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(Ince, Scholes, New Springs, Whelley, Aspull, Standish,

Shevington, Beech Hill and Wigan Town Centre)

01942 767503 Option 2

Aspull Library Start Well Link – Oakfield

Crescent, WN2 1XJ

Aspull Methodist Church – Wigan Road,

WN2 1PP

Aspull One House Community Centre – Aspull

House, 45 Haigh Road, Wigan, WN2 1RR

Beech Hill Start Well Link – Netherby Rd, Wigan

WN6 7PT

Circus Play— Unit 1, 115 Manchester Rd, Ince,

Wigan, WN2 2AB

Ince Start Well Family Centre – Charles Street,

Ince, Wigan, WN2 2AL

Ince Methodist Church – Manchester Road,

Ince, WN1 3HF

Ince Community Centre— Manchester Road,

Ince Wigan, WN2 2DJ

St Andrew’s Parish Hall—Mort Street, Beech

Hill, Wigan, WN6 7AU

St Anne’s Community Centre – St Anne’s

Vicarage, Beech Hill Ave, Wigan, WN6 7TA

St Catherine’s C.E Primary School, Scholefield

Ln, Wigan WN1 3LP

Shevington Library – Gathurst Lane,

Shevington WN6 8HA

Standish Library Start Well Link– Cross Street,

Wigan WN6 0HQ

Sunshine House Community Centre -

Wellington Street, Wigan, WN1 3SA

Ince Start Well Family Centre

Start Well Advisory Board

The Start Well Advisory Board provides support and challenge for Ince

Start Well Family Centre and its link sites. The Advisory Board has

representatives from partner agencies, Wigan Council, Health professional,

Early Years providers, the local community and local parents.

If you would be interested in being a member of the Advisory Board and

would like more information, please contact us on 01942 767503 option 2

Ince Start Well Family Centre and link sites cover the wider reach area of

Ince, Scholes, New Springs, Whelley, Aspull, Standish, Shevington, Beech

Hill and Wigan Town Centre.

How to find us online

Facebook

You can find our

activity timetable and

current events on our

Facebook page.

Like and follow our

Facebook page ‘Ince

Start Well Family

Centre’

Wigan Family Information

Service

Find more information on:

• Your local Start Well Family

Centre

• Local activities and events

• Childcare choices

• Special Educational Needs

and disability information

• Free 2 year old provision &

30 hours childcare

And more!

www.wigan.gov.uk/familydirectory

Community Book

Find local events,

volunteering

opportunities and local

community groups in

your area.

www.communitybook.org

Everyone Welcome!

All our sessions are open to everyone in Ince, Scholes, New Springs, Whelley, Aspull, Standish, Shevington, Beech

Hill and Wigan Town Centre. All we ask is that you become a member of Start Well. Please call in to Ince Start Well

Family Centre or telephone 01942 767503 option 2 to request a welcome pack.

Healthy Start

Vitamins

You can collect your vitamins

from:

Ince Start Well Family Centre

Douglas Valley Link Site

Beech Hill Link Site

Standish Library

For more information

01942 767503

Online Registrations

Are you registered with Start

Well?

To complete your

registration form please visit:

https://www.wigancypdb.

co.uk/familymembership

Save a Baby’s Life

This workshop covers infant life

support, choking and drowning and

is suitable for anyone who cares for

a baby (parent, siblings,

grandparents and carers.)

To book call

01942 767503

In partnership with

Health Sessions

Healthy Routes Beech

Hill Link Netherby Road

Support for healthy

eating, smoke free

homes, weight

management and stop

smoking.

Book on

01942 489012

Getting it Right for your Baby

Ante Natal Class 6-8pm

Beech Hill Link Standish Library Ince

Start Well Family Centre

Book on

01942 777903

Breastfeeding Workshop

Ante Natal Class 6-8pm

Ince Start Well Family Centre

Book on

01942 777903

Well Baby Clinics

Monday

9:30 – 11:30

Shevington Clinic

Fortnightly

Monday

1:30 -3

Aspull Clinic

Fortnightly

Tuesday

1:30-3:30

Standish

Surgery

Weekly

Wednesday

9:30 – 10:45

Ince Start Well Family Centre Fortnightly

Thursday

1:00-2:45

Beech Hill Link

Weekly

Friday Clinic in the

Park 9:30-11

Bowling Pavilion Mesnes Park

First Friday of each month

Wednesday

1:30 -3:00

Sunshine House Annex

Fortnightly

Volunteers Welcome!

Nurturing the Needs

Ante Natal Class

6-8pm

Ince Start Well

Family Centre

Book on

01942 777903

Gain advice from the Health Visiting service regarding your child’s health,

development and well-being. No need to book just come along.

“We love coming to the clinic in the park,

meet other mums, have a cup of tea while

getting baby weighed, talking to my Health

Visitor and having a lovely walk in the park”

Last weigh in is 15 minutes before

the clinic end time.

Volunteering

Would you like the chance to

learn a new skill, gain training

and help others?

By becoming a Start Well Family

Centre Volunteer we can offer

you this and much more!

To find out more about

volunteering opportunities in

your area telephone:

Ince Start Well Family Centre

01942 767503 option 2

Parent

Champions Our Parent Champions

programme is based on the idea

that parents are the best people

to support other parents to find

out about childcare and early

years services.

If you are interested in

supporting other parents and

are able to offer a couple of

hours of your time please

telephone:

Ince Start Well

Family Centre

01942 767503

option 2

“I started

volunteering at Start

Well helping out at

Let’s Get Ready and

then did my Teaching

Assistant course at

Start Well. I now have

a job in school! Thank

you”

Jet Packs

Come along and have great fun creating your

jetpacks and then blast off and enjoy your jetpack

all summer long. £3 per child

Make together

The Digital Imagination Workshop has come to

Wigan. Join us at your local library and craft

keyrings and bookmarks with an exciting techy

twist. Most suited to age 8 and above, but the

sessions can be adapted to suit younger children.

£3 per child

Monty the Dog - The Plastic Disaster Library

Tour

Come and meet the star of the hit new book for

children Monty and the Ocean Rescue. Free story-

time session for children with signed, pawtagraphed

copies available to purchase on the day. Free

event.

Pebble Trolls

Design and make your own Pebble Troll. What will

yours look like? Suitable for all ages and abilities - all

equipment and materials provided. £5 per child

To reserve a place at any of our library events and to

find out about other activities, please contact the

library directly:

▪ Shevington Library: 01257 252618

▪ Standish Library: 01257 400496

▪ Wigan Library: 01942 82762

Library Summer Sessions

Creative Tots

Shevington

Methodist Church

Hall

10:30 -12

Fridays during the

Summer holidays.

Small charge per

family. More

information

07576938359.

Build & Play

Standish Link Site

5th August

1:30 – 3

All families

welcome!

No booking

required

Circus Play Soft play and café Manchester Road,

Ince More information on

their current sessions

01942 233223

Summer Sizzle

1- 4pm

Bowling Pavilion,

Mesnes Park

Wigan

7th/14th/21st/28th

August

Free Crafts and fun

activities. All

families welcome!

No booking required

National Play Day

Haigh Hall and

Woodland Park

7th August 10a.m. Free activities, all

families welcome! No booking required

Aspull One

House Arts &

Crafts 9:30 -12:30

All families

welcome!

£1 per family. No

booking required

Lytham St Anne’s Beach Trip

Book on only limited spaces £2 per person. Under 3’s free.

More information

01942 767503

option 2

Fit & Fed Activity

Beech Hill Link Site For children aged

8-14 years. A range of activities each day

with breakfast and lunch included. Book on only

limited spaces

1st/8th/15th/22nd August

9;30 -2:30 More information

and application

forms

01942 767503

option 2

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Stay, Play and Eat

St Catherine’s

Church Hall

11-2pm

Thursdays during the

Summer holidays.

Free activities and

refreshments for all

families.

No booking required

Build & Play

Ince Community

Centre

9th August 10 -11:30

All families

welcome!

No booking

required. More

information 01942

767503 option2

Friday

Baby Gym

(Lose Weight, Feel

Great)

10-11

Ince Start Well

Family Centre

Postnatal exercise

programme.

Book on

01942 496496 Kelly Marie

Academy of Dance Ages 2+

St Mary’s Church

Hall, Ince, WN3 4NH

More information

on their current

sessions

07976209551

Sensory Garden

Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays: 10-12 & 1-3

Ince Start Well Family Centre Come along to our outdoor sensory garden suitable for younger children.

Enjoy the sand pit, gravel pit, willow tunnel and mud kitchen!!

Domestic Abuse and Violence Drop

In Wednesdays 9-11 Ince Community

Centre Support for parents

No booking required

Sensorial Sensory hub and

café Manchester Road,

Ince More information on

their current

sessions

0743 4870 862

Physibodies

11-12

Shevington Library For children steady

on their feet to 5

years. £1 per family

12th & 19th August

No booking

required

Den Building Beech Hill Link

Site 12th August

1:30 – 3

& Standish Link Site

19th August 1:30 – 3

All families welcome!

No booking required

Den Building

Ince Start Well

Family Centre

16th August

1:30 - 3

All families

welcome!

No booking required

Build & Play

Beech Hill Link

Site 23rd August

1:30 - 3

All families

welcome!

No booking required

What’s on this Summer…

Aspull One

House Arts &

Crafts 9:30 -12:30

Includes a drink

and toast. All ages

welcome!

£1 per family

No booking

required

Parenting Drop in Wednesdays

9-11am Boston House

Entrance A More information

01942 767503 option 2

Messy Play

10-11:30 -

2nd August

Ince Community

Centre

All families welcome!

More information

01942 767503 option2

Baby Bubbles &

Rhyme

10-11 & 11-12

Shevington Library Babies up to 12

months

£4 per week

No booking

required

Storysack Builder

1-2:30

Shevington Library www.Joxytales.we

ebly.com

£5 per week

No booking

required