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 you do use on-street parking, please be considerate of residents and pedestrians; also bear in mind that parking on many streets around the Hub is limited to one hour for non permit holders (with no return within an hour).

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 April 2025 timetable

Click here for our May 2025 timetable

Here's a quick overview of recent events:

Birth registrations - scan the QR code to the left of this page, click here or call 01274 432151 for an appointment.

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 and more. Drop in or call 01274 221203.

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 - friendly and experienced infant feeding specialists are here to support you with questions or concerns as well as every day feeding support. Breast pumps are available to borrow if you've seen a practitioner and there's a need identified. Just drop in.

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

Maternity Smoking Cessation - to support people to give up smoking in pregnancy. An incentive scheme means you could get up to £400 Love2Shop vouchers! Call us for more information.

Creative practitioner to work with parents - part of BD25 - doing arts & crafts and outdoor activities.

The Beacon - music, street food, a range of workshop activities around wellbeing, arts & crafts, yoga,massage and much more.

Kooth Mental Health Support - anonymous and personalised mental health support for children, young people and adults. Come and talk to one of the team for more.

50 things play session - keep your kids active,learning and entertained for free or at a very low cost.
Come along and get your free guide.

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.