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 September 2026 

 

Best Start in Life - 0 to 12 months 

 



 

Wednesdays

9:30am 

10:15am 

Story time and rhymes

9 and 23 September          

All welcome

 

 

1:30pm 

3pm 

Baby Weighing Clinic

Drop in 



 

 

1:30pm 

3pm 

Stay and Play

(0 to 2 years)

All welcome


 

Thursdays

10:30am 

11:30am 

Stay and Play – Purple Theme

3 September  

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 

24 September 

All welcome

 

Midday 

3pm 

Mum’s Hub

Referral only

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm

Baby Massage

3, 10 and 17 September  

Book in advance







 

Fridays

10am 

11am

Time for you and baby too

All welcome

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Let’s Talk with Your Baby

4, 11 and 18 September  

Book in advance

 

Best Start in Life - 12 to 24 months 

 

Mondays

9:15am 

10:15am 

Stay and Play 

All welcome

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Stay and Play - Soft and Sensory

7 September

Book in advance

Tuesdays 

11am

Midday

Just for Dads

15 September 

All Dads welcome

 

11:30am 

12:30pm 

Bookstart Toddler (12 to 36 months)

8 September

Book in advance

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Stay and Play

8, 15, 22 and 29 September

All welcome



 

Wednesdays

9am 

1pm

Development Checks

Referral only

 

10:30am 

11:15am 

Story time and rhymes

9 and 23 September 

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




 

 

11am 

1pm 

B3 – Birth, Bumps and Belonging

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

24 September    

All welcome




 

Thursdays 

Midday

3pm 

Mum’s Hub

Referral only

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Messy Play 

10 September 

Book in advance

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Exploring Painting and Printing 

17 September

All welcome

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Playdough and Gloop 

24 September 

Book in advance






 

Fridays

10am 

11am 

Time for you and baby too

All welcome 



 

 

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Bring a story to life – The Scarecrow who didn’t scare

4 September 

Book in advance

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Stay and Play - Fun with Transport 

11 September 

All welcome

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Stay and Play - Arts and Crafts 

18 September 

All welcome

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Music and Rhyme

25 September 

All welcome

 

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

24 to 60 months 

Mondays 

10:15am

10:45am

Outdoor Play

7 and 14 September 

All welcome

 

10:45am 

11:45am 

Stay and Play 

 

All welcome

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Soft and Sensory

7 September 

Book in advance


 

Tuesdays 

9:15am 

10:15am 

Chatterbox

 

Referral only 

 

11am

Midday

Just for Dads

15 September 

All Dads welcome

 

11:30pm 

12:30pm 

Bookstart Toddler (12 to 36 months)

8 September 

Book in advance


 

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Let’s Move

22 September 

All welcome

 

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

Bring a Story to Life – What the Ladybird Heard

29 September 

Book in advance




 

Wednesdays

9am 

1pm

Development Checks

(24 to 36 months)

Referral only


 

 

9:30am 

10:30am 

ESOL 

All welcome



 

 

10:30am   

11:15am 

Story time and rhymes

9 and 23 September            

All welcome




 

 

1pm 

2pm 

Stay and Play 

9, 16, 23 and 30 September   

All welcome




 

 

1pm 

4pm 

Development Checks

(24 to 36 months)

Referral only 

Thursdays

10am 

11am   

PEEP – Stay and Play 

(24 to 48 months)

3, 10 and 17 September 

All welcome 

 


 

 

11am   

Midday 

Bookstart Preschool (36 to 60 months)

17 September  

Book in advance

Fridays

9.30am 

10:30am 

Outdoor Play 

4 September 

All welcome



 

 

 

10am 

11am 

Fun with Transport

11 September 

All welcome

 

10am 

11am 

Let’s Talk Potty Training

18 September 

Book in advance 

 

10am 

11am 

Arts and Crafts

25 September 

All welcome

 

1:30pm 

2:30pm 

SEND – Just for You

 

Book in advance

 

       

 

5 to 19 years

Mondays

3:30pm 

4:30pm 

Outdoor Play (4 to 8 years)

7 September

Book in advance

 

3:30pm 

4:30pm 

Make your own playdough (4 to 8 years)

14 September 

Book in advance






 

Tuesdays

9:30am 

4:30am 

Child and Mental Health Services (CAMHS) 

0-19 Years and up to 25 for SEND

Referral through service only 

 

Wednesdays

3:30pm 

4:30pm 

Arts and Crafts (4 to 8 years)

9 September 

Book in advance


 

 

3:30pm 

4:30pm 

Big Cook Little Cook (4 to 8 years)

16 September 

Book in advance

 

 

3:30pm 

4:30pm 

Lego and Blocks (4 to 8 years)

30 September 

Book in advance

 

General Family Hub Support Services

 



 

 

9am 

4pm 

BCG Immunisations

2, 16 and 30 September    

Referral only


 

 

 

 

MMR Immunisations

9 September 

Referral only



 

 

9am 

4pm 

Midwife 

Book in advance



 

 

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 

Weight Management

Thurrock Healthy Lifestyles

Referral only

 

9am 

1pm

Stop Smoking

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

Citizens Advice Bureau

3, 10, 17 and 24 September

Drop in

 

10am 

12:30pm 

Non Violent Resistance Programme

14, 21 and 28 September 

Referral only

 


 

 

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.