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Easington Family Hub


Find out what's on at Easington Family Hub.

Weekly activities

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Activity/group

Day

Time

Baby and Me

Baby and Me

Mondays1.00pm to 2.30pm

Toddler and Me

Toddler and Me

Tuesdays9.30am to 11.00am

Infant Feeding

Support for mams, dads and carers around feeding their baby or child.

Mondays2.00pm to 3.00pm

Growing Healthy

Growing healthy drop-in sessions

Thursdays

10.30am to 11.30am

Early Latch

Our early latch support appointments are for babies aged between 10 days and 6 weeks and will give you hints and tips to help you breastfeeding successfully.

Appointments are available at the Family Hub and can be booked with your health visitor.

Wednesdays9.30am to 12.30pm

More activities

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Activity/course

Start date/time

Duration

Chill Kids

For children aged 7 to 11 years old, helping them to understand their big feelings and find positive ways to manage them.

Tuesday from 4.00pm to 5.00pm from:

  • 10 June 2025
6 weeks

Durham SEND Information Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) drop-in

For parents/carers of families with special educational needs and/or disabilities, drop in to ask SENDIASS for impartial information or advice

Durham SEND Information Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) drop-in sessions

Wednesday from 12.30pm to 3.30pm on:

  • 2 April 2025

Wednesday from 1.00pm to 3.00pm on:

  • 7 May 2025
  • 4 June 2025
  • 2 July 2025
  • 6 August 2025

Drop-in

DurhamWorks drop-in

Support to help 16 to 24 year olds into education, employment or training.

Thursday from 10.00am to 1.00pm on:

  • 10 April 2025
  • 8 May 2025
  • 12 June 2025
  • 10 July 2025
  • 14 August 2025

Drop-in

Supporting Speech and Language Development (WellComm)

To identify children aged 3 to 4 years who are experiencing barriers to speech and language development and provide strategies and activities for you to use at home.

Book a place on a Family Hub event

Friday from 9.30am to 12.30pm on:

  • 4 April 2025
  • 2 May 2025
  • 6 June 2025
  • 4 July 2025
  • 1 August 2025

1 hour

Safer Choices

For young people secondary school age to understand risky behaviours, peer pressure, consequences and how to make safer choices.

Wednesday from 4.00pm to 5.00pm from:

  • 11 June 2025
 

Education Psychologist

Talk to the Educational Psychology team about any concerns you may have about your child such as learning, communication and language, social and emotional wellbeing, practical skills or being independent.

Thursday from 12.30pm to 2.00pm on:

  • 15 May 2025
  • 17 July 2025
1.5 hours

Durham Dads Together

Peer to peer support for dads to discuss all things baby and toddler with dads just like you.

Thursday from 10.00am to 11.30am on:

  • 2 June 2025
  • 30 June 2025
1.5 hours

Infant Massage

For mams, dads and carers of babies up to 6 months old.

Book a place on a Family Hub event

Monday from 10.00am to 11.30am from:

  • 2 June 2025
6 weeks

Fussy Eating

A 90 minute workshop for parents and carers where we explore the difficulties of coping with a child that eats a limited range of foods, looking at portion sizes and ways to create enjoyable family mealtimes.

Tuesday from 12.45pm to 2.45pm on:

  • 15 July 2025
2 hours

Mini Medics

First aid training for both children and parents to attend and take part together. Includes basic life support, recovery position, defibrillation, chocking and bleeding.

To book a place Contact Durham Learn.

Tuesday from 12.30pm - 3.30pm on:

  • 12 August 2025
3 hours

0-12 workshops, Dealing with disobedience

You will understand why your child may have difficulty learning to follow instructions and learn strategies to help you develop a personal plan to prevent disobedience, teach your child limits, and also to manage disobedience when necessary. 

Friday from 1.00pm to 3.00pm on:

  • 6 June 2025
2 hours

0-12 workshops, Managing fighting and aggression

You will learn what skills your child needs to be able to cooperate and get along with others, and how to teach skills such as sharing, communicating and being gentle. You will also prepare a plan to manage times when fighting and aggression occurs. 

Friday from 1.00pm to 3.00pm on:

  • 13 June 2025
2 hours

0-12 workshops, Developing good bedtime routines

We will look at common problems and why they happen and learn the skills to get into a good bedtime routine, strategies to help prevent problems, as well as looking at how to get your child to stay in their own bed throughout the night.

Friday from 1.00pm to 3.00pm on:

  • 20 June 2025
2 hours

0-12 workshops, Hassle-free shopping with children

We will look at how you deal with difficult behaviour in public. You will learn step-by-step suggestions for preventing problems and teaching your child how to behave on shopping trips. You will develop plans to manage problem behaviour during shopping trips and situations. 

Friday from 1.00pm to 3.00pm on:

  • 27 June 2025
2 hours

0-12 workshops Hassle-free mealtimes with children

We will explore things that influence children's mealtime behaviour, setting limits and teaching children good mealtime habits. You will look at ways to increase food variety, be introduced to some positive strategies to help manage mealtimes and de-escalate situation.

Friday from 1.00pm to 3.00pm on:

  • 4 July 2025
2 hours

How to get here

Easington Family Hub
Whickham Street
Easington Colliery
Peterlee
County Durham
SR8 3DJ

Parking

There is a small car park with 4 parking spaces. Street parking available nearby.



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