Fiddlers Lane Sure Start Children's Centre

Buzz Lightyear and his Mum get creative at Stay and Play

Fiddlers Lane Sure Start Children's Centre is attached to Fiddlers Lane Primary School.

What we offer

We offer children and families a huge range of services, activities and support including:

Baby massage
Family fun time
Baby sensory sessions
Breastfeeding support
Adult education (computer, English and maths courses)
Employment and training advice
First friends
Midwife clinics (antenatal sessions)
Skills and Work
Parent Survival
Time for a rhyme
Sure swim
Babies first foods - every month
Well baby clinic
Breakfast and after school club
Jobcentre Plus

There is a variety of sessions held here, and many other forms of support and advice available.

We stay open during school holidays, although some of the events that are held outside of the centre may vary at these times. Please contact the centre if you are unsure.

The centre

The centre has a community room which is used for most sessions, and is suitable for play sessions and meetings, and has cooking facilities. There is a training room which can cater for up to 15 people for meetings and training sessions, a health room for private consultations, and our new and exciting sensory room.

We also have an brand new outdoor adventure playground, and two other outdoor play areas equiped with play equipment.

We have close ties with other local resources, and run sessions in the pool, at Irlam Community Centre, and with the library.

The team

The centre has an energetic and friendly team of children's centre workers. We regularly have members of the midwifery team and Primary Care Trust workers in the centre.

Christmas and New Year

The centre will close on 23 December for Christmas, normal timetable activities will be available up to Wednesday 21 December. The centre will be open on Thursday 29 December and Friday 30 December for midwife clinics only. The centre will re-open on Tuesday 3 January 2012. Sessions will commence on Thursday 5 January 2012.

Fun Friday at Fit City Cadishead will finish for Christmas on Friday 9 December and re-open on Friday 13 January 2012.