Venue details
Opening hours
Days & Times: 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month 9.30am to 1.30pm
Centre charges
Details available on request
Services available here
Supported contact
Handover
Accepts self referrals
Accredited
Notes from this centre
No correspondence to the venue
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: 03/12/2022
Summary:
The Centre is a charitable organisation and has been running for 27 years and is located in Old town Stevenage, in Bunyan Road Church. This is close to the Old Town with public access and there is parking across from the church. The centre uses the church hall and has access to a small waiting area and another room with a small snooker table, table tennis for older children.
On the day of the assessment the assessor noted that everyone was very welcoming, the centre was very busy with families, everyone appeared to be enjoying themselves and relaxed. The atmosphere of the centre was friendly and fun, and for a child attending, she would imagine, that they would want to go in and explore and that they would feel comfortable being at and calm.
The Staff/Volunteers were committed to the job in hand, wanting to provide a safe, comfortable, and secure environment for children to spend time with their parent. Many of the Volunteers have been at the centre since it commenced some 20 plus years ago. When necessary, Volunteers from Stevenage will help at Letchworth and like Letchworth will help out Stevenage.
The centre offers a large hall which was clean and provided well for the families. The church provides all the furniture which was in good order and the centre has a walk-in cupboard to store all of their toys and games, of which there is a huge selection.
The service meets the accreditation standard for supported contact.
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