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annaba

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Hi everyone


I'm totally new to the East Dulwich Forum and haven't posted on here before. I'm hoping to be able to make some new friends and find things to do with my 15 month old little girl from about 4pm until around 5.30pm any weekdays. I work until 3.30pm in Sydenham and pick up my daughter at 3.45pm. We spend the afternoons either playing at home or going to parks or meeting up with friends with babies of similar age. Unfortunately within the next few weeks several of our friends are either moving away or going back to full time work, leaving us with not much of a social life in the afternoons. :(


I can't seem to find any toddler groups around 4pm onwards, so wondered if anyone knows of anything going on in the area around this time of day for babies / toddlers? We'd also be really keen to make new friends in the area, so if anyone with children of a similar age would like to meet up let me know!


Anna

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Hi Anna,


have you looked on the edtots website? It lists all activities and groups by weekday so you can see at a glance what's on every morning and every afternoon.

We've been enjoying soft play at The Herne on a weds - there's a morning and afternoon session, afternoon is 3-5:00 so that would still give you a chance to have an hour of play by the time you got there, and give tea afterwards if your daughter has tea about 5ish, a fee people tend to stay and do tea after. I think it's not on for the next couple of weeks due to the venue needing the space for other bookings, but Kim who runs it will post on the forum to keep people updated as to when it starts again - a couple of weeks time I believe.

scareyt

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Hi Anna,


It might be a bit out of your way but Bessemer Grange children's centre do a stay and play session most days from 3:00 to 5:00. It's free and they give the kids toast. It's quite a small space and gets a bit hectic on wet days but is really nice when it's not too busy.

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