East Family Hub

Our main family hubs are at:

Barkerend Family Hub, 365 Barkerend Road, Bradford, BD3 8QX, next to Byron Primary School:

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and Gateway Family Hub, 43 Thackeray Road, Ravenscliffe, Bradford, BD10 0JR:

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We also deliver services at the following locations:

• Burnett Fields Family Centre, 42 Greaves Street, Bradford, BD5 7PE
• Canterbury Nursery School, Basil Street, Canterbury, Bradford, BD5 9HL
• Woodroyd Nursery, Woodroyd Road, West Bowling, Bradford, BD5 8EL
• Communityworks, Undercliffe Lane, Bradford, BD3 0DW
• Fagley Primary/Childrens Centre, Falsgrave Avenue, Bradford, BD2 3PU

Download a printable leaflet with this information here

Barkerend Family Hub

Parking: There is a free car park for visitors and families, including disabled parking, available at Barkerend Family Hub, but spaces are limited. If this is full, visitors may use the carpark at the Karmand Community Centre, on the opposite side of Barkerend Road (post code BD3 9EP). Please use the nearby pedestrian crossing, which leads straight into the hubs’ main entrance gate, to ensure the safest crossing of the busy main road.

Nearby bus routes: From Bradford Interchange catch the X11 (towards Leeds) which stops near Barkerend Family Hub (get off the bus at Fitzroy Road).

Nearest train stations: Bradford Interchange (1.2 miles); Bradford Forster Square (1.2 miles).

Gateway Family Hub

Parking: There is a free car park for visitors, families and staff. If this is full, there is some on-street parking available nearby. Please be considerate of residents and pedestrians when parking on the street.

Nearby bus routes: From Bradford centre (Little Germany Z) catch the 645 towards Greengates. Get off the bus at Thackeray Road. Gateway is 5 minutes’ walk away.

Nearest train stations: Apperley Bridge (2 miles), Bradford Forster Square (3 miles).

Although we try hard to make sure everything on these our timetable is accurate, details of events can sometimes change at short notice. There might be cancellations because of, for example, bad weather or other emergencies. So if you're making a special trip, you might want to check with the hub or with the organisers beforehand.

Click here for our March 2025 timetable

Click here for our April 2025 timetable

Here's a quick overview of recent events:

Sensory Room - a therapeutic space for all families devoted to relaxing/developing the senses. Call to book.

SEND Parent/Carer’s Coffee Morning - a place for parent carers to share experiences and get support. Email chaslam@carersresource.org  or call 0808 501593 for more information.

Health Visitor, Baby and Midwife Clinics - including Clover midwife clinic. Appointment only; speak to your health visitor or midwife.

School Nurse Team - Support with eating, lifestyles,relationships, sleep issues and more. Drop In or call 01274 221203.

50 things to do before you're 5 event - A free project for parents of children aged 0-5 across the district. A smart phone app offers 50 activities that will support communication development, access to the outdoors and a growing understanding of the world by having fun!

SEND Community Support Team - here for you to chat about difficulties you may have with your child/young person's behaviours/sleep difficulties.

Baby Feeding Support Sessions - run every week by friendly experienced infant feeding practitioners with specialist support available. Any questions or concerns can be supported as well as every day feeding support. Breast pumps are available to borrow if you have seen a practitioner and there is a need identified. Please do just drop in, no booking needed.

Maternity Circle - drop in, we run a wide range of sessions to support pregnant mums and those with children under 2.

Maternity Smoking Cessation Support - appointments for pregnant smokers to support them to stop smoking in pregnancy and validate smoke free status to enable them to access the incentive scheme, which means they can get up to £400 Love2Shop vouchers for stopping smoking in pregnancy. Call us to book.

We are the local family navigators for the East Family Hubs. We're happy to show you around our Family Hubs and introduce you to all the fantastic things we have going on for families in your area.

If you need any extra support, we're here to listen and signpost you to services that can help.