How Are You Peterborough? | Barnardo’s Child and Family Centres

Barnardo's Child and Family Centres 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. They also offer additional support for families.

How to contact

Email

[email protected]

Website

www.peterborough.barnardos.org.uk

Social media

Where to go

Honeyhill Child and Family Centre
150 Chadburn
Paston
Peterborough PE4 7DH

First Steps Child and Family Centre
20 Scalford Drive
Welland Road
Peterborough PE1 4TR
UK

East Child and Family Centre
21 Durham Road
Peterborough PE1 5JU
UK

Orton Child & Family Centre
Herlington Shopping Centre
Orton Malborne
Peterborough PE2 5PW

Fulbridge Child & Family Zone
Keeton Road
Peterborough PE1 3JQ

Gladstone Child & Family Zone
290 Gladstone St
Peterborough PE1 2BX

Activity Sessions

All sessions and courses run by Barnardo’s are free (except for Baby Massage).

While each Barnardo’s centre offers a different mix of activities, across Peterborough there are things for parents and children from age 0 -5 (and expectant mothers), including:

Before birth – what to expect, how to prepare to be a parent, challenges and coping skills
Baby time and baby massage
Play, singing, and fun learning time
Young parents’ support, making new friends and sharing experiences (under age 25, no lower age limit)
Information and tips on growth, development, health, nutrition
Getting ready for school – promoting language and literacy skills
NHS midwifes and health visitors
Activities and support for children with special needs

Clothing

If requests come in for clothes for children, Barnardo’s will be able to source the items from their stock of donated clothing. Any requests will need to be collected from one of the child & family centres. Contact them to find out more.

The Food Basket

The Food Basket is a community fridge operating out of three Barnardo’s centres in Peterborough. They offer local fresh food to the community, reducing food waste and tackling food insecurity. See this page to find out more.

Community Cafés

The Honey Pot Café runs Tuesdays 11:30 - 1:30 at Honeyhill Child & Family Centre, and the Buttercup Café runs Wednesdays 12-2pm at First Steps. Find out more under each centre's page by clicking here.

The only course with a charge is Baby Massage, to cover massage oils.

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 centres also have 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. This will be achieved through a mixture of universal open access and targeted services.

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.