Children's centres
Children’s centres are a partnership between the Council, schools, the Primary Care Trust, Richmond Housing Partnership, the Metropolitan Police, the voluntary and community sector, Jobcentre Plus, the private sector and local families.
What services do children’s centres offer?
Children’s centres offer:
- Early years provision
- Family support and parental outreach
- Child and family health services
- Parental involvement
- Links with Jobcentre Plus
- Support and outreach services to parents/carers and children who have been identified as in need of them
- Information and advice to parents and carers on a range of subjects
- Support to childminders via a co-ordinated network
- Drop-in sessions and other activities for children, parents and carers
- Midwifery and health visiting services
- Adult education and family learning
- Specialist services such as speech and language therapy and child and adolescent mental health support
Where are the children’s centres?
There are two children's centres open at the moment
- Ham - Ham Children's Centre
- Whitton - Heathfield Children's Centre
- Barnes - North Barnes Children's Centre
- Hampton - Hampton Hill Children's Centre at the Norman Jackson Family Centre
By March 2010 children’s centres will cover the entire borough population.
Contact the Family Information Service
For more information, please contact the Family Information Service.
Family Information Service
Children’s Services and Culture Directorate,
Second floor
Regal House
London Road
Twickenham
TW1 3QB
Telephone: 020 8831 6298
Email: fis@richmond.gov.uk.
SMS: 076 2481 9000
Our hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. There is an answerphone service outside these hours.