Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
16 Chapel Street,
Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1AR
Opening hours
Days & Times: Alternate Saturdays (irrespective of date) 10am to 12pm. Office Thursdays 10am - 12pm
Services available here
Supported family time
Handover
Accepts self referrals
Accredited
Not For Profit
To make a referral,
contact:
Address: c/o Belper Community Cottage, 16 Chapel Street, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1AR
Telephone: 01773 880364
Description
The Belper Child Contact Centre is based in the Amber Valley District in Derbyshire. We provide a meeting place for separated parents to meet with their children. We serve both the local and wider community. The Centre is a safe, friendly and impartial place where children can meet with their parent (or other family members) with whom they no longer live with following their parents’ relationship breakdown. Although there needs to be at least one parent with your child at all times while at the Contact Centre, volunteers can carry out handovers so you do not have to meet your ex-partner if you do not wish to.
This centre is accredited to provide supported contact
Accreditation is a way of checking that your contact centre is safe and meets our standards.
How is a centre checked?
An assessorSomeone working on our behalf who has experience and an interest in child contact services and must assess if a service meets our standards. looks round the rooms, toys, equipment, and any outside play areas to make sure that they are safe and good for you to use. They talk with the people at the centre to make sure that they are trained and helped to do their job as well as possible. They then check the informationThe assessor checks through the centre’s accreditation portfolio which includes policies, procedures, risk assessments, reports (if the service offers supervised contact) and information for families. on what happens at the centre and how it keeps you safe.
When the assessor is happy that a centre meets our standards then they are awarded their accreditation and you can find them on this website. Accreditation happens every three years with extra checks if needed.
Accreditation Summary
Date: 06/05/2024
Summary:
Belper Child Contact Centre is well established centre based in the Belper Community Cottage; an attractive central community facility used by a variety of community groups. The contact centre has exclusive use on alternate Saturday mornings. The town has regular public transport links, and ample parking is available to the rear of the building.
Due to the layout of the building families can have a room to themselves for the visit. There are four separate rooms and a lovely garden for outside play. Some rooms have comfy sofas and there are plenty of toys for all ages.
The centre has a detailed, bright, and inviting website with a range of information included on this for the children and families that may use the centre. This information helps them to anticipate everything from making a referral to the appropriate steps to take if they are unhappy or feel unsafe.
Overall, this is a very welcoming, child centred and friendly contact centre offering a great service to the families in Belper and the surrounding areas. The centre was very helpful during the re-accreditation process. Any recommended actions following the visit are now complete meaning the service meets the standards for supported contact accreditation.
Photos from this centre
