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82 Peel Close,

By Ridgeway Park

Chingford, E4 6XQ

 

Tel. 0208 529 3885

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Our Mission Statement


Our centre is a place where everyone is valued, ideas are encouraged and where everything is regarded as possible for the positive benefit of the local community.

What are Children Centres?


Sure Start Children Centres are at the heart of the government’s Every Child Matters: Change for Children programme. The aim is that by 2010 there will be approximately 3,500 centres in England, that is one for every community. In essence, the five aims of Every Child Matters will be the driving force behind every children centre:


  • Be Healthy
  • Stay Safe
  • Enjoy and achieve
  • Make a positive contribution
  • Achieve economic well-being

We are aware that without the involvement of the families using our Centre we will not be able to deliver the services that reflect the needs of our unique community. Answering these needs early and supporting families in caring for their young children is central to the Every Child Matters agenda, which identified ‘the bond between the child and their parents as the most critical influence on a child’s life’.


Helping parents to build aspirations and expectations for their children as well as themselves alongside a commitment to learning is seen as central to our core provisions.


Aims of Children Centres


Our ultimate aim is to ‘improve the outcomes and life chance for children’. Our goal is to provide a one-stop shop on your doorstep for integrated childcare, early years education alongside a range of support and advice services for parents and carers.


  • Reaching most disadvantaged and vulnerable families and children
  • Increase the consistency in the level of support services offered
  • Improve multi-agency working between Health, Education and Community Services.
  • Provide quality early years provision
  • Employ highly trained and qualified staff

One-stop shop on your doorstep

 

We will provide good, affordable and accessible childcare provision and advice, support and training for parents and carers. We are developing a close partnership between College Garden nursery school, the Pre-School Learning Alliance, Wellington Primary School, Youth Services, Waltham Forest Primary Care Trust and a range of other Community Groups.


In addition, we have a supportive and dedicated Parent

Governing body who work closely with us and our

multi-agency partners.

 

 

Who, where and when?

 

The Ridgeway Park Children Centre opened in September 2007.


We are based within the grounds of Wellington Primary School and adjacent to the tennis court entrance of Ridgeway Park in Chingford.


To get to us on public transport please use the numbers 97 and 215 - which will drop you on Old Church Road which is by our entrance.



Our purpose-built centre is open from 8am till 6pm, five days a week, 48 weeks a year.

 

You can telephone us on

020 8529 3885

 

Or write to us at...

 

Ridgeway Park

Children Centre,

82 Peel Close, Chingford,

Waltham Forest, E4 6XQ

We are committed to supporting families in Chingford to ensure our children get the best possible start in life.

 

We aim to provide a one-stop shop on the doorstep that offers support for children from birth to nineteen years old.