The Children's Centre

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Children's Information Service

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Hello, I’m Paula Stubbings the Children’s Centre Co-ordinator at your local Sure Start Children’s Centre at Pine Ridge Infant School, Esher Road.

What’s a Children’s Centre?

It provides a friendly place where families with children aged 0-5 years can go for advice and support.

As a parent or carer, you may be looking for a childminder or a nursery place for your child.  You may want to find out about Early Years education or want information about support available for a child with special needs.  Perhaps there are health or other issues you need to discuss.  Or you may be thinking about training or returning to work.

The Children’s Centre is here to offer information, advice and support to parents and carers.

 What’s happening at Pine Ridge Children’s Centre?

We have a Baby Clinic here every Tuesday, run by Health Visitors and an ESOL group (English Speakers of Other Languages) which supports parents learning English.  We plan to run Play and Learn sessions for parents and carers and their children aged under 5 years.

I need you to tell me what you’d like at your Children’s Centre.     We would like to know what other services you would like to see at the Centre.   It can be anything that supports you as a parent!

Please feel free to pop into the centre or stop me when you next see me.

Pine Ridge Children's Centre, Esher Road, GU15 4AW. 

07507 868065 

p.stubbings@pine-ridge.surrey.sch.uk 

Thursdays 10:00 - 11:30am (SMARTIES)

www.beaconchurch.co.uk/church/listcat/4

St Martin's Church (Upper College Ride - Caesar's Camp Road end)

Tuesdays 9:30 - 11:30 (Coffee morning with toddlers)

www.stmartinschurch.freeserve.co.uk

Brownies

Thursdays 6: - 7:30pm at St Martin's Church.

www.stmartinschurch.freeserve.co.uk/groups/hallhire.html

Kids Club (for 5-11yrs)

Saturdays 10.00am -12 noon at the Beacon Church.

http://www.beaconchurch.co.uk/church/listcat/4

The Beacon Church also run other groups which encourage children to understand and develop their own Christian faith.

Want to know  

• About local childcare such as opening hours and fees
• Choosing childcare
• where to get help with childcare costs
• About Nursery Education Grants
• About help for Children with special needs
• Where to find childminders?

Visit the Surrey Heath website www.surreyheath.gov.uk/services/list.htm?mode=8&pk_services=132 which can point you in the right direction for all of this information and more.

This includes a link to the Surrey website www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Children+and+families?opendocument with masses of information for families with children.

Homestart - www.home-startsurreyheath.org.uk

Home-Start offers support, friendship and practical help to parents with young children in local communities throughout the UK and with British Forces in Germany and Cyprus.

Home-Start offers a unique service. They recruit and train volunteers who are usually parents themselves to visit families with at least one child under five, at home, and offer them informal, friendly and confidential support.

Care for the Family - www.careforthefamily.org.uk

So much on this site for families which includes grandparents, step parents, single parents, special needs, loss of a child, money matters, relationships and marriage, 20-30s and more.

Perhaps the main theme is that whatever your family is going through - great times or tough - you are not alone.  There are others that have been through similar experiences and have come through who can help you.

A child with special needs?

You might want to check out Care for the Family's "Another Way". You can sign up for their free newsletter for parents of children with special needs.

Parentalk - www.parentalk.co.uk

In the words of their founder; Steve Chalk OBE:

"I used to have 4 theories on child-rearing and no kids. Now I have four kids and no theories!

If, like me you're a parent, I'm sure you've sometimes felt the same way - whatever age our children are we've all got our L-plates firmly attached! Parentalk is all about inspiring and equipping parents to enjoy parenthood more. None of us are going to be perfect parents, but we can be successful ones."

Parentlineplus - www.parentlineplus.org.uk

Loads of resources and help on the phone if you need it.