Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
Marion Patience Room, Weeke Community Centre, Taplings Road, Weeke,
Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 6HG
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, Romsey, Hampshire, 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: 13/03/2023
Summary:
Chances Gives Choices – Winchester has moved premises following their accreditation visit in 2023 and therefore was visited in September 2025 to ensure that the venue was appropriate for its purpose. The summary below has been altered accordingly to take account of the new venue.
Chance Gives Choices is a large organisation which has multiple venues for contact in Dorset, Hampshire, and Wiltshire. Winchester has good bus and rail links and is located near the M3 motorway.
The centre evidenced a bright, child friendly room during the assessment visit which impressed the assessor considering the wide usage of the room from other groups. Parents are encouraged to bring toys and activities that they may wish to engage in. A small kitchen area is also available for drinks and hand washing.
The centre’s ethos runs throughout the centre`s literature and the website, supporting parents to get things right for their children. This information helps them to anticipate everything from making a referral to the appropriate steps to take if they are unhappy or feel unsafe. Their children’s leaflet introduces the service, the workers and invites children to come and look around.
This venue is operating under a big organisation serving and supporting many people. The manager appears to have a well-supported, happy team. Any recommended actions following the visit are now complete meaning the service meets the standards for enhanced (supervised) accreditation.
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