Best Start Family Hubs
Our Best Start Family Hubs provide a wide range of information, activities and services in your local area including health, learning and play activities, childcare, family support, employment support, housing advice, money and benefits advice and much more.
We know that all families need support from time to time to look after their wellbeing and help their babies and children thrive.
Our Best Start Family Hubs are a place where families, friends and professionals can come together in a relaxed and friendly environment and support each other to achieve this.
Services provided at these hubs are in partnership with:
Best Start in Life
Best Start Family Hubs activities for children aged 0 to 5 are part of Best Start in Life, a government-funded programme supporting Waltham Forest's parents and carers with their children’s growth.
You can find Best Start in Life services in all four Best Start Family Hubs and other community spaces throughout every neighbourhood in the borough.
The following provision can be found at Best Start Family Hub: Walthamstow
- Play and learning activities
- Play and Learn for Under-2s
- You and Your New Baby
- Health and wellbeing support
- Baby Massage
- Child Health Clinic (Tuesday and Wednesday)
- Eating Well
- Exploring Foods
- Healthy Eating and Dental Health Drop-In
- HENRY Infant Feeding Group Sessions
- Initial Sleep Consultation
- Oral Health Promotion (Thursday and Friday)
- Speech and Language Support Drop-in
- Starting Solids Workshop
- Family support
- QuitRight Waltham Forest
- Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Drop-In
- Sessions for children with SEND
- Learning Together Pre-school (requires referral to the Early Years Inclusion Pathway to access)
- Learning Together Under-2s Programme
- Sensory Play and Learn
Youth provision
Best Start Family Hub: Walthamstow is hosting events and activities as part of the Waltham Forest Space4All youth programme. The Space4All project sits within our Best Start Family Hubs programme, bringing key services to residents in their local neighbourhood. These sessions are a safe space for young people to come and relax with friends.
Treasure Our Youth
Every Tuesday from 4:15pm to 6:30pm
These after school sessions are for young people aged 8 to 12 years old and led by Treasure Me Kids. Activities include sports, arts and crafts, homework school, and mentoring. Healthy warm food is offered every in every session.