Parenting courses 2016
For more information about any of the courses please contact
Name of Children’s Centre
Becontree Children’s Centre (BCC)
Location
Postcode
Contact number
Dagenham
RM8 2QR
Tel: 0208 724 1830
Eastbury Children’s Centre (ECC)
Barking
IG11 9SQ
Tel: 0208 270 6619
Gascoigne Children’s Centre (GCC)
Barking
IG11 7AD
Tel: 0208 724 1147
Leys Children’s Centre (LCC)
Dagenham
RM10 9XW
Tel: 0208 724 1983
Marks Gate Children’s Centre (MGCC)
Chadwell Heath
RM6 5NJ
Tel: 0208 270 6091
Sue Bramley Children’s Centre (SBCC)
Barking
IG11 0LG
Tel: 0208 270 6619
(for children with additional needs / disability only)
Dagenham
RM10 7SJ
William Bellamy Children’s Centre (WBCC)
Dagenham
RM10 7HX
The Heathway Centre, Dagenham (HW)
Tel: 0208 724 5500
Tel: 0208 724 1924
www.lbbd.gov.uk/residents/children-young-people-and-families/early-years-and-childcare/childrens-centres/find-out-whats-on-at-your-local-childrens-centres
Name of the programme
Programme description
Incredible Years Basic
This 12-week programme is open to all parents and carers of children from 2 to 8 years of age. It
helps to build your confidence, support you in coping with your children’s behaviour and strengthen
your relationship with your child.
Places must be booked to join at the beginning of the course and a certificate is awarded upon
completion. Crèche facilities are available.
Incredible Years Basic
(for parent/carers of disabled children)
This is a 12-half days specialist programme delivered by Carers of Barking and Dagenham. The
course is geared to parents of a disabled child. Parents will understand why play and talk is so
important, how to cope with challenging behaviour and how to build positive parent – child
relationships’.
Incredible Years Babies
This 7-week course is aimed at parents and carers with babies under 6 months old to encourage their
babies’ physical development and communication strategies. This course will help parents with
routines, sleep and confidence in raising a newborn.
Strengthening Families,
Strengthening Communities (SFSC)
This 13-week programme is open to all parents and carers of children between the ages of 0-21
years. The programme is adaptable to any age group and it helps to strengthen your skills and your
confidence, reduce any behaviour difficulties and support a better future for you, your family and your
community.
Places must be booked to join at the beginning of the course and a certificate is awarded upon
completion. Crèche facilities are available.
Strengthening Families,
Strengthening Communities Oxford Brookes
10-14 (UK) (OXB)
This 7-week programme is to help families with young people aged between 10 – 14 years old to
prepare for teenage years. The programme is aimed at reducing alcohol and substance misuse and
behavioural problems in adolescence and to help strengthen the parent/child relationship.
Domestic Violence Treatment Programme
(DVTP)
This 12-week community based programme is for children and their mothers who have been exposed
to domestic abuse. The purpose of the group is for children and their mothers to have the opportunity
to move beyond what has happened in their family in a safe and therapeutic way. This means giving
them the opportunity to process and understand the violence and abuse they have experienced.
Timetable
Incredible Years Basic (IY)
VENUE
START DATE
END DATE
DAY
TIMES
LCC
11 January
18 April
Monday
10:00 – 13:00
GCC
13 January
30 March
Wednesday
09:30 - 12:30
HW
in partnership with Carers of B&D
03 March
09 June
Thursday
09:30 – 12:00
(Crèche available)
(children with additional needs only)
WBCC
16 March
08 June
Wednesday
11:00 – 14:00
GCC
27 April
13 July
Wednesday
09:30 – 12:30
SBCC
April
July
Tuesday
09:30 – 11:30
WBCC
15 June
07 September
Wednesday
11:00 – 14:00
01 December
Tuesday
09:30 – 11:30
HW
08 September
(children with additional needs only)
(Crèche available)
MGCC
15 September
08 December
Thursday
09:30 – 11:30
BCC
22 September
15 December
Thursday
09:30 – 12:noon
LCC
03 October
07 November
Monday
17:00 – 19:00
Incredible Years Babies (IYB)
VENUE
1 per term
(For further details, please contact children’s centre)
Various locations
Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities (SFSC)
VENUE
START DATE
END DATE
DAY
TIMES
BCC
07 January
21 April
Thursday
09:30 – 12:30
RIPPLE SCHOOL
14 January
28 April
Tuesday
09:00 – 12:00
MGCC
21 April
14 July
WBCC
14 September
07 December
Wednesday
11:00 – 14:00
GCC
21 September
07 December
Wednesday
09:30 – 12:30
Thursday
09:30 – 12:30
Oxford Brookes 10 – 14 UK (OXB)
VENUE
START DATE
END DATE
DAY
TIMES
LCC
09 May
20 June
Monday
17:00 – 19:00
Domestic Violence Treatment Programme (DVTP)
VENUE
START DATE
END DATE
DAY
TIMES
BCC
May
July
Thursday
09:30 -12:noon
The Vibe
02 November
February
Wednesday
10:30 – 11:30