Childrens Charity providing play opportunities, short breaks, playschemes and play clubs
We offer an after school and Saturday Short Break service. These are for children and young people, aged 4 to 18, with a wide range of additional needs. Our "Saturday Play Club" operates for children aged 5 to 12 . This is a Free Open Access scheme - Open to all Children of all abilities. We also offer "Holiday Playschemes" during all school holidays (except Christmas & May Half Term) to all children, of all abilities, aged 5 to 12. 2 sessions per day for 7 weeks a year
Why the community needs usWe enable children and young people of all abilities to play together in a safe secure environment, all staff are DBS checked and trained in Play. We have 1:1 support available for those who need it. Playschemes provide a welcome local service for parents/carers during the school holidays. Short breaks support the child who accesses a peer group session with some independence, whilst parents and siblings get time together without having to consider disabled access or suitability.
Our impact on the communityOur Shortbreaks service has 45 children attending weekly to various settings - with a waiting list. Playschemes have between 25 and 40 children attending each session with 10 session run in each setting each week, so in summer this can equate to between 3000 to 4000 attendances.
