Colin Sure Start

18/06/2026

We still have a few places left on our last OUTDOOR EXPLORERS session before the summer, taking place on Friday up in our woodland garden in Poleglass. Great opportunity to get your toddler outdoors for some physical play and activity! To book, follow the link:

https://www.colinsurestart.com/eventbooker/event-1/45/

17/06/2026

🤰ANTENATAL WORKSHOP - INFANT FEEDING🤰

📅THURSDAY 25TH JUNE
⏰6.30pm - 8.00pm
📍Unit 20 Dairy Farm Centre (Beside Colin Sure Start Main Office)

This 90 minute workshop will focus on Infant Feeding Choices and Responsive Parenting.
This workshop will allow antenatal parents to explore feeding choices for their babies.

Topics covered include:

👶 Normal infant feeding behaviour
👶 Breastfeeding
👶 Responsive Feeding
👶 Maternal Wellbeing
👶 Gaining support including partners

If this is something that you would be interested in attending please contact or text Julie Anne on 07718478340

Refreshments will be provided

Please note this workshop is open to pregnant mums living within the Colin area and are registered with Colin Sure Start. Partners are also welcome to attend.

17/06/2026

Fathers Day Family Event THIS SATURDAY - Still some places available!!

The weather is looking good for our Fathers Day BBQ and family event this Saturday, 11 am up at the Colin Allotments & Healthy Living Centre. Its open to any families registered to Sure Start- if you are new to the area or to Sure Start, this is a perfect event to come along and meet other families and the Sure Start team - its a great informal way to get to know what is available to you here in the Colin area, and for the children to have some great fun, plus our legendary free Barbecue!

To book, just visit link below:
https://www.colinsurestart.com/eventbooker/event-8/48/327/

Dairy Farm Shopping Centre

16/06/2026

** Last week of Parent and Toddlers and RRST before Summer **

Just to let families know - this week will be our last week of Parent and Toddler groups and our Rhythm, Rhyme and Story Time programmes for the term before the summer break, to allow our staff time to do essential cleaning and sorting across all our venues.

We still have spaces available in this Friday's final OUTDOOR EXPLORERS session
https://www.colinsurestart.com/eventbooker/event-1/45/293/

And we look forward to seeing you all across our brilliant programme of Summer activities and events taking place throughout July and August!!
https://www.colinsurestart.com/parents/summer-scheme/

Colin Sure Start Summer Scheme is a fantastic way to get involved with some fun activities over July and August with your under 4s! It is open to any families registered with Colin Sure Start - and is free.

15/06/2026

OUTDOOR EXPLORERS THIS FRIDAY - SPACES AVAILABLE
We have our final Outdoor Explorers session before the summer this Friday - its perfect for outdoor play, and we have just the programme this Friday for your little explorers - its all about play in the outdoor environment, the fresh air, natural sensory materials, building and creating - its what toddlers love and how they learn! Come along and give it a try if you havent been before - we would love to welcome you to our forest garden up in Colinbrook Green! The group starts at 10 am. To book just follow this link:
https://www.colinsurestart.com/eventbooker/event-1/45/

14/06/2026

👶 BABY MASSAGE GRADUATES 🥳

🩷 These little ones and their mums attended our baby massage program and received their certificates this week.

They enjoyed gentle strokes, songs and best of all getting to spend one on one time with their parents! ⭐️

13/06/2026

** Fathers Day Family Event & BBQ NEXT SATURDAY**
Still spaces available
Saturday, 20th June, 11 am - 1pm
Colin Allotments & Healthy Living Centre
To book:
https://www.colinsurestart.com/eventbooker/event-8/48/

Its back - our Fathers Day event and famous barbecue returns on Saturday, 20th June from 11 am up at the beautiful Colin Allotments, and we are going all-in for MINIBEASTS!! Lots of fun and creative activities for your 0-4s all about their favourite creepy crawlies - well be making bug hotels, getting into some bug hunts, creating our own minibeasts to take home and a real live reptiles and mini-beasts show!! All finished off with our legendary BBQ. Perfect for all the family and open to any families registered with Colin Sure Start - if your not sure if you are registered or are new to the area and have children under age 4 just give us a call on 90601417

12/06/2026

🥰 BABYTIME- TINY TASTERS 🍓

We had a lovely session in baby time this week, little ones had a chance to explore different tastes and textures

🩷Our babytime program is suitable for babies aged 8-10 months, its a great opportunity for parents and babies to experience themed sessions such as; rainbow 🌈 under the sea 🐟 big and little movements🌺 and sensory⭐️

11/06/2026

Booking is now open for next weeks Parent and Toddler and Rhythm and Rhyme sessions 👇
https://www.colinsurestart.com/eventbooker/event-1/

🥳 𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄'𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 🥳

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫:
These groups are popular and spaces can go quickly, so we kindly ask families to book up to 𝟯 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 to help to make sure everyone gets a chance to come along.
If a session is full, please add yourself to the waiting list or continue to check back over the week as spaces do become available when cancellations occur.
Please remember you must be registered with Colin Sure Start before attending any of these groups. If you'd like to register please just give us a call on: 028 90601417

🥰Our groups are a lovely chance for you and your little one to meet others and enjoy play that supports early learning and development. We can't wait to see you there!

10/06/2026

😎🌞𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗠𝗘 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲🌞😎

🌟𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘: https://www.colinsurestart.com/parents/summer-scheme/

📍𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛 𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: You will see the date, time and location of each event, please only book if you are available to attend on this date. Please also note the age ranges on each activity to ensure the event is suitable for your child, this will prevent your booking being cancelled.

🚌𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗦- If you are a non-driving parent and would like to book a space on a bus for one of our trips we are asking that you only book 𝟭 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗣. This is to allow other non-driving families a chance to attend a trip as spaces on the bus are limited.

👧𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦/𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗡 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝟰: Children over 4 (siblings) are welcome to come to summer scheme events provided you have a child under 4 currently registered with us. We cannot have children over 4 booked onto our tips on the bus so please select your own transport when booking. Our events are geared towards under 4's, please consider this if siblings are coming along too ☺️

🤩Our summer activities are free and open to any families who are registered with us, families with children under 4 years old who live in the Colin area. If you're not sure if you are registered with us, just give us a call on 90601417