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Age Provider Description Areas Operating Contact Details Range Accuro (Care Services) Accuro run a number of events and activities in a variety of locations, including a Saturday play club, youth clubs, Cool Connections youth club (aimed at young 6-19 , Saffron Walden, [email protected] Group people with autism), and a range of school holiday projects. , Telephone: 01279 871133 or 01279 870297 Ark Centre TASK (Talk About Special Kids) provides days of play and learning for all children with additional needs. The Ark Centre runs after school clubs, holiday clubs and 4-16 [email protected] weekend clubs. Telephone: 01255 502063 BOSP (Brighter BOSP offers short break care clubs at evenings, weekends and school holidays, providing fun activities with social opportunities for young people with 4-25 , , [email protected] Opportunities through disabilities. BOSP aims to develop the young people's independence, self-esteem and social skills in a supportive environment BOSP has a high staff ratio so Brentwood Telephone: 01277 624300 Supported Play) that medical and behavioural needs can be met and to help foster independence and life skills. Columbus Discovery Club Held within the Columbus School and College Campus, they run an after school club, youth club, holiday clubs and Saturday clubs for children and young 3-19 [email protected] people. Activities include swimming, arts and crafts, sporting activities, sensory play, cooking, gardening etc. Telephone: 07531 846988 Core Assets Core Assets run a youth club in Basildon, offering a range of activities to help children and young people with a disability by aiming to increase independence 12-18 Basildon [email protected] and develop support networks, tailoring their service to meet the needs of the individual. Telephone: 07423 527385 Crossroads Care Crossroads Care run after school clubs for children and young people who have additional needs and disabilities. They offer a range of activities including 5-19 Basildon, , [email protected] crafts, ball games, Lego, soft clay, bowling and other outings. Club supports those who live in Basildon, Wickford and Billericay area. Billericay Telephone: 01277 201789 Edith Borthwick School Edith Borthwick School runs a summer holiday club for the young people who attend their school. A full programme of activities is planned to cater for the 5-18 Braintree [email protected] needs and wishes of the children and young people. Telephone: 01376 529300. Efua Sey Cultural We run all-inclusive after-school and holiday clubs for children. African drumming and dance is a key feature of these clubs as well as swimming, drama, games 5-24 Harlow [email protected] Academy etc. These are held at St. Andrews Methodist Church in Harlow. Telephone: 01279 457542/07931 720207 The Epping Forest Inclusion Project runs a variety of after school, holiday and weekend activities for young people with SEND. These include swimming, 0-25 , Debden, [email protected] Council trampolining, football, soft play, Own a Pony, and dance. For information, please contact Olivia Worsfold. Epping, , Loughton Telephone: 01992 564220 Essex Outdoors Essex Outdoors offer activity days, sailing days and canoe days; which may also include archery, aerial runway, canoeing, caving, climbing, high ropes, sailing, 8-18 Bradwell, Danbury, Mersea, Telephone: 0345 2004220 quad bikes and The Mersea Island Festival. Harlow Glenwood School Glenwood School runs after school clubs and holiday clubs for the young people who attend their school. A full programme of activities is planned to cater for 5-19 Benfleet [email protected] the needs and wishes of the children and young people. Telephone: 01268 792575 Hamelin Trust Hamelin Trust run a hydrotherapy pool located in . They offer a Saturday swimming club which encourages children and young people to engage in a 0-25 Rochford [email protected] fun and therapeutic swimming session with activities and games. Sunday swimming includes siblings and family sessions. Telephone: 01277 653889 Harlow Council – Sam’s Sam’s Place provides a range of opportunities for social interaction and development for children and young people with a disability. The service welcomes 8-19 Harlow [email protected] Place children and young people who live in Harlow and the West Essex area. They run a Saturday club, holiday clubs and a youth club. Telephone: 01279 446190/07730 750375 InterAct InterAct provide after school clubs and holiday clubs for young people across Essex. The venues vary as they tend to tap into the local community to participate 12-18 Across Essex [email protected] in activities such as swimming, bowling, cooking, parks, adventure parks etc. Telephone: 01245 608201. J’s Hospice The J’s Hospice is a leading expert and specialist provider of young adult palliative care. We provide a supportive transition service for young people 16- 16-25 Chelmsford [email protected] 25. Inspire Club which runs monthly on a Saturday in Danbury provides a peer support group, activities including music, complementary therapies, arts and Telephone: 01245 475474 crafts, baking and interactive entertainment from sports, prestige cars and snakes! End Lambourne End deliver Fun Days which gives young people with disabilities a chance to participate in activities such as a mixture of farm, adventure and 4-25 Epping, but can organise [email protected] environment activities like archery, teambuilding, pony & cart rides, caving, kayaking, farm tour, climbing, ropes course, sensory trail, swimming, fencing, camp transport across West and Telephone: 020 8500 3047 fire, pond dipping, abseiling, goat show, bug hunt, orienteering and raft building. South Essex Market Fields School Market Fields Special School runs after school clubs and holiday clubs for the young people who attend their school. A full and varied programme of activities 5-16 [email protected] is planned to cater for the needs and wishes of the children and young people. Telephone: 01206 825195 Mistley Kids Club Mistley Kids Club is an inclusive after-school and holiday club for children from both mainstream and special schools. The club meets in Furze Hill Village Hall in 4-19 Mistley Telephone: 07809 176252 Mistley. We offer a wide range of activities, both indoor and outdoor, which meet the needs, likes and wishes of the children. www.mistleykidsclub.co.uk Mushroom Theatre Mushroom Theatre Company is a fully inclusive dance and drama group based in Rayleigh, offering a range of classes for children and young people. They will 3-25 Rochford, Harlow, Penni Bubb Company be running classes throughout Essex to meet local demand. Telephone: 01268 906470 PARC (Play and Resource PARC (Essex) is a registered children's charity based in the beautiful Great Notley Country Park. PARC offers a range of services for children and young people 0-25 Braintree [email protected] Centre) with additional needs and disabilities, including Under 5’s, after school clubs, weekend clubs, holiday clubs, youth clubs and family support. Telephone: 01376 528999 Royal Association for RAD promotes equality for Deaf people through the provision of accessible services. RAD provides a variety of clubs and activities for young people who live in 0-25 Throughout Essex [email protected] Deaf People Essex and have hearing difficulties. This is a wide range of clubs which run during holiday times and weekends and includes activities such as cooking, crafts, (Head office is in Colchester) Telephone: 0845 6882525/07951 252302 trampolining, outdoor centres, ice skating, go-karting etc. SHARE (Safe Haven and SHARE provides after school clubs, holiday clubs, youth clubs and Saturday clubs for children and young people, who have additional needs and disabilities. A 3-19 Basildon, Clacton, Benfleet [email protected] Respite Environment) wide range of indoor and outdoor activities are planned to meet the needs of the young people. They also provide some clubs in Clacton and Thundersley. Telephone: 01268 521691 SNAP (Special Needs and SNAP offer a wide range of activities for children who have any special need or disability. These include activities for Under 5’s, after school clubs, youth clubs 0-25 Brentwood [email protected] Parents) and holiday clubs. Some of these activities include drama, music, yoga, sensory play and music. SNAP also offer an extensive support for parent/carers and Telephone: 01277 211300 siblings. Southview School Southview School runs after school clubs and holiday clubs for children and young people. A full programme of activities are planned to cater for the needs 3-19 Braintree [email protected] and wishes of those who attend. Telephone: 01376 503505 Stepping Stones Stepping Stones meets at the Wilson Marriage Centre. They offer a group for babies with special needs, and an integrated nursery to give both mainstream 5-18 Colchester [email protected] children and children with additional needs the chance to play and learn together. We also run after school clubs and holiday clubs and offer a range of indoors Telephone: 01206 860467 and outdoors activities. These include soft play, sensory play, music, crafts, creative play and physical play. Shorefields School Shorefields Special School provides After School Clubs, Holiday Clubs and Youth Clubs. This is for the children and young people who attend their school or 5-19 Clacton [email protected] college. A full and varied programme of activities is planned to cater for the needs, likes and wishes of the children and young people. Telephone: 01255 424412 Trailnet Trailnet offers inclusive cycling sessions for children and young people to ride through Thorndon Country Park and across Essex. Trailnet have a range of 0-25 Main Site is in Brentwood, [email protected] adapted trikes for all ages and trained instructors experienced in helping people access cycling, either independently or as part of a regular group rides. runs throughout Essex Telephone: 01277 811012/07939 249980

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Service Providers Rochford (October 2016 – September Basildon 2017)

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