Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
107b Ripple Road,
Barking, London, IG11 7NY
Opening hours
Days & Times: Monday to Sunday 9am to 6pm
Centre charges
Services available here
Supported family time
Supervised family time
Handover
Supervised family time assessment
Indirect
Escorted family time
Accepts self referrals
Enhanced Accredited
Virtual family time (Supported)
Virtual family time (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: 13/06/2023
Summary:
Flourish Family Centre has moved premises following their accreditation visit in 2023 and therefore was visited in June 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.
Flourish Family Centre now has a new venue and is still located Barking, East London. The centre has excellent transport links and although it does not have onsite parking there are several carparks within a 3-minute walk.
The centre has been redecorated and has a cosy, family friendly environment for families. The rooms are bright and inviting with toy storage in boxes and on shelves giving the feel of a living room or lounge rather than a contact centre. A kitchen is also available for families to use.
The centre has an easy-to-navigate website and has created brochures for children and parents in relation to their services which answer a lot of questions that they are likely have prior to accessing services. In addition, the staff are very experienced, easily contactable and helpful with any queries.
Flourish Family Centre were organised and engaging throughout the accreditation process, remedying any gaps along the way. They have implemented documents of a high standard that are easy to read and use. The centre meets the standards for enhanced (supervised) contact accreditation.
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