Harpenden Child Contact Centre offers supported contact – i.e. it is suitable for families where no significant risk to the child/children or those around the child have been identified. Our Centre caters for babies and children up to teenage years. We open on the second and fourth Saturdays each month between 1.00pm and 4.00pm. Please click here to see our opening times.

The basic elements of our service are:

• Warmth, friendliness and comfortable surroundings.
• Impartiality – we treat everyone fairly.
• Volunteers are available to help when asked or needed but without interfering or judgement. There is no close monitoring or evaluation of parents, children or conversation; however, if there is risk of harm to children or others using the Centre we shall notify the appropriate authorities.
• No detailed reports will be made unless there is a risk of harm to children or others using the Centre.
• Encouragement for families to develop mutual trust.
• We take the safeguarding of children at the Centre very seriously.

Although there needs to be at least one parent or other agreed adult with your child at all times while at the Centre, if you do not wish to meet the non-resident parent or other agreed adult we can arrange staggered arrival and departure times. There will usually be several families together in one large hall.

Our telephone number is    07842 167767