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 August 2026 

 

Best Start in Life 0 to 12 months  

 

 

Day

Start

End

Activity

How to join in

 

Tuesday

1.30pm

2.30pm

Best Start in Life – Stay and Play

4th, 11th and 25th August

All welcome

 
Wednesday

10:30am

11:30am

SEND - Just For You

All welcome

 

1.30pm

2.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

5th and 19th August

All welcome

 

Thursday

9.30am

10.30am

Best Start in Life - Let’s Talk to your Baby

Book in advance

 

1.30pm

2.45pm

Best Start in Life - Stay and Play

6th, 13th and 27th August

All welcome

 

1.30pm

2.30pm

Time For You and Baby Too

(Pre-birth up to 2 years old)

 

All welcome

 

 

 

Best start in Life -12 to 24 months

 

 

Monday

9.30am

10.30am

Best Start in Life – Stay and Play

24th August

All welcome

 

11.00am

12.00pm

Best Start in Life -Sensory Play

24th August

All welcome

 

Tuesday

9.30am

10.30pm

Best Start in Life – Let's Talk to your Toddler

Book in advance

 
Wednesday

10:30am

11:30am

SEND - Just For You

All welcome

 

11.00am

12.00pm

Early Years Oral Health Workshop

12th August

Book in advance

 

2.30pm

3.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

5th and 19th August

All welcome

 

Thursday

1.30pm

2.30pm

Time For You and Baby Too

(Pre-birth up to 2 years old)

 

All welcome

 

Friday

11.00am

12.00pm

Best Start in Life – Messy Play

7th and 28th August

All welcome

 

1.30pm

2.30pm

Fun with ….

7th – Water

28th – Glue

All welcome

 

 

 

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

24 to 60 months

 

 

Monday

 

11.00am

12.00pm

Sensory Play

24th August

All welcome

 

2.00pm

3.00pm

Stay and Play 

24th August

All welcome

 

Tuesday

11.00am

12.00pm

Fun with …..

 4th – Water

11th - Paint

All welcome

 

Wednesday

10:30am

11:30am

SEND - Just For You

All welcome

 

11.00am

12.00pm

Early Years Oral Health Workshop

12th August

Book in advance

 

1.30pm

2.30pm

Bring a Story to Life

   5th  – The Very Hungry Caterpillar

 12th – Peace at Last

All welcome

 

2.30pm

3.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

5th and 19th August

All welcome

 

Thursday

9.30am

10.30am

Chatterbox

Referral only

 

3.15pm

4.15pm

After School Stay and Play

6th, 13th and 27th August

All welcome

 
Friday

  9:00am

  2:00pm

Early Interaction Advice Sessions

Referral only

 

9.00am

1.00am

Speech and Language Drop In

7th August

Referral only

 

9.30am

10.30am

Garden Group

7th, 14th and 28th August

All welcome

 

11.00am

12.00pm

Messy Play

7th and 28th August

All welcome

 

1.30pm

2.30pm

Fun with ….

   7th – Water

28th – Glue

All welcome

 

 

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

 

Monday

1.30pm

3.00pm

Knights and Princesses 

0 to 11 years

10th August

Book in advance

 

Tuesday

 

10.00am

12.00pm

Citizens Advice Drop In

4th and 25th August

Drop In

 

10.00am

11.30am

Parent Outreach Advice Session

25th August

Book in advance

 

1.00pm

3.00pm

Midwife Smoking Cessation

Referral only

 

1.00pm

3.00pm

Gestational Diabetes Education Session

11th August

Referral only

 
Wednesday

9.00am 

4.00pm

Midwife

Book in advance

 

2.00pm

4.00pm

Thurrock Virtual School Drop In

5th August

Drop In

 

Thursday

9.00am

4.00pm

Midwife

Book in advance

 
Friday

9.00am

1.00pm

Speech and Language Drop In

7th August

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.