Children's centres

Tilbury Family Hub

Address

London Road, Tilbury, RM18 8EY

Contact

01375 858 243

You can phone or visit our Brighter Futures Tilbury 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 June 2026

Start for Life - 0 to 12 months 

 

Days of the week 

Start

End

Activity

How to join in

Mondays

10am

11:30am 

Big Love (Stay and Play)

Supporting Young Parents (14 to 21 years)

 

All welcome. For more information call 07427578058

 

10:30am

11:30am 

Infant Feeding 

Book in advance

0300 300 1999

 

10:30am 

12:30pm 

Blooming Together – Infant Feeding Support Group. Join other mothers for a chat, reassurance, to share experiences and build connections in a friendly and relaxed environment.  Babies are welcome.

8 June 

All welcome

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Start for Life – Stay and Play - Green theme

1 June    

All welcome

 

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Start for Life – Stay and Play – Purple theme

8 June

All welcome

 

1:30pm

2:30pm

Start for Life – Messy Play

15 June 

Book in advance

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm

Start for Life – Music and Rhyme

22 June 

All welcome

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Start for Life – Stay and Play

29 June 

All welcome

Tuesdays

10am 

11am 

Introduction to Solids

2 June   

Referral only 



 

 

11am 

Midday 

Start for Life - Just for Dads

9 June   

All Dads welcome

 

1pm 

4pm 

Family Hub Information Session 

2 and 23 June     

Drop in 

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Start for Life – Stay and Play

16 June 

All welcome

 

1:30pm   

2:30pm 

Start for Life – Garden Play

30 June   

All welcome

Wednesdays

9:30am 

10:15am 

Story time and rhymes

10 and 24 June        

All welcome

 

 

10am 

11:30am

Parent/Carer Panel 

3 June 

Referral only 

 

1:30pm 

3pm 

Baby Weighing Clinic

Drop in 



 

 

1:30pm 

3pm 

Start for Life – Stay and Play

(0 to 2 years)

All welcome


 

Thursdays

10:30am 

11:30am 

Start for Life – Stay and Play – Soft and Sensory

4 June 

Book in advance

 

10:30am 

11:30am

Start for Life – Stay and Play – Animals of the World

11 June

All welcome

 

10:30am 

11:30am 

Start for Life – Stay and Play – Red theme

18 June

All welcome

 

10:30am 

11:30am 

Start for Life – Painting and Printing

25 June

All welcome


 

 

11am 

1pm 

B3 – Birth, Bumps and Belonging

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

25 June

All welcome

 

Midday 

3pm 

Mum’s Hub

Referral only

 

1:30am 

2:30pm 

Baby Massage

Book in advance







 

Fridays

10am 

11am

Time for you and baby too

All welcome

 

11:30am 

1:30pm

Triple P Baby – 4 week programme

26 June, 3, 10, 17 July 

Book in advance

 

1pm 

4pm 

Family Hub information session

5 June 

Drop in 

 

Start for Life - 12 to 24 months 

 

Mondays

9:15am 

10:15am 

Start for Life - Stay and Play 

All welcome

 

10:15am 

11am 

Start for Life – Outside Play (weather permitting)

1, 8, 15 and 22 June

All welcome



 

Tuesdays

11am   

Midday

Just for Dads 

9 June    

All welcome

 

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm

Story, music and rhymes

23 June

All welcome

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Stay and Play - Bluey

30 June 

All welcome 

Wednesdays

9am 

1pm

Development Checks

Referral only

 

10:30am   

11:15am

Story time and rhymes

10 and 24 June     

All welcome

 

1pm 

4pm 

Development Checks (12 to 24 months)

Referral only 

 

1:30pm

3pm 

Baby Weighing Clinic

Drop in 



 

 

1:30pm 

3pm 

Start for Life - Stay and Play 

(0 to 2 years) 

All welcome



 

Thursdays 

11am 

1pm 

B3 – Birth, Bumps and Belonging

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

25 June 

All welcome




 

 

Midday

3pm 

Mum’s Hub

Referral only






 

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Start for Life – Stay and Play

  

All welcome





 

Fridays

10am 

11am 

Time for you and baby too

All welcome 


 

 

11am  

Midday 

Start for Life – Small World Play

12 June 

All welcome

 

 

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

 

24 to 60 months 

 

Mondays 

10:45am 

11:45am 

Stay and Play 

All welcome

 

11:45am

12:30pm 

Outside Play (weather permitting)

1, 8, 15 and 22 June

All welcome

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Garden Group 

All welcome

Tuesdays

9:15am 

10:15am 

Chatterbox

Referral only

 

10:45am 

11:45am 

Messy Play 

2 June 

Book in advance

 

10:45am 

11:45am 

Stay and Play – Bluey

16 June 

All welcome

 

10:45am 

11:45am 

Fun with food 

30 June

Book in advance

 

11am 

Midday 

Just for Dads

9 June  

All welcome




 

Wednesdays

9am 

1pm

Development Checks

(24 to 36 months)

Referral only

 

9:15am 

10:15am 

ESOL – Stay and Play

 

All welcome


 

 

10:30am   

11:15am 

Story time and rhymes

10 and 24 June         

All welcome

 

10:30am 

11:30am 

Early Words Together

(24 to 36 months) 

3, 10 and 17 June 

Book in advance

 

1pm 

2pm 

Stay and Play 

 

All welcome

 

1pm 

4pm 

Development Checks

(24 to 36 months)

Referral only 

Thursdays 

10am  

11am 

PEEP – Stay and Play 

 

All welcome






 

Fridays

10am 

11am 

Fun with Numbers

19 June 

All welcome

 

10am  

11am 

Fun with Transport

26 June 

All welcome







 

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

SEND – Just for You 

Aladdin’s Cave – Toy Library and Resource Hire – will be attending on 19 June

All welcome


5 to 19 years






 

Mondays

9:30am 

4:30am 

Child and Mental Health Services (CAMHS) 

0-19 Years and up to 25 for SEND

Referral through service only 

 

 

3.30pm 

4.30pm 

Outside Play (weather permitting)

(4 to 8 years)

8 June

All welcome

 

3:30pm

4:30pm 

Fun with Painting and Printing 

(4 to 8 years)

22 June

Book in advance

 


 

 

4pm 

5:30pm 

Young Carers (4 to 8 years)

Referral only 

Tuesdays

3.30pm 

4.30pm 

Summer Arts and Crafts 

(4 to 8 years)

30 June

Book in advance

Wednesdays

3:30pm 

4:30pm 

Big Cook Little Cook (4 to 8 years)

17 June   

Book in advance



 

 Thursdays 

3:30pm 

4:30pm 

Rock Painting (4 to 8 years)

4 June  

Book in advance

 

3:30pm 

4:30pm 

Necklace and Bead making

(4 to 8 years)

18 June        

Book in advance

 

General Family Hub Support Services

 


 

Mondays 

9am 

4pm 

Midwife

Book in advance 






 

 

 

9am   

4pm

Children’s Continence Advisor

8 June   

Referral only







 

 

9:30am

4pm

Sensory Room 

Book in advance






 

 

9:30am 

10:30am 

Changing Pathways

Drop in 



 

 

10am 

Midday

Thurrock Virtual School:  Information, advice and guidance on education matters and supporting children in education (Parents of 2 to 18 year olds)

15 June         

Drop in 




 

 

10am

4pm 

Soft Play room 

Book in advance 











 

 

10am 

4:30pm

Substance Misuse Drop in service

18+ years 

Drop in - Lorraine

07485359896






 

 

1pm 

4pm 

Stop Smoking Midwife

Drop in 



 

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm

Changing Pathways

Drop in





 

 

3pm

4pm 

Essentials Bank 

Drop in 





 

 

4pm 

4:30pm 

SEND – Sensory Room (5 to 8 years)

Book in advance




 

Tuesdays

9am 

Midday

Antenatal Bloods

Book in advance




 

 

9am 

4pm 

Midwife 

Book in advance




 

 

9:30am 

11am 

Childminder Support Group 

23 June        

Referral only



 

 

9:30am 

4pm

Sensory Room 

Book in advance




 

 

10am 

12:30pm 

EPEC – Living with a Teenager

(Parents of children 11 – 16 years)

2 and 9 June 

Book in advance 

01375 858243

 


 

 

10am 

4pm 

Soft Play room

Book in advance







 

 

Midday 

4:30pm

New Born Screening

Book in advance




 

 

3pm 

4pm

Essentials Bank 

Drop in 


 

 

4pm 

5pm 

Stay Safe Group

Referral only




 

Wednesdays

9am

Midday

Speech and Language Clinic

17 June

Book in advance

Drop-in@nelft.nhs.uk


 

 

9am 

4pm 

BCG Immunisations

10 and 24 June 

Referral only




 

 

9am 

4pm 

RSV/MMR Immunisations 

3 and 17 June 

Referral only

 



 

 

9am 

4pm 

Midwife 

Book in advance



 

 

9am

4pm

Counselling (Thurrock Inclusion)

Referral only



 

 

9:30am

4pm 

Sensory Room 

Book in advance


 

 

10am 

4pm

Soft Play room

Book in advance



 

 

12:15pm

2pm

One Community Steps to Success

Job Club Opportunity

Drop in 





 

 

3pm

4pm

Essentials Bank 

Drop in 





 

 

4pm 

4:30pm 

SEND – Sensory Room (5 to 8 years)

Book in advance






 

Thursdays

9am 

1pm 

Job Club

Referral only 

 

9am 

1pm 

Stop Smoking

Thurrock Healthy Lifestyles

Referral only

 

9am 

1pm 

Weight Management

Thurrock Healthy Lifestyles

Referral only

 

9am 

4pm 

Midwife

Book in advance


 

 

9am 

4pm 

Young Persons Midwife clinic

Book in advance



 

 

9:30am 

4pm 

Sensory Room 

Book in advance

 

10am 

Midday

Parenting Through The Storm 

Think Families

Referral only

 

10am 

Midday

Citizens Advice Bureau

Drop in


 

 

10am 

4pm 

Soft Play Room

Book in advance



 

 

3pm 

4pm 

Essentials Bank 

Drop in







 

Fridays

9am 

4pm 

Midwife

Book in advance 


 

 

9am 

Midday

Antenatal Bloods

Book in advance






 

 

9:30am 

4pm 

Sensory Room 

Book in advance


 

 

10am 

1:15pm 

Soft Play room 

Book in advance



 

 

Midday

4:30pm

New Born Screening 

Book in advance

 

3pm

4pm

Essentials Bank 

Drop in

   

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.