Children's Centres in Redbridge

Redbridge Children's Centres are for families with young children who live in the London Borough of Redbridge, which includes families with No Recourse to Public Fund (NRPF) or are refugees.​

The Children’s Centres are here to offer guidance, support, and information concerning your child's health, growth, education, and care. They are here also give lots of ideas and tips on things you can do at home to help your child's healthy development to give them the best start in life. 

Children’s Centres offer a whole range of FREE activities and courses to support you and your child’s development. We will provide support for the following:​

• Bonding and attachment between yourself and your child;
• Your mental well-being if you are affected by low mood, anxiety, depression, persistent risk of isolation;
• Child development such as physical development; personal, social and emotional development; and early communication, speech and language development;
• Parenting related issues such as positive behaviour, boundary and sleep routines​
• Access to volunteering, training and employment opportunities.

For more information, please visit our Children's Centres Service Brochure. 

In order to attend a session or a course in Children’s Centres, you must register your family with Children’s Centres and then sign up to Eventbrite. You can also drop in to a Children’s Centre and our friendly staff will help you to book.

To register with Children’s Centres please use the link here (https://forms.office.com/r/ZW0uTBECDS). You only need to register only once and let us know of any changes. To book on Eventbrite please use the links provided in the timetable. If you have a query then please ask a member of the Children’s Centre team.

To view our Children's Centre timetables for Autumn 2023 and the links to book these sessions please click on the relevant link below:

• Timetable for Albert Road Children’s Centre – Autumn 2023
• Timetable for Aldersbrook Children’s Centre – Autumn 2023
• Timetable for Hainault Children’s Centre – Autumn 2023
• Timetable for Loxford Children’s Centre – Autumn 2023
• Timetable for Newbury Hall Children’s Centre – Autumn 2023
• Timetable for Orchard Children’s Centre – Autumn 2023
• Timetable for Thackeray Drive Children’s Centre – Autumn 2023

Booking a session in Children’s Centres

 You can pre-book via Eventbrite to secure a place. Alternatively, you can drop-in to a Children’s Centres where our friendly staff will help you to book. However, you MUST register with Children’s Centres before you attend an activity. 

Booking on Eventbrite

Download a copy of our latest Children's Centre Activities and Bookings Timetable (available in the downloads section of this page).

1. Click onto the session you would like to book onto by hovering above the Children’s Centre name. Eventbrite booking new tab will open.
2. Read the description and if you meet the criteria please proceed to booking.
3. Select a date for the session you would like to attend
4. Click on Tickets – and select number of Adult and number of Child tickets
5. Click to Register and Contact Information page will appear.
6. Either click Log in for a faster experience or enter your First  name, surname, email address and confirm email address
7. If you have used Eventbrite before, then click in the First name box and your existing details should appear for you to select and it will autofill the boxes
8. Select Ticket 1. Adult. Click the box stating Same as contact information and it will auto fill
9. Add your mobile telephone number
10. Have you registered at a Redbridge Children’s Centres? It will give a box stating I confirm that I have already registered my details for Redbridge Children's Centres or will complete registration prior to the event. If not yet registered, please visit this link - https://forms.office.com/r/ZW0uTBECDS to complete registration before the event. This only needs to be completed once. Click the box I agree to the above additional terms
11. Select ‘yes’ or ‘no’ for consent to Redbridge Children’s Centres contacting you.
12. Select Ticket 2. Child. Click the box and enter name of your child, enter your email address
13. Click the box I agree to the above additional terms to verify that the child you are booking event for is of correct age
14. Click Register to complete booking
15. You should receive an email from Eventbrite confirming the booking.
16. If not received, please email childrens.centres@redbridge.gov.uk or call the named Children’s Centre.

Cancelling a booked activity

If you are unable to attend an event that you booked, we request you to cancel ASAP. You can do so via Eventbrite or by informing the Children’s Centre hosting the event you booked. This will allow other families to book and enjoy the activity if you are unable to attend.

We look forward to seeing you and your family soon!

If you need extra help with any of the following, you can also use our Referral Form to request support:

• building stronger bonds and attachment with your child;
• improving your wellbeing if you are feeling low, anxious or isolated;
• your child’s development in areas of communication and language; physical development; personal, social and emotional development;
• parenting such as implementing positive behaviour, setting boundaries and establishing sleep routines; and
• accessing volunteering, training and employment opportunities.

You can download a copy of the referral form below:

• Children's Centre Referral Form, Microsoft Word version 
• Children's Centre Referral Form, PDF version

All of our centres listed below are open from 8.30am to 4.30pm.

You can contact our individual centres using the details below, or email any general enquiries to childrens.centres@redbridge.gov.uk.

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/childrenscentresredbridge/
• Instagram: instagram.com/redbridgechildrenscentres