main content Bromley Children Project

The Bromley Children Project aims to help children make the most of their time at school by empowering parents, encouraging them to be enthusiastic and involved in their children's education, and to continue their own education and training.

Communities Served by the Project

• This project currently operates within the community in Mottingham, St Mary Cray, St Paul’s Cray, the Ramsden Estate, Penge and Anerley, and Bromley Common.
• Within these communities, the Bromley Children Project is currently in 14 primary schools and providing a 'linked' service to several others.
• The project is aimed at parents of young children (4 – 11 years old) and young children themselves within the local communities and, in particular, those in the 16 primary schools.

Details

• The Bromley Children Project asks parents and children what would be useful – the parents and children determine what the project will provide.
• The project offers a variety of activities, normally within walking distance and usually in the schools, in partnership with other agencies, e.g. Bromley Adult Education College, Orpington College, and Health.
  
  Activities include:

• parent time
• lifelong learning courses, e.g. classroom assistant courses, crèche worker certificate, book-keeping, computer courses, numeracy, literacy, first aid, British sign language, assertion and aromatherapy
• training opportunities for parents, e.g. classroom assistant placements, and crèche worker placements
• counselling, advice and guidance
• individual child/parent and family support for parenting, emotional and practical difficulties
• crèche facilities.

• Parents gain new skills, qualifications, friends, and self-esteem and become more involved in their children’s education.
• The combination of appropriate support and relevant learning gives parents the freedom to make positive changes in their lives, to feel more confident in themselves and in helping their children.

Next Steps

To find out more about this project, or to obtain a copy of one of the following publications, please contact the Project Manager or Deputy at the Civic Centre or one of the nine Project Co-ordinators based within the community.

• Children and young people's ideas about what would help them and their communities in Bromley - October 2002
• Bromley Children's Fund Plan - December 2002 (150 page document which includes strategy, targets and statistics)
• Bromley Children's Fund Newsletter for children and young people in Bromley.

Contact Details

Telephone:  020 8313 4120 (Project Manager); or 
020 8461 7578 (Deputy Manager)
Fax:  020 8313 4708

Address: 
The Bromley Children Project,
Civic Centre, Room E86a, Stockwell Close, Bromley BR1 3UH.

Area Co-ordinator Contact Details:

Penge and Anerley:

Address:  Bromley Children Project, 101a Parish Lane, Penge SE20 7NR
Telephone:  020 8676 0975 (James Dixon Primary and Royston Primary - links to Alexandra Infants)
Telephone:  020 8659 4285 (Malcolm Primary and St John's Primary - links to Community Vision)

St Mary Cray and St Paul’s Cray:

Address:  Bromley Children Project, Blenheim Children's Centre, Blenheim Road, Orpington, BR6 9BH
Telephone: 01689 879145 (Blenheim Children's Centre and Blenheim Primary School - links to Hillside)

Address: Bromley Children Project, St Barnabas Church, Rushet Road, St Paul’s Cray, Orpington BR5 2PU
Telephone:  01689 825686 (Leesons Primary and St Mary Cray Primary - links to Manor Oak)
Telephone:  01689 828566 (St Paul’s Cray CE Primary School - links to Manor Oak)

Mottingham and Chislehurst:

Address:  Bromley Children Project, 12 Belvoir Close, Mottingham, SE9 4TD
Telephone:  020 8851 0884 (Castlecombe Primary School - links to Edgebury, Mead Road and Red Hill)
Telephone:  020 8851 8435 (Mottingham Primary and Dorset Road Infant School)

Bromley Town/Bromley Common:

Address:  Bromley Children Project, St Barnabas Church, Rushet Road, St Paul's Cray, Orpington BR5 2PU
Telephone:  01689 891129 (Southborough and Princes Plain Primary)

Address: Bromley Children Project, 12 Belvoir Close, Mottingham, SE9 4TD
Telephone:  020 8857 4098 (Burnt Ash Primary School)