Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
Salvation Army, Friars Gate,
Exeter, Devon, EX2 4AZ
Opening hours
Days & Times: Fortnightly Saturday 9am to 6pm
Centre charges
Details available on request
Services available here
Supported contact
Supervised contact
Handover
Supervised contact assessment
Indirect
Life story identity contact
Accepts self referrals
Enhanced Accredited
Virtual Contact (Supervised)
This centre is accredited to provide supervised 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 centre’s 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. If your family time happens in the community The service might use local community venues to deliver their service or in some cases, residential properties including family members’ homes, where this is safe and appropriate., then the assessor will check that this is going to be safe for you.
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: 07/07/2023
Summary:
Bold Moves – Exeter is one of several contact centres run by Bold Moves across the south of the UK. Exeter has shops and the cathedral close by which makes it convenient for picnics and walks. There is a public car park near to the centre and good public transport links.
Bold Moves uses a building belonging to the Salvation Army. This is about to undergo some major refurbishment which will help bring the building up to date, improve the service offered and help the centre feel more welcoming to families. The centre has toys, puzzles and books but many parents now bring their own things for the children to do.
The centre has a detailed, bright, and inviting website with a range of information included on this for the children and families who 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.
A small close-knit team run the centre which appears to work well. The assessor would like to wish them all the best for their future working with families. The centre meets the standards for enhanced (supervised) contact accreditation.
Photos from this centre
