Devon Antenatal Family Centre

03/11/2025

Who’s ready to play?
We’re BACK following a lovely half term break. Come and join us for playtime, delicious treats
and a child friendly menu!

28/10/2025

💕🙌 🌺 🙌💕BABY MASSAGE💕🙌🌺🙌💕

Our popular 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲-𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 has had 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻, perfect if you’ve been waiting to join!

💛 Learn gentle techniques to soothe, bond and relax with your baby
💛 Small, calm sessions at our Barnstaple centre
💛 Ideal for babies from 6 weeks to pre-crawling

📅 Starts 6th NOVEMBER 10.30-12.00. Don’t miss your chance to book:

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Learn a lifelong skill that you can apply to all of the family! Oils, props and refreshments are included so you can just turn up and enjoy special time for you and your baby. This soothing course is perfect for babies from 6 weeks to 6 months. Sessions are held the Devon Antenatal Family Centre,

25/10/2025

24/10/2025

🎃🧡 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆! 🧡🎃

Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday. There were so many happy faces, brilliant costumes and lovely little moments from start to finish. We had dancing, balloons, our play café and sensory rooms open, a photographer lunafox_photography capturing memories, plus a cake and gift bag for every child.

It means a lot to see our community come together and make these milestones magical. Thank you for supporting our CIC and spending your day with us.

📸 Feel free to tag yourselves in the photos!

✨ 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁… 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴?? 🎁🎄

22/10/2025

🌈 🎶 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗡𝗗 🎶🌈

It’s been in the news this week that 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 can really help mums experiencing 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, boosting mood, easing anxiety and creating real connection.

🎵 Our 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗧𝘂𝗻𝗲𝘀 sessions do exactly that — led by 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀, with 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 and plenty of smiles. It’s relaxed, friendly and full of feel-good moments for parents and little ones.

🗓 𝗧 𝗢 𝗗 𝗔 𝗬 𝟭 – 𝟮𝗽𝗺, 𝟭–𝟮𝗽𝗺
💰 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗳𝗲́ 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 (£𝟮, 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆’𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟯 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀)
📍 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲, 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁, 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗹𝗲

Come along and see how good it feels to sing, play and connect 💛🌈🎶

👉 Read more: The Independent

21/10/2025

🎃✨ 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬 – 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝟱’𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢! ✨🎃
We still have a 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 for 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬 (𝟮𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿) and they are going fast!
Choose from:
🕒 𝟭𝟬.𝟯𝟬–𝟭𝟮.𝟬𝟬
🕒 𝟭𝟮.𝟯𝟬–𝟮.𝟬𝟬

Expect 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝘀, 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗮 – perfect for little ones who like fun, not fright.
🎟️ 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗟 – once it’s full, it’s full!
👉 Book here: https://devonantenatal.co.uk/courses/p/ff84gitkgf7huesmx3j3uqd6oe69tb

🎶 𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗬 𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗦 – 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 (𝟭–𝟮𝗽𝗺)
A relaxed music session for 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟱’𝘀 with singing, movement and instruments.
🎟️ 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 £𝟮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆
👶 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟯 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀
🚪 𝗡𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱

Come and join us for music, play and Halloween fun this week! 👻💜🌈
If you want the disco, book now before the last spaces go.

20/10/2025

🎉✨ 𝗪𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿! ✨🎉

A huge congratulations to 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗴, who has won 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝘀 at our Play Café! 🫖🧁

Please drop us a message to claim your prize. 💌
Thank you so much to everyone who entered, we had a fantastic response! 🌈

20/10/2025

After a busy and lovely start to the week with a full and happy play café and shop today, we have a fun week ahead! 💛

👇 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹 👇

🧸 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗳𝗲́ & 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗽
𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 & 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 • 𝟭𝟬–𝟮.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 (shop open each day)

🎶 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗧𝘂𝗻𝗲𝘀
𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 • 𝟭–𝟮𝗽𝗺 (free music group once you’ve paid £2 per child to come into the cafe)

🎃 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 (𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆)
𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 at 𝟭𝟬.𝟯𝟬–𝟭𝟮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟮.𝟯𝟬–𝟮
(𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹)

https://devonantenatal.co.uk/courses/p/ff84gitkgf7huesmx3j3uqd6oe69tb

⛑️ 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 & 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗶𝗱 (𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆)
𝟭.𝟯𝟬–𝟰𝗽𝗺 • 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀

https://devonantenatal.co.uk/courses/p/private-baby-amp-child-first-aid

🥦 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 (𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆)
𝟭𝟮–𝟮𝗽𝗺

https://devonantenatal.co.uk/courses/p/starting-solids-workshop

✨ 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲
𝗪𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺, 𝘀𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁!

📲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 & 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲
💬 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

We can’t wait to see you! 🎃✨

📍 Cross Street, Barnstaple

17/10/2025

Weekly SEND Play & Support Sessions ✨

Starting Wednesday 8th October at the Devon Antenatal Centre & Playcafe, 10–11am.

These sessions are open to all parents and carers of children with or suspected SEND. Come along for play, connection, and support. 💜 Facilitated by SEND the Help!

💡 Grace will be on hand to chat through:
How to access educational support for your child
Navigating SEND services
Lending an experienced ear if you need support

👉 Just £2 entry to the café (allergen-friendly snacks available to buy, no outside food please).

📌 Don’t forget! Alongside these sessions, places are also filling up fast for our SEND Workshop — make sure you’ve booked your spot to get practical EHCP guidance and resources.

🗓 Wednesdays, 10–11am
📍 Devon Antenatal Centre & Playcafe

16/10/2025

🌈 🎶 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗡𝗗 🎶🌈

It’s been in the news this week that 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 can really help mums experiencing 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, boosting mood, easing anxiety and creating real connection.

🎵 Our 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗧𝘂𝗻𝗲𝘀 sessions do exactly that — led by 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀, with 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 and plenty of smiles. It’s relaxed, friendly and full of feel-good moments for parents and little ones.

🗓 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭–𝟮𝗽𝗺
💰 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗳𝗲́ 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 (£𝟮, 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆’𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟯 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀)
📍 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲, 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁, 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗹𝗲

Come along and see how good it feels to sing, play and connect 💛🌈🎶

👉 Read more: The Independent

14/10/2025

👻🎃✨ 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝟱’𝘀 𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢 ✨🎃👻

📸 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!
𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝘅 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀 – 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲!

Join us for a (not too!) spooky celebration at 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲!

👶🏽 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 & 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟱’𝘀
🎵 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗿-𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 & 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴
🎨 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝘀
🍬 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀
🎁 𝗔 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲
🎟️ 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗮

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• 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟯 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 – 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 (𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀)
• 𝟯–𝟭𝟮 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 (𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹-𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱) – £𝟮 𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 (pay on the door)
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• 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭’𝘀 – £𝟳

👗 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹!

⚡️ 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 – 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁!

👉 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹:
https://devonantenatal.co.uk/courses/p/ff84gitkgf7huesmx3j3uqd6oe69tb

👻🧙🏼🎃 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲!

📸 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘆 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝘅 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆!