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Details are subject to change, please check directly with organisers for the latest updates, further info and booking requirements. There may be a waiting list for some activities.
Gateshead Family Hubs provide support, advice and structured activities for families and the wider community, with a packed program of pre-school sessions throughout the week including:
🔹Sensory Rooms 🔹Stay and Play 🔹Soft Play 🔹Baby Time 🔹Toddler Time 🔹Trike Time 🔹Well Child Clinics 🔹External Baby & Toddler Class Providers 🔹Holiday Events
A range of services and health advice is available:
🔸Breastfeeding, hygiene, weaning, nutrition and safety advice 🔸Breast pump hire 🔸Antenatal and postnatal advice 🔸Parenting & family support and advice 🔸Affordable childcare and support to access funding 🔸Toy Library
Services are delivered in centres across Gateshead, in:
🔹Birtley 🔹Blaydon Winlaton 🔹Chopwell 🔹Chowdene 🔹Deckham 🔹Felling 🔹Leam Lane 🔹Teams 🔹Wrekenton
👉 For more info, visit @GatesheadFamilyHubs
📆 Tuesdays, 9.30-11.15.am
📌 Bill Quay Methodist Church, NE10 0UH
Snack time for children included, 50p extra for tea, coffee and biscuits for parents. Entry via the hall entrance to Bill Quay Church, which is on Morley Avenue.
👉 £2 per adult. No booking required
Daily Drop-in sessions
📌 Raven Valley Gym Club, Metro Riverside Park, NE11 9DJ
Raven Rascals and Soft Play are casual non-structured parent and toddler sessions where children can play and utilise the gym equipment, with baby toys, sensory wall, giant soft play shapes and bouncy castles.
From £2.50, no booking needed.
📆 Tues, Wed & Thurs, 9.30 – 11am
📌 Riverside Primary Academy, Dunston, NE11 9DX
There are plenty toys, games, and activities to keep little ones occupied. Come along and enjoy time with friends in a relaxed environment. Juice and biscuits are provided for the children and tea and coffee for the adults.
👉 £1. No booking needed
Tuesdays, 9.30 – 11.30am
Sunderland Road, Gateshead, NE8 3EY
A friendly playgroup in a fully accessible building with a great selection of play things for all toddlers, including a snack.
£1 per child.
📆 Tuesdays, 9.30 – 11.30am
📌 Sheriff Hill Methodist Church, NE9 5UQ
Learn, play and grow together. Snack and drink provided.
👉 £3 per family. No booking needed
📌 Springwell Village, NE9 7RP
👉 £2 per family. No booking needed.
📆 Tuesdays & Fridays, 9:30-11:30am
📌 Scout Hut, Heron House, Whickham, NE16 4SP
A lovely warm welcoming session with toys, arts and crafts, dress up, home corner, push chairs, ride on toys. There’s snack time and singing & a large outside area.
👉 £2.50 (£1.50 per additional child). Block booking required, first sessions are free.
Message 07813 441 169
