Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
Richard Alan House, Old Road,
Alderbury, Wilts, SP5 3AR
Opening hours
Days & Times: 7 days a week 9am to 6pm
Centre charges
Services available here
Supported family time
Supervised family time
Handover
Supervised family time assessment
Indirect
Escorted family time
Life story identity family time
Accepts self referrals
Enhanced Accredited
Virtual family time (Supported)
Virtual family time (Supervised)
To make a referral,
contact:
Address: Claire Lizbeth House, Lone Barn Stable, Stanbridge Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 0HE
Telephone: 01794 516622
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: 30/11/2025
Summary:
Chances Gives Choices is an established contact service with several centres across Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, West Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire. The service opened in 2014 and has grown significantly over the past 11 years. The service is based in Alderbury, a village southeast of Salisbury with local bus services and street parking.
There are three rooms available for family time which are welcoming with a variety of toys and games available.
The centre has an informative website with a range of information included on this for the 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.
Staff met were enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the service that they provide. Any recommended actions following the visit are now complete meaning the service meets the standards for enhanced (supervised) family time accreditation.
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