Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
St Gabriel's Church, Tewkesbury Close,
Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 9DU
Opening hours
Days & Times: 1st & 3rd Saturdays 2pm to 4pm
Centre charges
£20 for referral. No charge for contact sessions.
Services available here
Supported family time
Handover
Accepts self referrals
Accredited
Not For Profit
To make a referral,
contact:
Address: Popley Contact Centre, c/o Basingstoke Church Office, St Michael’s Church, Church Square, Basingstoke, RG21 7QW
Telephone: 07741 387996
Email: PopleyCCC@gmail.com
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: 07/10/2025
Summary:
Popley Child Contact Centre is a well-established centre operated by the Mothers’ Union located in Popley, a suburb of Basingstoke with sessions are run out of St Gabriel’s Church in the church hall. There are local transport links with limited parking available.
The centre presents as clean, bright, well-organised and provides a welcoming environment, with an appropriate range of furniture, toys, games, and activities available to children and their families.
The centre has leaflets 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.
Popley Child Contact Centre has a strong, knowledgeable, and approachable team, all of whom contributed positively to the assessment process. Any recommended actions following the visit are now complete meaning the service meets the standards for supported family time accreditation.
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