Venue details not disclosed
Opening hours
Days & Times: Alternate Saturdays 10am to 11.30am
Centre charges
Services available here
Supported family time
Accepts self referrals
Accredited
Not For Profit
To make a referral,
contact:
Address: 7 Bull Ring, Horncastle, LIncolnshire, LN9 5HX
Telephone: 07584 341265
Local services
Our centre is based in the centre of Retford, with good road and rail links, both from the A1 and using the East Coast and cross country railway lines.
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: 06/05/2025
Summary:
Children’s Links is a charity that works with children, families and communities to change children’s lives for the better. They run four child contact centres in Nottinghamshire with additional centres in other areas. They have taken on the running of the centre in Retford fairly recently which had been a long-established supported service in the area. The centre operates from Retford Family Hub – a council run building and is served well by public transport links including a train station and close by bus routes. The centre does not have its own parking, however there is ample council parking directly outside.
The centre is bright, with lots of natural light. The room is spacious and inviting, catering to a large age range; with plenty of appropriate toys and games available. There is also an outside area that is an ideal size for the families attending and allow for children to stretch their legs.
Children’s Links has produced leaflets along with excellent information on their website regarding the processes for supported and other types of family time available at other centres. The centre has robust systems in place designed to prepare people for using the service and lessening any potential anxiety. Their planning and preparation help people to know what they can expect from the service and what the service will expect from them in return.
The management team are experienced, and volunteers were welcoming, supportive and friendly. Any recommended actions following the visit are now complete meaning the service meets the standards for supported family time accreditation.
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