Hampshire Children’s Centres

Children’s Centre services are delivered by a range of providers including Health Visitors, Midwives, Family Support Workers and Adult Learning Providers. Some of these are accessed from our children’s centre hub buildings, but the majority take place in community venues, with some services also available in the family home. Examples of the types of services provided include open access groups such as songs and rhymes and child health clinics through to more targeted one to one family support and parenting programmes such as Family Nurture Programme for families with complex needs.

All families who live in Hampshire and have a child or children aged 0 - 5

OurThere are a number of activities that are open to all families such as songs and rhymes groups and child health clinics. Other services such as one to one intensive family support or parenting programmes require a request for support to be completed. The support offered will be dependent on you and your families needs.

To find out more about Early Help in Hampshire and how to request support click here

There are 11 children centre hub buildings in Hampshire.

FSS Hubs:

Basingstoke & Deane - Honeycomb Children’s Centre, Chiltern Primary School, Chiltern Way, Buckskin, Basingstoke, RG22 5BB

East Hants - Bushy Leaze Children’s Centre, Eastbrooke Road, Alton, GU34 2DR

Eastleigh - Aviary Children’s Centre, Blackbird Road, Eastleigh, SO50 9JW

Fareham - Oakmeadow Children’s Centre, Tewkesbury Ave, Fareham PO15 6LL

Gosport - Rowner Children’s Centre, Siskin School Campus, Nimrod Drive, Gosport, PO13 8AA

Hart - Turners Wood Children’s Centre, Turners Way, Elvetham Heath, Fleet, GU51 1GX

Havant - Sharps Copse Children’s Centre, Prospect Lane, Havant, PO9 5PE

New Forest - Cadland Children’s Centre, Cadland Primary School, Whitefield Road, Holbury, Southampton SO45 2HW

Rushmoor - Park Children’s Centre, Park Primary School Campus, Gloucester Road, Aldershot, GU11 3SL

Test Valley - Spring Meadow Children’s Centre, Smannell Road, Andover, SP10 6JP

Winchester - Merry-Go-Round Children’s Centre, Wickham C of E Primary School, Buddens Road, Wickham, Fareham,  PO17 5HU

For open access (universal) services the vast majority are free or charge and largely just depend on the age of your children. Generally where more intensive family support is required this will need a request for support to be completed by either yourself or service provider you are already involved with.

Communication will vary dependent on the service provided however the majority of communication will be face to face and via the telephone. Your voice and views are important and we want to make sure they are heard and understood. We will work alongside you and your family to find out exactly what concerns you and what support you need, building on the strengths you already have.

The children’s centre buildings are well sign posted on public highways for easy access. Once inside the buildings there is plenty of information for parents to access. Children’s centres are designed to be family friendly environments, both accessible and welcoming to all. Our centres would be delighted to welcome more children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Individual measures would be put in place to support individual parent or child needs, e.g. design of the playroom layout to allow wheelchair access.

Staff training will vary dependent on the provider delivering the service. For more information contact the relevant service provider.

All children remain with their parent/carer at all times. The only exception would be is if a child were in a crèche whilst their parent/carer was attending an adult learning opportunity. If children had any medical needs, this would need to be discussed beforehand but would not automatically preclude a child from being accepted into the crèche. Robust safeguarding polices and procedures are in place which includes a rigorous recruitment process with Disclosure and Barring checks taking place as well as references for all staff members including volunteers. Health and Safety is a priority and procedures are followed to ensure the buildings and venues are a safe environment with risk assessments in place for activities and equipment.

For enquiries please contact: 0300 555 1384