Local Family Hubs

Family Hubs & Community Spokes

Walsall’s 4 Locality Family Hubs provide a welcoming space where children, young people aged 0-19 and up to 25 for those young people with additional needs and their families can go to get advice and support when they need it, our Family Hubs are in the heart of local communities where services have come together providing one ‘front door’ access to get help and to talk to someone in a safe space about sensitive things that maybe worrying them.

Services who have come together include Midwives, Health Visitors, School Nurses, Speech & Language Early Help, Children’s Social Care , DWP Housing and Police.

Examples of advice and services available

• For expectant or new parents or those with young babies and infants you can get advice and support on a range of topics including feeding, sleeping, parenting advice, managing your own wellbeing and advice on a range of family health activities including baby wellbeing clinics, ideas on well-being things to do and how to positively interact with your children, take up the opportunity to join groups of other parents and carers to support each other and take part in activities such as Look, Say, Sing, Play or First Words Together.

• For all families you can get advice on parenting, child development, support for children who have additional needs or advice for yourself on employment, further education, work experience or volunteering opportunities as well as housing or finances.

• For young people you can get advice on ‘what’s on in your area’, advice if you are worried about home life, school life, want advice about staying safe or worried about a member of your family or a friend.

Where are your Family Hubs?