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 June 2025

Start for Life: 0 to 2 years 

0 - 12 months 

Thursday

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 – Let’s 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

All welcome

Wednesday

1.30pm

2.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

4th and 18th June

All welcome

Thursday

9.30am

10.30am

Start for Life – Explore Natural Play

5th June

All welcome

9.30am

10.30am

Start for Life – Tummy Time

12th June

All welcome

11.00am

1.00pm

B3 Bumps, Birth and Belonging

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

 12th June

All welcome

 

10.00am

11.30am

Baby Weighing Clinic

All welcome

11.00am

12.00pm

Baby Rhyme Time

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

24th June only 

All welcome

1.30pm

2.30pm

Dental Session

10th June

Book in advance

Wednesday

9.30am

10.30am

Fun with Small World

25th June

All welcome

11.00am

12.00pm

Toddler Sign and Communication

11th June

Book in advance

2.30pm

3.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

4th and 18th June

All welcome

Thursday

9:30am

10.30am

Bookstart Toddler

19th and 26th June

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.

12th June

All welcome

3.15pm

4.15pm

Stay & Play – After School

All welcome

 

9.30am

10.30am

Fun with Wheels, Bikes and Trikes – 6th

Fun with Numbers  -                    13th June

Fun with Sand and Water            20th June

Fun with Blocks –                        27th June

All welcome

10.00am

11.30am

Baby Weighing Clinic

All welcome

1.30pm

2.30pm

Messy Play

All welcome

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

24 to 60 months

Monday

2.00pm

3.00pm

Stay & Play

All welcome

Tuesday

11.00am

12.30pm

Ready, Steady, School

24th June

Book in advance

1.30pm

2.30pm

Dental Session

10th June

Book in advance

Wednesday

9.30am

10.30am

Fun with Small World

25th June

All welcome

11.00am

12.00pm

Bring a Story to Life

25th June

All welcome

11.00am

12.00pm

Toddler Sign and Communication

11th June

Book in advance

1.30pm

2.30pm

Stay & Play

All welcome

2.30pm

3.15pm

Stories and Rhymes

4th and 18th June

All welcome

Thursday

3.15pm

4.15pm

Stay & Play – After School

All welcome

Friday

9.30am

10.30am

Fun with Wheels, Bikes and Trikes – 6th

Fun with Numbers  -                    13th June

Fun with Sand and Water            20th June

Fun with Blocks –                        27th June

All welcome

10.00am

11.30am

Baby Weighing Clinic

All welcome

1.30pm

2.30pm

Messy Play

All welcome

General Family Hub Support Services

Monday

8.30am

12.00pm

Housing Advice for Council Tenants

01375 652 652

Option 4

 

9.00am

3.00pm

Joint OT/Physio Baby Clinic

2nd June

Referral only

 

1.00pm

2.30pm

Reducing Parental Conflict Awareness Session

23rd June

Drop-in

 

Tuesday

12.00pm

1.00pm

Blooming Together – Infant Feeding Support Group

24th June

Drop-in

 
1.30pm

2.30pm

ESOL Conversation Club

3rd June

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

Book in advance

 

10.00am

12.30pm

Job club – Supported Families

Employment Advisor

Book in advance

07776 345 301

Friday

1.00pm

4.30pm

Early Interactions Advice Therapy 6th June

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