Barking Learning Centre Community & Family Hub​

A Community Hub is a welcoming place where you can go to receive help, support and meet people. 

A Family Hub is a welcoming place where families and children aged 0-19 and up to 25 with SEND can go to receive help, support and meet people.

Our Family Navigators in our Family Hubs help families find and use the services they need.  They can point you towards the support you are looking for, help with childcare, healthcare, housing and more.  Please email familynavigators@lbbd.gov.uk or telephone 020 8227 3359.

We can help in many ways.

• Housing and homelessness 
• Health and wellbeing  
• General council services  
• Help getting online  
• Money and debt advice  
• Jobs, training and courses  
• Events and activities  
• Accessing food support 
• Linking in with Family Hub services 

And many more! 

You can walk in to any Community Hub and speak to someone. Some of the activities and services may need to be booked, please check our Events & Activities page for more information.

We have a range of activities and services for everyone! Have a look at our Events & Activities page for more information.

Most of the activities are free. There may be a small charge for some of the activities. 

To find your nearest hub, check out the map to find your nearest hub and the opening times.

Children centres are now Community and Family Hubs. There are a wide range of Family Hub services happening across the borough and libraries can be found in the following Community Hubs: 

• Barking Learning Centre Community Hub 
• Dagenham Learning Centre Community Hub 
• Marks Gate Community Hub 
• Thames Community Hub 
• Whalebone Community Hub 

 We also have Valence Library.  

We would love for people to run activities in our Community Hubs, please check the Join In page to find out how. 

If you need help, please fill out the form on the Join In page and a member of the Community Hub team will get in touch.

Yes, we have a range of spaces available to hire in some of our Community Hubs. Check on your chosen hub page to find out more about space hire.