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Coronavirus update - services and opening times
From 25th March 2020 opening hours of all children’s centres will reduce to 9am-4pm.
We have suspended all group activities to focus our efforts on families in need. For help and advice contact your local children's centre. Parents of children on free school meals can collect a weekly £10 food voucher from their designated children's centre.
Activity timetable for Belle Vale
| Day | Time | Activity | Location | Details | Book/Drop-in/By appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 10.30-11.30am | Babbling Babies | Belle Vale CC | 6 week course starting 13th January. Learn how to support your baby’s early speech, language and communication development. Suitable from 0-12 months. | Book |
| Monday | 10am-3pm | Next Steps Employment and Training Support | Belle Vale CC | Support in looking for training or employment with up to date job vacancies. | Book |
| Monday | 1.30-2.30pm | Music and Movement | Millennium Centre | For confident walkers. | Drop in |
| Monday | 1-2.30pm | You, Me and Mum | Belle Vale CC | Starts 20th January for 10 weeks. Covering healthy relationships. Limited creche available. | Book |
| Tuesday | 9.30-11.30am | ADDvanced Solutions | Belle Vale CC | Support for families who have child with a neuro-developmental condition. | Drop in |
| Tuesday | 10-12am | Baby Club | Belle Vale CC | Weekly drop- in for your baby to explore different sensory experience. Meet new parents and let your baby start their socialising in relaxed atmosphere. Suitable for 12 months and under. | Drop in |
| Tuesday | 10.30-11.30am | Chatterboxes | Belle Vale CC | For children experiencing language and communication difficulties. Contact the Children centre to book a place. | Book |
| Tuesday | 12.15-1.15pn | Sing and Splash | Liverpool Aquatics Centre | Suitable for 0-5. I adult per child must get in the pool. Contact 233 1705 to book. | Book |
| Tuesday | 2-3pm | Baby Yoga | Belle Vale CC | Suitable for 3 months to pre-crawlers. Contact centre to book. | Book |
| Tuesday | 3.30-5pm | Bumps, Birth and Beyond | Belle Vale CC | Monthly Antenatal session covering all the practical information you need to care for your newborn. Contact centre for dates. | |
| Wednesday | 9-11.30am | Baby Weighing and Advice Clinic | Belle Vale CC | Weigh in, advice and information. This is delivered by our Health Visitor. | Book |
| Wednesday | 10-11.30am | Stay and Play | Norman Pannell School | Term-time only. | Drop in |
| Wednesday | 10.30-11.30am | Rhyme Time | Belle Vale CC | Songs and rhymes to encourage social skills and language. | Drop in |
| Wednesday | TBA | Dump the Dummy | Belle Vale CC | Support and advice to help your child give up their dummy. | Book |
| Wednesday | 1-3pm | Early Intervention drop in to prevent homelessness | Belle Vale CC | Support for families with housing needs, at the earliest stage possible. E.g. problems with landlord/housing association, need to move to more suitable accommodation. Support also available for money and debt advice. | Drop in |
| Wednesday | 1.30-3pm | Bambis Bosom Buddies | Belle Vale CC | Support with feeding your baby or advice and signposting. | Drop in |
| Wednesday | 3.30-5pm | Antenatal infant feeding | Belle Vale CC and Hunts Cross CC | Guidance and information on feeding choices for your baby. 25th September and 20th November at Belle Vale CC. 23rd October and 11th December at Hunts Cross CC. | Book |
| Thursday | TBA | Sleep Clinic | Belle Vale CC | Help and advice to support you in helping your child into improved sleep routine. Contact the centre for an appointment. | Drop in |
| Thursday | 9.30- 11.30am | Nurturing Course | Belle Vale CC | 10 week course. Starts 23rd January. Understanding your child's social and emotional development and behaviours. Limited creche provided. | Book |
| Thursday | 10-11.15am | Story Time | Millennium Centre | Drop in | |
| Thursday | 1.30pm-3pm | Peeps Stay and Play | Belle Vale CC | Suitable for 1-4 year olds. | Drop in |
| Friday | 10am-12pm | Welcome to the World | Belle Vale CC | Starts 24th January. Suitable from 22 weeks of your pregnancy. Think about your transition to parenthood and discuss important topics such as baby brain development and parents becoming a family. Suitable for mums and dads to be. | Book |
| Friday | 2-3pm | Baby Massage | Belle Vale CC | Contact centre to book place. | Book. |
| Friday | 12.30-3pm | English | Belle Vale CC | Support with English skills in every day life. Limited creche places available. | Book |
| Friday | 1.2.45pm | Riverside Floating Support | Belle Vale CC | Supporting families experiencing difficulties with their housing, including tenants from other social or private landlords. | Drop in |
| Friday | 1-3pm | Basic Computer Skills | Belle Vale CC | Enhance your computer and employability skills. | Drop in |