and resource hire

All welcome

1.30pm

2.30pm

Fussy Eating Session

13th May

Book in advance

1.30pm

2.30pm

Let’s Talk Potty Training

20th May

Book in advance

2.30pm

3.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

13th and 27th May

All welcome

Thursday

9.30am

10.30am

Chatterbox

Referral only

12.00pm

1.00pm

PEEP – Stay and Play

Younger siblings welcome

7th, 21st and 28th May

All welcome

1.30pm

2.45pm

Baby Weighing Clinic

Drop in

Friday

  9:00am

  2:00pm

Early Interaction Advice Sessions

Referral only

9.00am

1.00am

Speech and Language Drop In

1st May

Referral only

5-19 years

Tuesday

4.00pm

5.00pm

Help me to Stay Safe Programme

(6 to 16 years

Referral only

Wednesday

4.00pm

5.30pm

Young Carers

Referral only

 

General Family Hub Support Services.

 

Monday

8.30am

12.00pm

Housing Advice for Council Tenants

Book in advance

01375 652652

Option 4

9.00am

4.00pm

Midwife

Book in advance

Tuesday

10.00am

12.00pm

Citizens Advice Drop In

5th, 12th and 19th May

Drop In

1.00pm

3.00pm

Midwife Smoking Cessation

Referral only

Wednesday

9.00am

4.00pm

Midwife

Book in advance

2.00pm

4.00pm

Thurrock Virtual School Drop In

6th May

Drop In

Thursday

9.00am

4.00pm

Midwife

Book in advance

Friday

9.00am

1.00pm

Speech and Language Drop In

1st May

Referral only

9.00am

2.00pm

Early Interaction Advice Session

Referral only

10:00am

12:30pm

Job Club – Supported Families Employment Adviser

Book in advance

07776245301

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