Children don’t come with an instruction manual, so when it comes to parenting, how do you know what is best and what works?
Our Family Hubs offer a variety of sessions to support you and your family as you navigate through your parenting journey!
Introduction
GroBrain
GroBrain Baby course is for parents of babies pre-birth to 12 months and consists of four sessions, lasting around 2 hours each. The course focusses on bonding and brain development, and the vital part parents and carers play in ‘wiring up’ the connections in their baby’s brain in the first 1001 critical days of life. This ‘brain wiring’ lays the foundation for emotional wellbeing and the way emotions will be handled in later life.
To book your place on this course, pop into your local Family Hub or call us 0800 783 4645. You can also email us at familyhubs@southtyneside.gov.uk
HENRY
What happens in childhood has lifelong effects on our health and wellbeing. Our HENRY programme and workshops supports families to provide the best possible start in life for babies and children.
Henry Programme
Healthy Families Right From The Start (0-5 years)
This eight-week programme helps the whole family to adopt a healthier lifestyle, creating more opportunities to play with your children, and helps parents to support their children’s health and social development. HENRY workshops include understanding behaviour, looking after ourselves, healthy teeth, eating well for less. and starting solids. See where and when they are running at the bottom of this page.
HENRY Preparation for Parenthood (Antenatal)
A six-week programme to help expectant parents develop a healthy lifestyle for themselves and their baby whilst preparing for birth and caring for a new baby.
Togetherness
Free learning resources on brain development, emotional wellbeing and parenting for healthier relationships and happier lives.
South Tyneside Family Hubs, in partnership with Togetherness, offers families free access to online learning pathways that support emotional wellbeing—for both grown-ups and children. To access the online courses, follow this link and use ‘ForEveryFamily’ as the access code.
Triple P
What is Triple P?
Triple P is a parenting programme, but it doesn’t tell you how to be a parent. It’s more like a toolbox of ideas. You choose the strategies you need. You choose the way you want to use them. It’s all about making Triple P work for you.
What does Triple P Do?
The three Ps in ‘Triple P’ stand for ‘Positive Parenting Program’ which means your family life is going to be much more enjoyable.
Triple P helps you:
Raise happy, confident kids
Manage misbehaviour so everyone in the family enjoys life more. Set rules and routines that everyone respects and follows. Encourage behaviour you like. Take care of yourself as a parent. Feel confident you’re doing the right thing.
Want to know more?
Watch our short video on how the four-week programme aims to prepare parents for a positive transition to parenthood and the first year with baby.
Please contact your local Family Hub for more information.
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Activities
Triple P Baby
Triple P Baby
Triple P Baby is an evidence-based programme which supports parents with the transition into parenthood. It explores sensitive and responsive parenting and aims to further develop positive relationships with your baby. Please call your local Family Hub for more information.
HENRY Preparing for Parenthood (Antenatal)
HENRY Preparing for Parenthood (Antenatal)
A 6-week programme to help expectant parents develop a healthy lifestyle for themselves and their baby whilst preparing for birth and caring for a new baby.
Starting Solids
Next on 13 Oct 2025 10:00am
Starting Solids
An interactive session to support you to wean your child.
HENRY Understanding Behaviours
Next on 4 Nov 2025 10:00am
HENRY Understanding Behaviours
90-minute workshop The workshop gives opportunities to share experiences within a small group with other parents and carers, find new ways of reducing stress and gain new ideas to manage daily family life to get your little ones off to a great start.
HENRY Healthy Family Right From The Start
Next on 14 Oct 2025 10:00am
HENRY Healthy Family Right From The Start
Henry is an 8-week, programme to give babies and young children 0 to 5 years a good start. The programme helps the whole family to adopt a healthier lifestyle, creating more opportunities to play with your children, and helps parents to support their children’s health and social development. HENRY workshops include understanding behaviour, looking after