We know parents want the best for their children. That’s why we run our Family Hubs and Family Centres, to help support parents and carers to ensure every child has the best start in life.
What are Family Hubs and Family Centres?
Our Family Hubs and Family Centres are fun and friendly safe spaces for parents, parents-to-be, carers, and children to learn, develop, and find support.
We created our Family Hubs and Family Centres to help parents and carers make new connections, access information, and find the most appropriate support for them and the children in their care.
In 2022-23 alone, we helped more than 200,000 children, young people, parents and carers through 87 children’s centres and family hubs across the UK.*
*For more information on this statistic, click here.
Every service is different as we focus on and adapt to the needs of the families in each community.
Our Family Hubs and Family Centres offer the opportunity to meet other parents, find support, and access a range of information and classes in areas such as:
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play services, including sensory play for children
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parent/child bonding
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speech and language
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infant feeding and nutrition, including breastfeeding support
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antenatal and postnatal care
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mental health support
We also provided more specialist services including support for:
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parents and carers with children with support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
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perinatal mental health
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infant-parent relationships
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housing advice
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intensive family support
Virtual Family Space
If you aren’t able to get to one of our services in person there is still support and advice you can access at home. A great resource to use is our Virtual Family Space.
Our Virtual Family Space is an online virtual family hub that includes further information, advice, and guidance to help support all stages of your parenting and caring journey. You can find out more about this online resource here.
Find a Family Hub or Family Centre near you:
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Further support for parents and carers
Find out about the support, guidance and services we offer to parents, carers and families to ensure that every child grows up safe and loved.
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Real-life stories and expert insights
Read real-life stories from our services across the UK, plus get clued up on taboo topics, policy changes and other issues that affect children and young people today from our experts.
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Support for young people
We support young people who are young carers, care leavers, those looking to gain workplace skills, LGBT+ young people, and those at risk of homelessness. Click below to find out more about our support available.