Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
Orton Children's Centre, Herlington, Orton Malborne,
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5PW
Services available here
Supported family time
Supervised family time
Handover
Indirect
Life story identity family time
Accepts self referrals
Enhanced Accredited
Virtual family time (Supervised)
Not For Profit
To make a referral,
contact:
Telephone: 07939 285184
Alternative: 07554 450493
Contact
Website: www.childrenslinks.org.uk/child-contact-centres
Telephone: 07939 285184
Alternative: 07554 450493
Description
Alternative email: contactcentres@childrenslinks.org.uk
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: 26/02/2026
Summary:
Children’s Links is a well-known provider with several accredited services in the East Midlands region of England. Children’s Links is a UK-based charity that provides a wide range of services to support children, young people, and families. Their centre in Peterborough has been accredited for three years and uses a family centre, situated just off the A1. Free public parking is available and buses from the city centre stop close by.
The building is large and contains multiple rooms equipped with age‑appropriate toys for a range of children. All rooms observed were bright, clean, and well maintained.
The centre has a detailed, bright, and inviting website and leaflets with a range of information included on these 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.
Staff were friendly, approachable, and willing to engage in conversation, creating a welcoming atmosphere for families. The centre meets the standards for enhanced (supervised) family time accreditation.
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