What help can I get from my local children and family centre?

1. What help and support can I access?
2. Healthy Start Vitamins
3. What sessions do we provide?
4. Parents Forum

Children and Family Centres give you the right help at the right time by accessing services, sessions and support if you are:

• an expectant parent or a parent/carer with a child from birth - 19 years old
• or have a child up to 25 years old with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

We can offer a range of services to help you in what can sometimes be a troublesome time. We offer:

• family support
• early education training
• child and family health services
• childcare advice
• employment advice
• volunteering options and
• training support

What help and support can I access?

Families can get advice and support in accessing a range of childcare options including:

• the ‘Early Learning for two year olds’ which will provide 15 hours of early education after the child’s second birthday
• the ‘30 hours extended free childcare’ which provides up to 30 hours of free childcare for working families.

Healthy Start Vitamins

If you are already receiving Healthy Start vouchers, the way you receive this has now changed from paper voucher to prepaid card. You should have been contacted about this change already by letter or leaflet within your voucher pack.

Whether you are applying for the first time, or currently receiving paper vouchers, you must go online now to apply for your prepaid card.

If your application is successful, you will typically receive your prepaid card within seven working days of your application.

Read the FAQs or more details.

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What sessions do we provide?

We offer different sessions for all children depending on their needs. This can be from Little Talkers, where we support parents and carers to implement good adult-child interaction strategies which aims to support the language development of children by improving the communication environment.

Other sessions include:

• Invitation to Play
• Family support
• Early Learning for Two-Year-Olds
• School Readiness
• Universal play and learning
• Healthy families
• Educational Psychology support

If you need general advice and help or want more information on the activities at your local Children and Family Centre please call or visit your local Centre.

Parents Forum

Our Parent Forums are open to all families in the borough. If you would like more information, please call the Centre Managers at each Children and Family Centre Children and Family Centres

Our Parent Forums aim to represent the views of all parents/carers and contribute towards the governance of Children and Family Centres, in running and delivering of its services. More information  on our Parent Forums can be found in the Terms of Reference.

North West Locality

The following meetings will take place from 1pm-2:30pm at any of the following centres: Mowlem, Collingwood and Meath Gardens

Please contact Luthfa.Rahman@towerhamlets.gov.uk for more details.

North West Locality Parent Forum meetings

10 May 2023

14 June 2023

 12 July 2023

South West Locality

The following meetings will take place at the following centres:

Please contact Abdullah.Tawhid@towerhamlets.gov.uk for more details.

South West Locality Parent Forum meetings

South East Locality

The following meetings will take place from 1.30pm-3pm at any of the following centres: Chrisp Street, Around Poplar and Isle of Dogs

Please contact Andrew.Regan@towerhamlets.gov.uk for more details.

South East Locality Parent Forum meetings

31 May 2023

28 June 2023

26 July 2023

North East Locality

The following meetings will take place at the following centres.

Please contact Luthfa.Meah@towerhamlets.gov.uk for more information.

North East Locality Parent Forum meetings