Windmill Children's Centre

What is a Children's Centre?

Children’s Centres provide information and services for families with young children aged 0-5 years, and aim to build on good existing services rather than starting new ones where it’s not necessary.

By visiting Windmill Children’s Centre, you will receive support and help in finding childcare, family support, health services and even employment advice. If you are looking for day care as a working parent, the centre will be able to give you information about the options for you and your child.

Windmill Children’s Centre is:

• An agency to support families, groups and organizations for under 5’s.
• The aim is to help you give your children the very best start in life.
• It can be hard to know what services are available or what they actually offer, the Children’s Centre will help with this and be a one-stop shop to find out what is about.
• It will also provide some services that are currently missing from your community.  Finding out what you want and need will be vital to developing the services that will be offered.
• Support with training and links with Jobcentre Plus and health professionals will also be available.

To ensure the quality of services, all Children’s Centres had to be designated by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).  Windmill Children’s Centre has been formally designated as a Sure Start Centre. Hertfordshire visit all Hertfordshire Children's Centres three times a year to monitor progress. Ofsted now also inspect Children's Centres. Windmill Children's Centre is yet to be visited by Oftsed, but this could happen at any point.

All our policies are available for parents to see at Windmill Children's Centre. We can email policies to parents that request them.

If you have any suggestions about what you would like the Centre to offer, or comments on the services please get in touch.

Other Children's Centres are available in Hemel:

Grovehill, Woodhall Farm,
Worldshapers Children’s Centre, Lillian Andreasen, 01442 269804. The Community
Centre, Datchett Close, Woodhall Farm, HP2 5JT
lillian@worldshapers.org.uk. www.worldshapers.org.uk

Hemel Hempstead Central
Heath Lane Children’s Centre—Anita Harris, 01442 255418
manager.heathlane@hertschildrenscentres.org.uk. Heath Lane, HP1 1TT.
www.hertschildrenscentres.org.uk/heathlane

Kings Langley, Nash Mills, Bedmond
Three Villages Children’s Centre, Angela Welsh, threevillages@pre-school.org.uk
01923 270586, 07811 166 378. Conniston Road, Kings Langley, WD4 8DF
www.pre-school.org.uk/hertfordshire

Leverstock Green and Bennetts End
Green Lane Children’s Centre—Joanna Moss, 01442 265410, 07938 805 028,
manager.greenlane@hertschildrenscentres.org.uk. Green Lane, Leverstock
Green, HP2 4SA

Warners End, Chaulden and Gadebridge
Galley Hill Children’s Centre, Terri Burfield, 0750 722 7418, 01442 426753
manager.galleyhill@hertschildrenscentres.org.uk.
www.hertschildrenscentres.org.uk/galleyhill

Tring and District
Orchard Children's Centre, Andrea Kelly 0759 520 4350, 01442 426922
manager.orchard@hertschildrenscentres.org.uk

Bovingdon, Chipperfield, Flaunden and Sarratt
The Lanes Children's Centre, Zoe Hier 01923 262640, 07966 966 352.
zoe.hier@pre-school.org.uk

Berkhamsted, North Church, Aldbury, Gaddesden, Wigginton, Nettleden and Potten End. There are two managers Ben Sladden (Little Feet) 01442 384144, 07825 248 290ben@littlefeetcc.org.uk and Lillian Andreasen (Little hands) 01442 269804, 07545 922 565 lillian@littlehandscc.org.uk