COMMUNITY LINKS

Bucklebury Park SEN Father Christmas Meet and Greet Event

Please click here to view information about Bucklebury Park's SEN Father Christmas Meet and Greet Event on 22nd December.

Stepping Stones Christmas Cheer

Stepping Stones is a Down Syndrome charity.  Please click here to go to their website and see their virtual Christmas cards and Reindeer run fundraising activities.

CAN Network November newsletter

Please click here to view the CAN Network November newsletter

ASD Family Help Winter newsletter

Please click here to view the ASD Family Help Winter newsletter.

Carols by Candlelight in Support of Launchpad

Please click here to read information about a "Carols by Candlelight" event being held in support of Launchpad on 14th December.

Match the Flag Competition

Please click here to view information about a Match the Flag Competition which is running for the next couple of weeks in the run up to the World Cup (8-20th November).

"Our House" Youth Club

Please click here for information about "Our House" in Wokingham which is a charity which offers activities for children and young people with SEND, including a free to attend Youth Club.

Promise Inclusion Information

Please click on the links below to view information from Promise Inclusion:

October 22 mailing

Christmas party poster

Bath Xmas Market flyer

Berkshire County Inclusive Football Sessions

Please click here for information about football sessions for boys and girls aged 12-18 years with a disability.

Museum of English Rrural Life (MERL) Museum Event - Museums My Way

Museums, My Way is taking place on Monday, 24^th October. Museums My Way is a series of sessions for neurodivergent visitors of all ages and has been designed in consultation with Autism Berkshire. Each workshop is inspired by a different theme, and this next workshop is going to be focusing on Diwali. There will be hands-on opportunities but also a chance to explore the museum at a time when it is closed to the general public.  Details of the event can be found here.

Money Matters Leaflet

Please click here to read a Money Matters leaflet which covers financial support for parents of children and young people with a disability.

Promise Inclusion newsletter

Please click here to view the September Promise Inclusion newsletter.

Parenting Special Children Halloween fun event - 22 October 2022

Please click here to view information about a Parenting Special Children Halloween fun event being held at Camp Mohawk on Saturday 22nd October.

Parenting Special Children

Please click here to view information about  "Pre and Post Assessment Workshops (ADHD)" being run by Parenting Special Children for Berkshire East residents.

Family Intervention Resources and Support Team (FIRST)

Please click here to see information from Family Intervention Resources and Support Team (FIRST) about sleep support and behaviour support courses which they offer to parents and click here to view a flyer about a coffee morning they are holding on 3 November.

Family Information & Fun Day, on Saturday 8th October 2022

SEND Voices Wokingham in Partnership with Wokingham Borough Council CAN Network are hosting the Local Offer Live 2022 -  Family Information & Fun Day, on Saturday 8th October 2022, 11am - 3pm at St Crispin's Leisure Centre, London Road, Wokingham RG40 1SR.  This event is for Wokingham residents with a child/young person aged 0-25 years with special educational needs or disabilities.  Please click here for further information.  

Free Training Course - Tackling Poverty in Wokingham Borough for Families/ Carers

We have also attached a flyer from ASD Family Help detailing a free training course "Tackling Poverty in Wokingham Borough for Families/ Carers" starting in September.  Please contact them directly with any queries around the start date of 19^th September (due to this now being a national bank holiday).  

Ten Project

Please click here to view information about the Ten Project, which offers free Community Family Sports Sessions.

Berks County Football Club Inclusive Sessions

Please click here to view a flyer from Berks County Football Club about Inclusive Sessions for 12-18 year olds.

SEND Family Beats Taster Session

Please click here to view a flyer about SEND Family Beats Taster Sessions for children up to 5 years.

Promise Inclusion Information

Please click here to view the August newsletter from Promise Inclusion and here to view information about a carers' workshop being held on 12th October.

The Cressingham Lego Club

The Lego club will meet on one Sunday a month at The Cressingham Short Break Centre. Spaces will be limited to 8 young people per session aged between 8 – 18 years old. Please click here for further information.

Clip N’ Climb Reading

Please click here for information about Clip N’ Climb Reading

Disability Football

Please click here for information about Disability Football sessions.

Special United Focus Group

Please click here to view a flyer about a Special United Focus Group being held on 21.9.22.

Reading Families Forum Focus Group

Please click here to view a flyer about a Reading Families Forum Focus Group being held on 22.9.22

Care for the Family online events

Please click here to view online events being offered by Care for the Family.

Madness Mondays

Please click here to view a flyer about Madness Mondays being held at "Our House" in Wokingham.

Disability Grants

Please click here to view the Disability Grants website.

Thames Valley Autism Support Card

The Thames Valley Autism Alert Card provides a simple way for autistic people of all ages and their parents or carers to quickly and easily explain the condition to others, giving cardholders and their families more confidence to go out and about.

Autism Berkshire issues the Thames Valley Autism Alert Card free of charge to anyone living in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes who has an autism diagnosis*. More than 2,500 cards are now in use.

The card is intended to be shown if the cardholder finds themselves in a situation where they need assistance or cannot easily explain their behaviour to people around them or to the emergency services.

Please click here for further information

Spice Jets Ice Hockey

Please click here to view information about Spice Jets which offers children and young people with additional needs the opportunity to learn to play ice hockey.

Cricket Sessions

Please click here to view a flyer about free SEND cricket sessions being held on Wednesdays at Bulmershe Leisure Centre from 5-6pm.  For further information email: chris.baker@berkshirecricketfoundation.org.  Although the flyer states 12 years upwards, we have been advised that  students from age 10 onwards are welcome too.