Peterlee Family Hub
Find out what's on at Peterlee Family Hub.
Weekly activities
Activity/group | Day | Time |
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| Toddler and Me | Monday | 9.30am to 11.00am |
| Infant Feeding Drop In | Monday | 10.00am to 11.00am |
| Pre school group for children with complex needs (Portage) - For families of children aged 2 to 3 years, who are experiencing challenges interacting and communicating with others and provides opportunities for children to develop early communication and social interaction skills through sensory and fun play experiences. It also allows parents and carers to meet other families in a supportive group. Families must be working with the Portage Service to attend. | Wednesday | 10.00am to 11.30am |
Thursday | 9.30am to 11.00am | |
| Aqua Natal - Peterlee Leisure Centre, £3 per session. Call Peterlee midwifery team on 01429 522 270 to book a place. | Thursday | 10.00am to 11.00am |
Educated from home - For young people aged over 11 who are educated at home. | Friday | 1.00pm to 3.00pm |
More activities
Activity/course | Start date/time | Duration |
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Staying Cool Family, (running from Peterlee CYPS Building SR8 1AF) - For parents and teenagers looking at anger management and ways to deal with their feelings. | Monday 27 January 2025, 9.00am to 3.00pm | 1 day |
Preparation for Parenthood - For parents to be and the people who support them to learn about what to expect in labour and the first few weeks. Speak to your midwife to book a place. | Monday 6 January 2025, 12.30pm to 2.30pm | 6 weeks |
Let's Talk at Home - For mams, dads and carers of children aged 3 to 4 years. These play-based sessions are fun, practical and filled with talking tips to help develop your child's speech, language and communication skills, at home using their favourite activities. | Monday 3 March 2025, 1.30pm to 2.30pm | 6 weeks |
SENDIASS Drop In - For mams, dads and carers of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, drop in to ask SENDIASS for impartial information or advice.
| Mondays, 1.00pm to 3.00pm on:
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Supporting Speech and Language Development (WellComm) - online booking required. 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. | Tuesdays, 9.30am to 12.30pm on:
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Triple P Teen - running from Peterlee CYPS Office, SR8 1AF. For mums, dads and carers of young people aged 12 to 16 years, giving simple practical skills and strategies to raise confident, healthy and happy teenagers, and to improve family relationships. | Tuesday 21 January 2025 from 1.00pm to 3.00pm | 10 weeks |
Durham Works Drop In - Support to help 16 to 24 year olds into education, employment or training. | Tuesdays, 1.00pm to 4.00pm on:
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Safer Choices - For young people secondary school age to understand risky behaviours, peer pressure, consequences and how to make safer choices. | Tuesday 14 January 2025, 4.00pm to 5.00pm | 6 weeks |
Fussy Eating Workshop - is a workshop to explore the difficulties of coping with a child who eats a limited range of foods, looking at portion sizes and ways to create enjoyable family mealtimes. This is for mams, dads and carers only. To book a place email hdft.henrypractitioners@nhs.net | Wednesday 5 March 2025, 9.15am to 10.45am | 1.5 hrs |
Being a Parent of an Autistic Child - Gives you the chance to step back and understand how autism affects your child. | Wednesday 29 January 2025, 10.00am to 12.30pm | 10 weeks |
Educational Psychology Drop In -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. | Wednesday 12.30pm to 2.30pm on:
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Chill Kids - For children aged 7 to 11 years old, helping them to understand their big feelings and find positive ways to manage them. | Wednesday 5 March 2025, 4.00pm to 5.00pm | 6 weeks |
Infant Massage - For mams, dads and carers of babies up to 6 months old. Book a place on a Family Hub event | Thursday 16 January 2025, 1.30pm to 2.30pm | 6 weeks |
Starting Solids Workshop - A free 90 minute workshop and looks at how to know your baby is ready to start solids, suitable first foods and progress to finger foods and family foods. Choking is also discussed. All participants will receive a free resource that can support them on their journey. To book a place email hdft.henrypractitioners@nhs.net | Wednesday 3 April 2025, 9.30am to 11.00am |
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Healthy Teeth Workshop - A free 90 minute workshop that looks at how consuming certain foods and drinks can affect our teeth, healthy swaps and tooth brushing, how, when to start and strategies for encouraging our children to clean teeth. All participants will receive a free resource that can support them on their journey. To book a place email hdft.henrypractitioners@nhs.net | Thursday 17 April 2025, 9.30am to 11.00am |
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Dads Stay and Play - Drop-in session runs once a fortnight and are for dads, male carers, uncles and grandads and their children up to reception age. Mams and partners can also attend if they are accompanying a dad. | Thursdays from 3.30pm to 5.00pm on:
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Staying Cool - Adults - For adults looking at anger management and ways to deal with these feelings. | Friday 7 February 2025, 9.00am to 3.00pm |
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Getting teenagers to cooperate workshop - Meet other mams, dads and carers and share some ideas and experiences about managing difficult behaviour and think about goals for change. | Friday 14 February 2025, 9.30am to 11.30am |
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Coping with teenagers emotions workshop - Learn how to cope with difficult situations and how teenagers can become emotional. Meet other mams, dads and carers and discuss how you can help your teenager to control their emotions. | Friday 21 February 2025, 9.30am to 11.30am |
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Building teenagers survival skills - Meet other mams, dads and carers to discuss some of the reasons teenagers take part in risky activities and how we can help them to enjoy themselves without putting their health and wellbeing at risk. | Friday 14 March 2025, 9.30am to 11.30am |
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Reducing family conflict workshop - Meet other mams, dads and carers to talk about being a parent and managing family conflict. Understand why teenagers are argumentative or aggressive and learn strategies to help you cope. | Friday 21 March 2025, 9.30am to 11.30am |
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How to get here
Peterlee Family Hub
Ellison Road
Peterlee
County Durham
SR8 5NJ
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