Children's centres

Chadwell Family Hub

Address

Claudian Way, Chadwell St Mary, Grays, RM16 4QE

Contact

01375 840 433

You can phone or visit our Brighter Futures Chadwell 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 November 2025

Start for Life - 0 to 12 months

Days of the week

Start

End

Activity

How to join in

Mondays

11am

Midday

Baby Safety Workshop

10 November

Book in advance

1:30pm

2:30pm

Start for Life – Messy Play

17 November

Book in advance

Tuesdays

10am

11:30am

Baby Massage

11, 18 and 25 November

Book in advance

1pm

3pm

Infant Feeding

Book in advance

0300 300 1999

Wednesdays

9:15am

10am

Story time and rhymes

5 and 19 November

All welcome

9:30am

10:30am

Start for Life - Stay and Play

26 November

All welcome

9:30am

11am

Baby Weighing Clinic

Drop in

Fridays

1:30pm

2:30pm

Start for Life – Fun with Toys

7 November

Book in advance

1:30pm

2:30pm

Start for Life -Winter Fun

21 November  

Book in advance

12 to 24 months

Mondays

9:30am

10:15am

Story and rhyme time

3,10,17 and 24 November

All welcome

1:30pm

2:30pm

Start for Life – Role Play

3 November

Book in advance

Tuesdays

1:30pm

2:30pm

Outside Play (weather permitting)

18 November

All welcome

Wednesdays

9:30am

11am

Baby Weighing Clinic

Drop in

10:15am

11am

Story time and rhymes

5 and 19 November

Drop in

11:30am

12:30pm

Outside Play (weather permitting)

5 November

All welcome

Wednesdays

11:30am

12:30pm

Start for Life – Fun with Instruments

26 November

Book in advance

Thursdays

9am

2pm

Developmental Checks

Book in advance

Fridays

11am

Midday

Start for Life - Stay and Play

7, 21 and 28 November

All welcome

11am

Midday

Start for Life – Children in Need

14 November

All welcome

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

24 to 60 months

Mondays

9:30am

10:15am

Story and rhyme time

3, 10, 17 and 24 November

All welcome

11am

Midday

Role Play

17 November

Book in advance

Tuesdays

1:30pm

2:30pm

Fun with Small World Play

25 November

Book in advance

Wednesdays

10:15am

11am

Story time and rhymes

5 and 19 November

All welcome

11:30am

12:30pm

Outside Play (weather permitting)

12 November

All welcome

1:30pm

2:30pm

Fun with Paint

5 November

Book in advance

Thursdays

9am

2pm

Developmental Checks

Book in advance

 Fridays

9:30am

10:30am

Stay and Play

7, 21 and 28 November

All welcome

9:30am

10:30am

Stay and Play – Children in Need

14 November

All welcome

1:30pm

2:30pm

Fun with Construction

14 November

All welcome

1:30pm

2:30pm

Winter Crafts

28 November

Book in advance

1:30pm

2:30pm

SEND – Just for You

SNAP will be attending on

14 November. Aladdin’s Cave will be attending on 21 November

at Tilbury Family Hub

All welcome

Please call Tilbury Family Hub on 01375 858243 for more information

5 to 19 years

Wednesdays

3:15pm

4:15pm

Stay and Play After School

(4 to 8 years)

5, 12 and 19 November

All welcome

General Family Hub Support Services

Monday

10am

Midday

Local Area Coordinator –

 Helen Catterick

3, 10 and 17 November

Drop in

For more information please contact Helen on 07710950318

hcatterick@thurrock.gov.uk

3pm

4pm

Essentials Bank at Tilbury Family Hub

Drop in

Please call Tilbury Family Hub on 01375 858243 for more information

Tuesdays

9am

5pm

Midwife

Book in advance

Wednesdays

9am

2.30pm

Midwife

Book in advance

2.30pm

3.45pm

ONE COMMUNITY Steps to Success Job Club Opportunity

Drop in

Thursdays

9:30am

4:30pm

Changing Pathways

Drop in

10am

2pm

Prevention and Support Service (PASS)

13 November  

Drop in

1pm

5pm

Parental Outreach advice session

13 November

Book in advance

Fridays

3pm

4pm

Essentials Bank at Tilbury Family Hub

Please call Tilbury Family Hub on 01375 858243 for more information

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