COMMUNITY LINKS

SEND Basketball sessions

Please click here to view a flyer about basketball sessions for young people with SEND.

Free Tennis Sessions

Please click here to view information about free tennis sessions.

CAN Network

Please click here to read the March 23 newsletter from the CAN Network.

Moving into Adulthood information

Oxfordshire Family Support service have produced an information booklet for parents of young people with SEND aged 14-25 years.

Transition to Adulthood - Berkshire Sensory Consortium Service - Thursday 8th June 2023

Berkshire Sensory Consortium are running a Transition to Adulthood webinar for to help young people with deafness / hearing loss and VI and their parents consider their future and any support they may need as they move on from year 13.

Further Information can be found here Reading Directory | Transition to Adulthood - Berkshire Sensory Consortium Service - Thursday 8th June 2023

Berkshire Maestros "Have a Go Evening" 30.3.23

Please click here to view information about a "Have a Go Evening" being held on 30.3.23.

Wokingham Borough Local Transport plan

Please click here to view information about a new Local Transport plan for Wokingham Borough.  There is an opportunity to give your views by taking part in a survey.

Kidz to Adultz website

Please click here to go to the Kidz to Adultz website for children and young people with disabilities and the people who support them.

Sport Together Berkshire Festival of Inclusivity - 14.4.23

Please see attached information about the Sport Together Berkshire Festival of Inclusivity, for adults and children aged 8+, with physical, learning or neurological conditions being held on 14^th April. 

Berkshire Adult Autism Support Service

Please click here for information about the Berkshire Adult Autism Support Service.

Golf Lessons

Please click here for information about golf lessons for young people with SEND aged 8-21 years.

Carers Partnership 

Please click here to view a flyer from Reading & West Berkshire Carers Partnership (Formerly TuVida) who offer information, advice and support services for family carers in Reading and West Berkshire.

Cost of Living Advice

Please click here to view information from Twyford Parish Council about the Cost of Living crisis.

My Journey Challenge

Please click here for information about a challenge being run by My Journey, Wokingham during March.

Parenting Special Children Conference

Please click here for information about Parenting Special Children Conference being held on 16th May 2023.

Tu Vida - Support for Carers

Tu Vida are an organisation who provide support for carers.  More information can be found by clicking the links below:

For Reading and West Berkshire carers

For Wokingham Carers

Free SEND Cricket sessions

Please click here to view a poster about free SEND cricket sessions in Woodley and here to view a poster about sessions in Maidenhead.

Reading Toy Library

Reading Toy Library is now open, please click here for details.

Reading Families Forum SEND Conference

Please click here to view information about the Reading Families Forum SEND conference 9th March

Events at Wokingham Libraries

Please click here to view information about events being held at Wokingham libraries.

Kidz to Adults Magazine

Please click here to view the Kidz to Adults Magazine

"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.

Berkshire County Inclusive Football Sessions

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

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.

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.

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.

 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

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.