The Alders and Chestnuts Children’s Centre

The Alders and Chestnuts Children’s Centre

Making a Difference Every Day

Activity Schedule January to March 2014

The Alders and Chestnuts Children Centre Branksome Hill Road, Sandhurst. GU47 0QF 01344 354200

Contact Us

Amanda Hales-Owen – Centre Manager

Jo Forde – Centre Administrator and Receptionist

Penny Wallington – Centre Project Worker

Sue Elliott – Centre Project Worker

Paula White – Family Outreach Worker

The Alders and Chestnuts Children’s Centre Branksome Hill Road Sandhurst Berkshire Tel: 01344 354200 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/childrencentres

Please note: There is free visitor parking on this site at the front of the building. Please use the drive through gate on the left hand side and push the buzzer for the Alders and we can let you in.

Please do not bring in your own food or drinks to the centre (including sweets, crisps and drinks). Refreshments are provided for you. Thank you .


www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/childrencentres

Weekly Sessions Mondays Stop Smoking Workshop 2:00 and 3:30 pm at the Alders Children’s Centre. You can access support and advice from smokefreelife. FREE one to one confidential Stop Smoking service. EXPERT and professional advice and support. You are FOUR TIMES more likely to quit with our help. WEEKLY supply of Nicotine Replacement Therapy. Make those first steps to a healthier, happier you!

Friends of Freedom. 9:30 to 11:00 am on the first Monday of every month (this is an invite only session).

Tuesdays Under Ones 10:30 to 12:00 at the Alders Children Centre. This group is run by your health visitors for new parents and their babies 0 to 1 year old. This is a drop in session where you can have a cup of coffee and a chat whilst playing with your baby. Learn about sleep and weaning too!

1st Tuesday of every month. Job Club 1:00 to 2:30 pm at the Alders Children Centre. Get help looking for work, help with your CV, Information on benefit implications when starting employment.

PEEP—Learning Together Programme 1:30 to 3:00 at the Alders This is a new session for children aged 24 to 36 months old. It will be a four week course starting on the 14th January. We will provide information and ideas to help you support your child’s development and learning During the session there will songs and rhymes, a story time, play for the children, and talking time for adults. Please contact the centre on 01344 354200 for more information and to book a place.


Weekly Sessions Wednesdays Pop Ins 9:30 to 11:00 am at the Alders Children Centre. Come join our Family Outreach Support Worker. This is an invitation only group for families who have had or would like to have support form a Family Outreach Worker. An opportunity to make new friends, play activities, informal support and advice. For more information please contact Paula White on 07557435518

Baby PEEP—Starting February 2014 For babies 0 to 9 months (Details to be confirmed)

Health Visitors Baby Weigh and Advice Clinic. 1:00 to 3:00 pm at the Alders Children Centre. This is a drop in session run by the Health Visitors. You can self weigh your baby and your health visitors are on hand to for advice and baby self weighing is also available. Please park your buggies in the buggy park at the front of the building.

Breast Feeding Support. 1:00 to 3:00 pm is available every Wednesday at the Alders Children Centre. This is a drop in session run by the breast feeding network. Breast feeding support is available across Bracknell Forest at various centres each day of the week. Please call your local centre for more information or check out the children centre website.

Thursdays Speech and Language Drop In On the 3rd Thursday of every month. 9:00 to 11:30 at the Alders Children Centre. If you have any concerns about your child’s speech and language development, please drop into the centre where they can be assessed by a speech and language therapist. Place are on a first come first served basis.


Weekly Sessions Thursdays I Miss You The death of a baby or child is devastating. Feelings of sorrow, anger guilt and pain are so intense. You can become isolated and unable to talk to family and friends. If you have experienced a loss why not come along to our 'I Miss You' group. On the 1st Thursday of the month 9:30 to 11:00 am , this session you can bring along your children and it's time to have a chat and a coffee whilst your children play. Or on the 3rd Thursday of the month 7:00 to 8:00 pm, this is a time for adults only to come along have a chat and a coffee in a relaxed environment without children around. In both sessions you will have the opportunity to talk with families in a similar situation. Any questions please do not hesitate to contact us. Tel: 01344 354200

Children Centre Drop In 9:30 to 11:00 am at Owlsmoor Community Centre—run with Bracknell Forest Homes. Come in meet the Children Centre Team. Penny & sue will be available to give information and advice. We will also have local community visitors attending sessions to give advice on a range of services. Tea and Coffee will be available. Benefits Advice will be available the 1st Thursday of every month. Stop Smoking Workshop— also available at the drop in starting in January 2014

Fridays Babes and Explorers 10:00 to 11:30 am at St John the Baptist Church in Crowthorne. This is a drop in play session for parents / carers and their children 0 to 2 years old. Also on the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month the Health Visitors will run their baby clinic. Antenatal Drop In Clinic 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the Alders Children’s Centre. Run by our Community midwives. This is a drop in clinic to discuss any antenatal issues you may have. Breast Feeding Support. 1:30 to 2:30 pm at the Alders Children’s Centre. This is a drop in session run by the breast feeding network.


Weekly Sessions Saturdays Dads and Kids 9:30 to 11:00 am on the 3rd Saturday of every month (excluding bank holiday weekends) This fun session is for dads, step dads, uncles and grandads' with their children 0 to 5 year olds. (Older brothers and sisters are also welcome)

Antenatal Classes 10:00 to 4:00pm on a Saturday Please call your local community midwife to book onto these informative classes at the Alders Children Centre. Tel: 01344 354209

Coming Soon! • Adult English and Maths Courses • Adult Food Hygiene Courses • Parenting Courses • Baby Massage • Paediatric First Aid • Birth and Beyond Programme • Forest Schools • Family Football and Rugby • PEEP sessions

For more information on any of the above please call Jo on 01344 354200.


Dump your Dummy

The Alders Children’s Centre is a Dummy Free Zone.

To help encourage your toddler to talk, staff at the Alders & Chestnuts will be asking you not to use a dummy whist in the centre. (unless your baby is tired or upset)

Dummies can be left with the dummy bear and collected before you leave the centre.

For further information or support on dumping your dummy please see any member of the Alders & Chestnuts Team.

Word of the Week

What is 'word of the week'? Did you know that the more words your child can use the better they will do in school! Children under 5 can learn several new words every day, but only if they hear them. ‘Word of the week’ is our way of helping your children learn new word. Watch out for words of the week.


Volunteers Interested in becoming a Children’s Centre Volunteer? Why Volunteer? Have the opportunity to: • Be part of a friendly team • Gain new skills and confidence • Meet new people • Make a difference • Enhance your CV You can decide how much time you are able to give, support and all training is provided. Call Jo on 01344 354200 for more information

‘I’ve become a volunteer…I am now more confident meeting new people and being in groups’

Family Outreach Worker We all have times in our lives when we need help and support……

Please don’t feel alone . . . Help is at hand!

The Alders & Chestnuts Children’s Centre offers free, confidential, independent support for families with children under five. Services can be adapted to meet individual needs, including, behaviour management, emotional support, isolation, stress, benefits, information and advice. Call the Alders & Chestnuts on 01344 354200 to find out who your local Outreach Support Worker is and how they can help you.


Childminders Play Together

We would like to offer all childminders from Sandhurst and Crowthorne area the use of our family room at the Alders Children Centre, giving you the chance to meet up with other childminders in your local area. Childminders can

ring on a Monday morning to check if there is a room free anytime that week. We cannot guarantee the room will be free to use every week as our sessions will take priority. Bookings will be take on a ‘first come first served’ basis

and priority will be given to childminders from the Sandhurst / Little Sandhurst & Crowthorne area. Due to the

size of the room numbers will be limited.

If you are supplying your own materials the room will be free of charge. If you would like to use our materials there will be a charge of £1 per child. All children attending the

centre must be registered. Childminders can obtain a registration forms from the centre and ask their families to complete and return to us. There is parking on site at the front of the building. Please use the drive through gate on

the left hand side and buzz the Alders to be let in.


Do you need to contact us?

Please fill in the information below and return this sheet to : The Alders & Chestnuts Children’s Centre, Branksome Hill Road,

Sandhurst. GU47 0QE

I am interested in and would like to know more information about:

Family Outreach Worker (Paula) �

Parenting workshops, �

Debt, Benefit & Housing Advice, �

Self Esteem, �

Worries about your relationships, �

1 to 1 Additional Support �

Cooking & Healthy Eating �

Lone Parents, �

Help to quit smoking, �

Domestic Abuse Support �(ever experienced Domestic Abuse? Not sure who to talk to or what to do next? Call the Alders on 01344 354200 for more information on how the centre can help you)

My Contact Details are:

Name………………….....................................................................

Address………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………Tel: ………………………….


Breastfeeding

Are you new to breastfeeding? Would you like advice and support?

Come along to one of the Children’s Centres & chat to a registered Breastfeeding

Supporter from the Breastfeeding Network

Monday 1 – 2.30pm

The Sycamores Children’s Centre

Crown Wood Hall,

Opladen Way, Crown Wood

Bracknell. RG12 0PE

T: 01344 312800

Tuesday 9.30am – 11.30am

The Willows Children’s Centre

Priestwood Youth Centre,

Priestwood Court Road, Priestwood

RG42 1UD

T: 01344 354450

Wednesday 10.00am – 12.00noon

The Oaks Children’s Centre

Wordsworth, Great Hollands

Bracknell. RG12 8QN

T: 01344 317020

Wednesday 1.00 2.15pm

The Hollies Children’s Centre

The Binfield Club, Forest Road

Binfield, RG42 4DU

T: 01344 317020

Wednesday 1.30 – 3.00pm

The Alders Children’s Centre

Branksome Hill Road, College Town

Sandhurst. GU47 0QE

T: 01344 354200

Thursday* 9.30am – 11am

The Rowans Children’s Centre Pondmoor Road, Easthampstead

Bracknell. RG12 7JZ T: 01344 312800

*Except 1st Thursday in month

Friday 1.30 – 2.30pm

The Alders Children’s Centre

Branksome Hill Road, College Town

Sandhurst. GU47 0QE

T: 01344 354200 Bracknell Forest Children’s Centres www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/childrenscentres

BfN Supporterline: 0300 100 0210 www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk

Breastfeeding Helpline: 0300 100 0212

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Centre Opening Times and Useful Numbers

The opening times for the Alders and Chestnuts Children's Centres are:

8:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday to Thursday 4:00 pm on Fridays

(The centre will be closed on Bank Holidays)

Useful numbers: Bracknell Forest Council: 01344 352000 Out of Hours Emergency Number: 01344 786515 (5pm to 8.30am Monday to Friday, weekends and Bank Holidays)

NHS Direct: 0845 4647

Berkshire Women’s Aid: 0118 950 4003

Police: Non emergency: 101 Emergency: 999

Breastfeeding Network: 0300 100 0210

Alders Health Visitors : 01344 354205 Health Visitor Duty Line: 07899876568 9:00 to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday (For advice, guidance, information or referral).

Alders Midwives : 01344 354209


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