Barnardo's Child & Family Centre at Gladstone in Peterborough offer a variety of activities for children aged 0-5 years and their parents/carers, aimed to support with development, bonding and understanding between child and parent/carer.
This activity is good for wellbeing because
- It helps parents understand child development, ages and stages
- It helps combat parent and child isolation
- It provides health and wellbeing support from midwifery and health visitors
‘I enjoy spending time with my Daddy, he’s fun. I like reading stories and playing with my toys.’ Child attendee.
How to contact
Where to go
Gladstone Child and Family Centre
290 Gladstone Street
Peterborough
PE1 2BZ
What to expect?
You will receive a friendly welcome into all of the centres. You won’t need to bring anything with you, but if your child is involved in messy play you may wish to bring a clean set of clothing to change into after the session.
All of the venues have toilets and disabled toilets, and are wheelchair accessible. They also have car parking and are on Peterborough bus routes.
Volunteer
The centre also has a variety of volunteering opportunities, from helping out with activities, to admin, gardening, and more. Contact them to see what is available.
More information
Barnardo’s is committed to the ambition of improving outcomes and life chances for all children, young people and their families.
The core purpose is to ensure that all children have the best start in life and achieve positive outcomes. A key focus of Barnardo’s service is reaching children and families from within their local community to support with day to day needs and challenges.
The centres create an environment where children feel that:
- I like to interact with the adults around me.
- I am curious.
- I like to go to the park.
- I am beginning to communicate my needs with pointing and making attempts at some words.
- I like to show the family worker my toys when she visits.
All sessions and courses run by Barnardo’s are free:
Stay & Play (sessions):
Sessions provide a safe and stimulating learning environment in which parents/carers can play with their children, have fun and learn together whilst focusing on developing their child’s language, literacy and preparing their child for school. Suitable for toddlers to age 5.
Baby massage (course):
A perfect opportunity to build the bond between parent and baby and helps to reduce pain from colic, wind and constipation whilst also helping to promote a healthy immune system. Suitable for non-mobile babies.
Visit the Barnardo’s booking form, where you will find details of charges, dates and times of sessions, and additional information.
You can find out what the other Barnardo’s Child and Family Centres across Peterborough do as well by visiting their pages:
- Honey Hill Child & Family Centre
- East Child & Family Centre
- Orton Child & Family Centre
- First Steps Child & Family Centre
- Fulbridge Child & Family Zone
Some activities are also held in other community venues:
- Iqbal Centre/Gladstone Connect
- South Bretton Family & Community Centre
- WestRaven Community Café
The only course with a charge is Baby Massage, to cover massage oils. Information is available on the booking form linked above.
How to contact
Where to go
Gladstone Child and Family Centre
290 Gladstone Street
Peterborough
PE1 2BZ
