Playhubs UK

04/11/2026

01/11/2026

No Forest Midwives at The Playhub this week, but we’re still open for play as usual!

Our lovely midwife is having a well-earned holiday this week, so there won’t be a feeding clinic on Monday 2nd November.

You’re still very welcome to come along for a play, a cuppa and a chat from 9.15am to 12.15pm.

If you need feeding support this week, True Stars or The Feeding Whisperer in Chigwell can help with expert advice.

24/10/2026

We’ve been busy getting creative at The Playhub!

Rather than buying new, we’ve been giving some of our existing resources a new lease of life, turning old cards into matching games, puzzles and fun activities for little hands to explore.

We’re looking forward to trying them all out on Monday, alongside our usual play, crafts and activities!

Join us on Monday 26 October, 9:15am–12:15pm at Roding Valley Hall.

We’ll then be closed for the rest of half term, so come and squeeze in one more Playhub session before the break!

Book your space at bookwhen.com/playhubsuk

24/10/2026

We’ve already had 5 winners!

We now have over 40 amazing people supporting The Playhub through the Epping Forest Community Lottery, and 5 of them have already won prizes!

It’s a fantastic way to support a great local cause while being in with a chance of winning up to £25,000!

Every ticket bought through our cause page helps us keep The Playhub running, providing affordable, welcoming play sessions and support for local families.

A huge thank you to everyone who’s signed up so far. Could you be our next winner?

Sign up through the link in our bio!

11/10/2026

Our lovely Co Director H**e (otherwise known as She Asked Anyway ) has started us a lovely book giveaway area- from baby books to parenting books to board books to popups, come and grab a few… Feel free to add your own donations too! See you soon 📚❤️

05/10/2026

We tried manifesting the hall rent. Apparently, the landlord still prefers money… 😂

The Playhub is so much more than toys in a hall. It’s the Forest Team Midwives Infant Feeding Café, baby weighing, the community food table, real friendships, practical support and a place where local families can simply belong. Everything is always free for low income families, we’re totally volunteer run and we’re a registered notforprofit CIC!

We also run The Mum Chat and loads more WhatsApp groups like our second hand swap/sell/share groups and children’s activity groups, connecting and supporting families across our community every day.

If you’d like to help us reach our goal our links are:

💛 GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/hall-hire-at-the-playhub

🎟️ Epping Forest Community Lottery:
https://www.eppingforestcommunitylottery.co.uk/support/community-playhub-cic

Every donation and every lottery ticket genuinely helps us keep The Playhub going (and you can win cash as well as supporting other local causes with the Lottery too for just £1 a ticket!).

Thanks everyone, we love running The Playhub!

PS thanks for the awesome graphic

28/09/2026

We’re delighted that two Playhub supporters won cash prizes in this week’s Epping Forest District Council community lottery! Tickets are just £1 and we’ve already raised £31 via their community fundraising options, so please do select us when you sign up for tickets as every little helps and you could win £25k!

15/09/2026

September is always a bit bitty sorry everyone! Next week we will just open on the Wednesday. See you soon! Casta and H**e x

11/09/2026

The Memory Café for those affected by dementia runs monthly at Roding Valley Hall, so we don’t run every second Friday. Have a lovely weekend and we’ll see you next week!

12/07/2026

Our week is looking busy! See you all soon for stay and plays with our fabulous volunteer team at Roding Valley Hall! kidsclass