Open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (Saturdays as advertised)

The Children’s Centre Team are based at:

174 Chandlers Drive
Erith
DA8 1LW
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Services on site:

• antenatal and postnatal appointments
• Health Visiting Developmental checks and drop-ins (see the timetable for information)
• Children’s Centre services include parent and baby groups, parenting and much more

Open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (Saturdays as advertised)

Brampton Road
Bexleyheath
DA7 4EZ
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Services on site:

• antenatal and postnatal appointments
• Health Visiting Developmental checks and drop-ins (see the timetable for information)
• Children’s Centre services include parent and baby groups, parenting and much more
• SALT (Speech and Language appointments)
• other services including Smoking Cessation and Solace (see the timetable for more information)

Open 9 to 5pm, Monday to Friday (see the timetable for CC sessions) 

North Cray Neighbourhood Centre 
Bedens Road 
Sidcup 
DA14 5JQ
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Open 9 to 5pm, Monday to Friday (Saturdays as advertised)

141 Brook Street
Erith
DA8 1JD
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Services on site: 

• antenatal and postnatal appointments
• Health Visiting Developmental checks and drop-ins (see the timetable for information)
• Children’s Centre services include parent and baby groups, parenting and much more

Play opportunities and parent and toddler groups are available from venues across the Borough delivered by a mixture of faith groups, private and voluntary sector groups and some charities.

If you are a provider and would like to advertise your services on our web page, then please contact the Children's Centre Team at childrenscentres@bexley.gov.uk

Children’s Centre staff will be available at: (please see the timetable for details) 

Church of the Cross
Lensbury Way
Thamesmead
London SE2 9UE
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Belvedere Community Centre
Mitchell Close
Belvedere
DA17 6AA
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Emmanuel Church
St Catherines Road
Off Yarnton Way
DA18 4DS
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Upper Belvedere Community Library
Woolwich Road
Upper Belvedere
DA17 5EQ
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North Heath Community Library
Mill Road
Erith
DA8 1HW
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Thamesmead Library
Binsey Walk
Thamesmead
SE2 9TR
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Christchurch Hall
Victoria Road
Erith
DA8 3AN
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Danson Youth Trust
Danson Youth Centre
Brampton Road
Bexleyheath
DA7 4EZ

Email dansonyc@btconnect.com
Telephone 020 8303 6052

Danson Youth Trust website
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Erith Library
100 Erith High Street
Erith
DA8 1SL
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Erith Leisure Centre
Avenue Road
Erith
DA8 3AT
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Howbury and Slade Green Community Centre
Chrome Road
Slade Green
DA8 2EL
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Bexley Snap offer disabled children and young people an exciting and varied programme of clubs to provide parents and carers support, guidance, and regular breaks from their caring responsibilities.

Bexley SNAP
Normandy SEND Hub
Fairford Avenue
Barnehurst
DA7 6QP
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Email admin@bexleysnap.org.uk
Telephone 01322 334192
Website www.bexleysnap.org.uk
Facebook

Solace

Solace Women's Aid website

Solace provide vital domestic abuse services in the borough.

Bexley Citizens Advice Bureau

Bexley CAB website

Bexley CAB provides free independent, confidential and impartial advice to all residents in the borough on their rights and responsibilities.

Bexley SNAP  

Bexley SNAP website

Bexley Snap offer disabled children and young people aged between 1 year to 25 years an exciting and varied programme of clubs to provide parents and carers support, guidance, and regular breaks from their caring responsibilities. 

Bexley Voice

Bexley Voice website

Bexley Voice is a voluntary organisation of parents and carers of children and young people (age 0 to 25) with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) living in the London Borough of Bexley.

They provide an opportunity for parents and carers to express their views and input into the planning and delivery of SEND services.

Netmums 

Netmums website

Parenting website offering local information, expert parenting advice, chat, competitions, recipes and friendly support.

Parents Forum

Are you an expectant parent/carer or have a child under the age of 5 living in Bexley?

Would you like to contribute to support Children’s Centres in Bexley?

We are looking to gather information and feedback from users of Children’s Centre services. We will do this through our new Parents Forum. 

Meetings are informal and run four times a year usually alongside a children’s centre activity. It’s a great opportunity to meet other parents/carers have a cup of tea and a chat and contribute to the ongoing service delivery within our Children’s Centres.

If you would like to be part of the Parents Forum please discuss with a member of the Children's Centre Team or contact us on childrenscentres@bexley.go.uk or telephone 020 3045 5480.

Children’s Public Health

Children, young people and families

Bromley Healthcare delivers the 0 to 19 Children’s Public Health Service. Oxleas Services - Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust will continue to provide specialist services for children in the borough.

The Bexley 0 to 19 Children’s Public Health Service supports parents and carers to give their babies, children and young people the best possible start in life.

Health Visitors work with children aged 0 to four years.

Parents Guide to learning and development

Find out more about how your child is learning and developing during their first five years, in relation to the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage).

Children develop more rapidly during the first five years of their lives than at any other time. This booklet has been written to help you as a parent know what to expect during these vitally important years by focusing on the seven areas of learning and development which are covered in the EYFS.

Bexley Family Wellbeing Service 

What can the service provide

The Family Wellbeing Service offer an intensive, short term and consent-based support to Bexley families and children/young people. The early help offer of effective support Level 3 is for families who suffer with parental mental health, parental substance misuse, parental domestic abuse, low-level neglect and children/young people who are at risk of permanent exclusion from education.

Bexley SHIELD (Safeguarding Partnership for Children and Young People) - Effective Support

Worried about a child 

Reporting concerns about a child

If you’re worried that anyone under the age of 18 might need help, or is being neglected or hurt, you must tell someone.

If you’re a concerned member of the public, you can:

• call Children’s Services at the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) on 020 3045 5440 and speak to a social worker. If you’re worried you’ll be put in a difficult position, you can speak to them anonymously. The opening hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm 
• if it’s out of hours, call 020 8303 7777 or 020 8303 7171
• drop in and see us at Civic Offices, 2 Watling Street, Bexleyheath DA6 7AT