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West Berkshire DISC Winter 2017
Newsletter
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Family Information Service The Family Information Service (FIS) is a statutory service providing FREE individually tailored information, advice, and guidance on any family matter. The service is available to any family member taking care of children or young people aged 0-25 years of age, inclusive, as well as professionals working with families in West Berkshire. Information is available on Ofsted registered childcare, educational services, support organisations, health, leisure activities, children centres, special needs and much more . . . The Disability Information service forms part of the Family Information Service and is FREE impartial information, advice and guidance service for 0-25 year olds who have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The Local Offer also sits with the Family & Disability Information Service. The Service is delivered by Level 4 qualified staff in Information, Advice & Guidance (IAG) The Disability Information Service can provide information on the following:
Short Breaks / Respite Holiday Clubs What’s on, Leisure Activities and Clubs Events Support Groups and Organisations local and national Information on financial help for families. Ofsted registered childcare including childminders who offer provision for children with special needs Information on Local Offer, Education & Health care plans / personal budgets. Research—If we don’t have the information we will research it for you!
A free information service for families living and working in West Berkshire. We are available Monday - Friday (9am-4pm) all year round except for Bank Holidays. We can be contacted by phone, e-mail, or face to face by visiting: West Street House, West Street, Newbury, RG14 1BZ, Face to face visits require an appointment which can be arranged by phone (01635 503100) or e-mail ([email protected]).
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Find out if you can get help with the cost of your childcare through Childcare Choices.
Information on Free Funding for 2 year olds, 15 and 30 hours availability and eligibility, Tax Free child-care, Childcare Voucher schemes, Tax Credits, Universal Credit for Children and help with childcare costs while you study.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tax-free-childcare-10-things-parents-should-know
www.gov.uk/government/news/tax-free-childcare-top-things-childcare-providers-should-know
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Service for Young People with Special
Educational Needs or Disabilities
Who we can help: Young people up to the age of 25 years who have Special Educational Needs Young people up to the age of 25 years who have a disability Young people who live in West Berkshire
We can work with you and your parents or carer, it is your choice. Contact: 07471 902747 or email: [email protected]
You can also join the Facebook page: West Berkshire SENDIASS Young People.
What we Do: Examples of how we can help
We listen to your views and concerns How to apply for an Education, Health, and Care plan
We help you to explore your options How to get support you need to do well in school, college, and training
We can organise meetings in school, col-lege, or training provider and help you pre-pare for them
How to make things work better for you with your school, college, or training pro-vider
We can attend meetings with you How to make a complaint
We can explain the ‘jargon’ Make contact with organisation who can help you further
We can help with forms, letters, and reports Help with legal rights
We help you to have the confidence to put your views forward
Find out more about activities you would like to get involved with
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For the latest news from Melissa our Autism Advisor for Families please click on the link below or look in the news section of our Local Offer website at www.westberks.gov.uk/localoffer
Autism Spectrum Disorder Information Sheet
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Telephone: 01483 579 390: Email: [email protected]
Website: http://disability-challengers.org/
Challengers, Stoke Park, Guildford,
Surrey, GU1 1TU
Saturday 9th December 2017 Trip to the Cinema (Max 1/2 hours travel)
Saturday 16th December 2017
Pantomime 12pm to 17.30 Basingstoke
Saturday 13th January 2018
Join us for the first session of the new year building our own musical instruments.
Saturday 20th January 2018 Messy Art Day
Bring change of clothes
Saturday 27th January 2018 Swimming and Bowling
Basingstoke Aquadrome (Bring your swimming kit)
Saturday 3rd February 2018 Pizza and Movie Day
Just bring yourself
Saturday 10th February 2018 Guiness World Records Day
Saturday 17th February 2018 Trip to the Cinema Reading
Saturday 24th February 2018
Science Day
Saturday 3rd March 2018 Sports Day (bring your suncream)
Saturday 10th March 2018
Reading Town Charity Shop Raid and Pub Lunch (bring your pocket money)
Saturday 17th March 2018
Movies, Milkshake and Pyjama Day
Saturday 24th March — Scheme closed
HAPPY DAYS 5-10
YRS OLD
If you are wanting further information please contact KiriLynn Gardner at
HD Gamers Den Meets the 2nd Tuesday of the Month: 7-9pm at Coles Diner Mary Hare First Gaming Club for young people with autism, deafness or additional needs. Aged 11-18 yrs RPG, strategy, puzzle, war, fantasy, traditional & computer games. Games to suit all gamers. Parents are encouraged to stay for coffee and join in the games! £3.00 per young person (parents free) includes 2 hours of game play, food, snacks and drinks.
For details email: [email protected]
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SEN Soft play session at Eddie Catz
Join Eddie Catz Newbury and Friends of Castle School for a wonderful SEN Christmas Party! With our special visit from Santa, disco and loads of fun to be had by all you do not want to miss out. Friday 22nd December from 6-8PM Cost £7.00 per child Includes: •Buffet food for all the children •Visit & small gift from Santa •General play at Eddie Catz •Disco
Newbury Northway House York Road Newbury RG14 7NF
Email: [email protected] Tel: 07999503470
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Watermill Youth Theatre
Over 160 young people are currently involved in the extremely popular Youth Theatre & Young Company.
They meet every week during term time to learn about theatre skills, to have a great time and create some real
magic on the Watermill stage.
Waterminis (Ages 20 months—4 Years) Wednesday Mornings—£42 per term
Junior Youth Theatre (Ages 5-10) Saturday Mornings—£58 per term
Senior Youth Theatre (Ages 11-16) Tuesday Evenings—£58 per term
Note: There is a waiting list due to the popular demand of these courses.
For more information contact: 01635 570934 [email protected]
Holiday Courses
Our holiday courses are a great way to develop your skills and make new friends. No experience necessary, just plenty of enthusiasm!
To book or for more information about our Holiday Courses call Emma on 01635 570934 or email
Devise, rehearse and perform your very own play:
Play in a Day
Monday 12 February 2018 Ages: 8 - 11 years (9am - 4.30pm)
Tuesday 13 February 2018
Ages: 12 - 16 years (9am - 4.30pm)
Price £35
Play in a Week
Monday 9 to Friday 13 April 2018 Ages: 8 - 11 years (9am - 12noon)
Ages: 12 - 16 years (1 - 4pm)
Price £95
For further information or to book call Emma on 01635 570934; Or
Email: [email protected]
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The Emotional Health Academy was honoured to host visits from local MP Richard Benyon, and Anne Long-field, the Children’s Commissioner for England. They heard about our impact on children and young people’s mental health, and directly observed our work. We have engaged with over 1000 children and young people through individual, small group and classroom based work. 80% of children we support directly reported im-provement in their emotional health and wellbeing. Richard and Anne both spoke highly of what they heard and observed, and were keen to share our innovative work at a national level. More information can be found in the following press releases: MP Richard Benyon Visit http://info.westberks.gov.uk/article/34845 Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, Visit http://info.westberks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=34861
Enabling the Disabled Remap Berkshire is a group of engineers and craftsmen and women who design and build bespoke equipment to meet the individual needs of disabled people to help them achieve greater independence in some aspect of their lives. We design, make and sometimes adapt items which are not otherwise available and everything we make is supplied completely free of charge to the user. Remap is a national charity which has been running for 50 years. It is split up into county sized groups throughout the country. There are around 1000 members country wide with the Berkshire group com-prising 25 members. We currently help about 100 people per year in Berkshire ranging from children in special needs schools to people facing problems in old age. Equipment recently supplied includes a simple long reach window opener constructed from plumbing components, an aid to allow a lady paralysed down one side by a stroke to continue knitting and the detailed modification of the controls of a motorised wheel chair for someone with limited hand and arm movement. One lady helped by Remap was unable to comfortably reach her kitchen sink due to dwarfism. For some years she had been using up-turned plastic storage containers and other items as steps, but this was dangerous and she had recently fallen from them. A Remap engineer visited her in her house to assess the problem. It became clear that some fixed steps with a rail at the back to prevent falling would be required. However fixed steps in front of the sink would have impeded access to the cupboards underneath. The Remap engineer came up with the solu-tion of a purpose built set of steps supported on spring loaded, low friction ball castors. When the lady steps onto the unit it immediately makes contact with the floor and will not move. Once she steps off the unit it can be moved easily out of the way to gain access to the under-sink cupboards. A rail at the back of the unit prevents falls. The picture shows her on the unit, at the kitchen sink and looking out onto her garden. If you would like to arrange a visit from one of our engineers to see how Remap could help you, please contact our Case Officer, Robert Monk on 07790 127 123 or at [email protected] If you would prefer not to make a direct approach and you have an Occupational Therapist you can ask them to make the approach on your behalf. Please don’t worry about the scale of the problem. We are well aware that help with the simplest of tasks can make a big difference to the quality of someone’s life. To see other typical solutions go to www.remapedia.org.uk
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Autism Berkshire's Benefits Service
is expanding. In addition to help completing application forms and preparing for appeals, our Benefits Adviser Kevin Jackson is now available to represent people at benefit assessment hearings and appeal tribunals. In addition to helping with benefit applications for individuals and families living with autism, Kevin is now able to assist people with a number of conditions related to autism, including severe dyslexia, dyspraxia, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). He can help with the following benefits: Universal Credit; Employment & Support Allowance; Jobseeker's Allowance, Carer's Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Personal Inde-pendence Payment, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Kevin is available for one-to-one appointments at our office in Reading. There is a £10 refundable deposit for daytime appointments, which will be returned once someone attends an appointment. Evening appointments are also available, but these are subject to a £40 non-refundable charge. Representing people at benefit assessment hearings and appeal tribunals is subject to a £40 non-refundable charge. Advice and representation for benefit applications related to severe dyslexia, dyspraxia, OCD and ADHD is subject to a £60 non-refundable charge. For more information see autismberkshire.org.uk/benefits-service/ and to book appointments, call Kevin Jack-son or Autism Berkshire’s administrator, Claire Finnerty, on 01189 594 594 or email [email protected]
CC Speech and Language A local independent Speech and Language Therapist and Teacher of English as a Foreign Language who provides lessons and therapy to children across West Berkshire. They have additional training in Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) for children with Autism/AS and also trained in PECS and basic Makaton. With additional training to work with children who stammer (PCIT) and experience in working with Selective Mutism. They are also further trained to
work with children who have speech sound disorder/delay and receptive/expressive language delays and have qualifications to work with EAL students as well. They work in nurseries, schools and the child's home.
Type of service: Social skills support teaching, Training for schools, Behaviour support, Training for professionals, Training for parents, Advice for schools, Assessment, Advice for parents
Are you interested in receiving either training or therapy for your children: We would like to run groups in your school and cover topics such as:
1. Lego Based Therapy to develop Social Skills (KS1 – KS2)
2. Talkabout to develop Social Skills in primary and secondary age pupils
3. EAL groups for children developing English as their Second Language
How to differentiate EAL from a Developmental Language Disorder and support parents in developing their child's first language At this stage, we are trying to understand what parents are looking for and so if you would like to complete a short
questionnaire to help us identify need or just give me a call, please do.
For more info contact: Camilla East on
07581 067 499 or [email protected] www.ccspeechandlanguage.co.uk
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Today marks the start of an exciting and historic new chapter in our mission to make travel ac-cessible for disabled people around the world. I am delighted to announce that the Accomable team and myself will be joining the Airbnb family to share our unique knowledge and expertise to make one of the world’s largest travel communities more accessible, and to enable Airbnb to fulfil its mission to create a world where anyone can truly belong anywhere. I launched Accomable with my childhood friend, Martyn, a little over two years ago in simple beginnings. Back in early 2015, I was still learning to code and the Accomable journey was started with a basic web app that I hacked together in my bed-room over a caffeine-fuelled three weeks. Accomable started less as a company or a product but more as a mission and a dream. A mission to open up travel and adventure to hundreds of millions of disabled people; and a dream that one day, I, as a disabled person could travel the world just like everybody else. We’ve chased that dream relentlessly since the very beginning. We’ve built an extraordinary team - Shona, Suzanne, Chris, Uel, Katie and Luke who’ve put their heart and souls into advancing our mission and who’ve always gone above and beyond the call of duty. We’ve raised investment from amazing individuals; and worked together to build a company from absolute scratch. We’ve fought hard to recruit every accessible property, help every traveller and done everything we could to create an awesome experience for anyone looking for an accessible place to stay. Our decision to join Airbnb was one that we spent a long time considering. Our work has allowed us to develop unrivalled expertise in the world of accessible travel, building a brand which disabled travellers can trust. I know many in the Accoma-ble community gained comfort from the fact that Accomable was created with a focus on accessibility and I am very sensi-tive to the fact that some in our community may be concerned that accessibility will again become an afterthought that is drowned out within a larger platform. As someone who built Accomable to address a need we all share in the Accomable community, I very much empathise with any nervousness you may have. To address this, the Accomable team and I have spent considerable time with Airbnb’s founding and senior management teams. During our time at Airbnb, we were left in no doubt that Airbnb shares our mission and we are convinced that joining Airbnb provides the best opportunity to take our dream and mission to a global level, us-ing the current reach of Airbnb’s community to work together and make the world more accessible. So you might ask what does this mean in practice? • I’ll be working with Airbnb’s team and leading our efforts to build upon and improve our accessibility features and fil-ters. My team will be sharing our existing know-how with Airbnb’s various product teams and will work with the community to improve these continuously in the coming months. We will also develop new policies and features to ensure accessibility information is as accurate as possible. • If you are a guest who has booked a trip via Accomable, we’ll be reaching out to you with instructions so you can con-tinue on your vacation just as you planned. If you are a Vendor, we’ll also be contacting you to help ensure you can manage existing reservations and list on Airbnb so you can take advantage of the amazing platform, tools and technologies that Airbnb has created for hosts. Ultimately, Accomable’s website will redirect to Airbnb, but during the transition, Accomable’s listings will remain on accomable.com. Potential guests can reach hosts via an email address posted on each listing. • My team will be working with existing Airbnb hosts around the world to find properties that could have suitable acces-sibility features and will work with such hosts to make their properties more discoverable with Airbnb’s new filters. • We’ll be applying our expertise beyond the flagship Homes business and working with teams in Trips and future prod-uct lines to make sure that accessibility is at the heart of Airbnb and usable to people with accessibility needs. • At Accomable, despite our best intentions, we sometimes struggled due to a lack of resources to cater for users with disabilities beyond those which are mobility based. This was something that greatly frustrated me. At Airbnb, we can now drive forward all existing efforts to make sure Airbnb can accommodate as wide a variety of disabilities as possible. • We’re not going to rest at making the Airbnb platform more usable. We’re going to work tirelessly to grow the Airbnb community and to empower disabled entrepreneurs to share their homes and create awesome local experiences for visiting travellers. • I’ll be working with the Diversity and Belonging team to make sure that Airbnb is doing everything it can to make sure that it is a great place to work at if you have a disability. As such, I’ll be helping create new initiatives to increase the num-bers of disabled applicants. • I see this as just the beginning of something that will be a profound game changer in the world of accessibility. I will continue to be an advocate and champion for better accessibility and for the use of technology to help disabled people. In-novation and creativity will always be at the heart of any team I’m responsible for, so stay tuned as we try to push the boundaries on everything from cutting-edge new technology to empowering new community partnerships! It’ll take some time to implement many of these goals, so bear with us over the coming months! I also want to be available and open to feedback on what we can do better and will be operating a series of channels that will help ensure we can stay connected and I can hear your ideas. You can also reach us by emailing [email protected].
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Get Berkshire Active: Your Choice, Your Club Get Berkshire Active would love to hear from you! We need your help to decide what new clubs to put on for young people that have a disa-bility who live in West Berkshire. We want to know what new clubs you would be interested in attending and where you think it would be best to run them. We really value your opinion and remember its Your Choice, Your Club! The questionnaire will only take up to 10 minutes. Anything you say will remain completely anonymous and no personal data will be kept. Please use the following link to take part. https://goo.gl/forms/HcLiTlJLIXruefE53
Chance to Dance Chance to Dance is a well established special needs dance school in Southcote and Martin's Heron. We cater for children aged 2 and a half years to 19 years old.
For more info contact: Victoria Andrews
07736343570 [email protected]
The Classes are held at The Southcote Youth and Community Centre. Coronation Square, Reading, RG30 3QP. (There are also classes held in Bracknell)
Parenting Special Children is a local charity and eve-ryone that works for the charity is a parent of a child with an additional need. We aim to help parents/carers in many areas:
A listening ear from our Diagnosis Support Service Talk to a fellow parent/carer with our Peer Supporter Service Parenting Programmes including strategies for Parents/Carers Sleep Service including Sleep Workshops and Sleep Clinics Pre & Post Autism Workshops Pre & Post ADHD Workshops The Diagnosis Support Service offers a one-to-one Peer Support Service for parents/carers of chil-dren recently diagnosed with additional needs – a disability, learning difficulty, developmental delay or a genetic disorder. This service is for parents in the Berkshire West Area (Reading, Wokingham & Newbury areas). Tel: 07990 761676 Email: [email protected]
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We work with ODEON, Cineworld, Vue and Showcase cinemas to screen films in a sensory friendly environment for people of all ages to enjoy the cinema. Find out more on our website.
Upcoming films Cineworld host an autism friendly cinema screening on the first Sunday of every month at 11am. Find out more about screenings at Cineworld Showcase host an autism friendly cinema screening on the second Sunday of the month at 10am. Showcase’s next autism friendly film screening is Paddington 2 on Sunday 10th December at 10am. Find out more about screenings at Showcase
ODEON host an autism friendly cinema screening every month at 10:15am. At a select num-ber of cinemas, ODEON are trialling screenings for older audiences. ODEON’s next autism friendly film screening is Paddington 2 on Sunday 10th December at 10:15am. ODEON’s next autism friendly films for older audiences at 9 cinemas is Wonder (PG) on Monday 11th December at 6pm. Please note • ODEON Epsom’s autism friendly screenings begin at 11am. Tickets for the latest releases may come with a small Blockbuster charge of £1, on top of the
normal ticket price. Find out more about screenings at ODEON
Vue host an autism friendly cinema screening on the last Sunday of every month at 10:15am, from £1.99. Vue’s December autism friendly film screening is Paw Patrol: Big Screen Tails on Sunday 24th De-cember at 10:15am. Find out more about screenings at Vue
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Reading FC Community Trust run Soccer Schools around the calendar to help to keep local youngsters active during the
school holidays!
To book, please call 0118 968 1460 or 0118 968 1480 or visit community.readingfc.co.uk/events.
Take a look at the upcoming dates below...
December 2017
The Dome Indoor Academy Training Centre
Madejski Stadium, RG2 0FL £42 for 2 days (no individual days)
Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd December, 9am-3pm 6 to 14 years old
The Goals Centre
Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, RG5 3EU £45 for 3 days or £18 per day
Wednesday 27th to Friday 29th December, 10am-3pm 6 to 14 years old
The Goals Centre (Girls only)
Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, RG5 3EU £42 for 3 days or £18 per day
Wednesday 27th to Friday 29th December, 10am-3pm 6 to 14 years old
Saturday Clubs We hold Saturday clubs at Our House every third Saturday in the month. Children of all ages are welcome with activities, toys and games for all abili-ties. Teen chill-out, gaming, sensory room, accessible PC's, soft-play, free play, drinks and snacks provided. Siblings very welcome. Parent/carer must stay. We usually hold two sessions: • 11am-1pm Physical disability and/or Down Syndrome • 3pm-5pm Autism and similar additional needs Saturday 16 December 2pm - 4pm Xmas Party Play Group A small, friendly and inclusive weekly playgroup for babies and children with any additional need or disability. No diagnosis necessary. A range of play activities and experiences provided as well as the opportunity for par-ents to relax and meet. Pre school age siblings very welcome. Friday 15 December 2017 9:30 - 11:30 Xmas Party
Contact us: Telephone (during office hours) 07393 407 169 email us on [email protected]
Address:
Our House
Toutley Road Wokingham
Berkshire RG41 1QN
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Swings & Smiles
11th December Mini Morning 9.30-11.30 – FREE Cooking Club – 3.30-5.30pm – Over 8’s - £5 per child 13th December Mini Messy 11.30-1.30pm - £5 per family 3-6pm - £5 per family 15th December 3-6pm - £5 per family Siblings trip to Jump Factory – places must have been booked in advance 16th December CENTRE CLOSED – WE’LL BE AT NEWBURY TOWN HALL CHARITY COFFEE MORNING – JOIN US FOR A CAKE AND CUPPA – DONATIONS OF CAKE TO SELL WELCOME 17th December Christmas Parties – places must have been booked in advance. 1-3pm – Sensory/ 4-6pm - Disco 18th December Mini Morning 9.30-11.30 – FREE Cooking Club – 3.30-5.30pm – Over 8’s - £5 per child 20th December CENTRE CLOSED FOR TRIP TO THE PANTO 21st December 1-3pm - £5 per family 22nd December SHORT BREAKS SESSIONS 10-12 OR 1-3PM - £5 PER CHILD – BOOK BY 1ST DECEMBER 23rd December 9.30-12.30 - £5 per family
All sessions must be booked in advance Tel: 01635 285170 or email: [email protected] www.swingsandsmiles.co.uk
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Family Fund is the UK’s largest charity providing grants to families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people. They can help with a wide range of grants including family breaks, sensory toys, computers and tablets, and much more, to help break down some of the barriers that families face on a daily basis and ease the additional pressures. Their support is not just financial – their Digital Skills workshops cov-er a range of useful topics including customising devices to address vision, hearing, motor and learning needs, while their sleep support hub, Tired Out, contains useful tips and resources to help families get a good night’s sleep. Seven year old Harrison has autism, and recently his mum, Ashley, applied for a grant for sensory equipment to help him calm down and get a good night’s sleep. Ashley explained, “At one point, he would wake up about an hour after I put him to bed and then he’d be up all night. Since we introduced the sensory toys and lights into his room, he’s stayed in there every single night, the lights are now part of his bedtime routine.” Ashley said, “We are immensely grateful to Family Fund for the grant, the difference it’s made has just been incredible.” To find out more, including how to apply, please visit their website (http://www.familyfund.org.uk) or call Family Fund on 01904 550055. You can also keep up with the latest news from Family Fund on Fa-cebook (Facebook.com/FamilyFund), Twitter (@FamilyFund) and Instagram (@Family_Fund).
Relaxed Performances at the Corn Exchange New-bury Panto: Beauty and the Beast Saturday 6th January 2018 at 2pm https://cornexchangenew.com/event/beauty-the-beast CORN EXCHANGE & NEW GREEN-HAM ARTS Market Place, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 5BD Call for further information Tel: 01635 582666 www.cornexchangenew.com
Our opening hours for drop-in are now Monday to Wednesday morning 9.30-11.30 and Monday and Wednesday afternoons 1.15-3.00.
We now offer outreach in
Thatcham (Tuesday and Thursday mornings) and Hungerford (1
st and 3
rd
Wednesday morning of the month).
We also offer telephone advice
Monday to Wednesday 9.30-12.30 and Monday and Wednesday 1.00 to 4.00.
You can also make an initial
enquiry via our website at citizensadvicewestberkshire.org.uk where there are also links to online advice.
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We have three different groups at PALS: •Fun Factory •PYC Club •18+ Group You can find out more about the types of activities each group take part in below.
Fun Factory Our Fun Factory club, for children aged from five to 11, runs weekly activities, including: •craft sessions - where we make and create •cooking sessions - where children get the chance to learn basic cookery skills •indoor games and sports - which allow the children to develop physical and team work skills •interactive workshops from local businesses and charities
PALS Youth Club (PYC) When young people reach 11 years old, they can join our PYC group, which is aimed at increasing their independence and social opportunities. The club meets twice a month on a Friday night, and of-fers the chance to relax, meet up with friends, play a game of football or rounders or play on our Wii console. PYC is split into two age ranges, 11 to 16 and 16 to 18. We run separate sessions for each age range, with an overlap between the sessions so everyone can get to know each other.
The 18+ Group The 18+ group get together once a month to socialise and relax, with members deciding what they would like to do. Regular choices include: •trips to local pubs •meals out •bowling •movie nights The activities provided give children and young people the opportunity to develop socially, but also give parents a well earned break and time with other members of the family. Members are left in the capable hands of our team. We are not a respite service, but we are here for your child to make friends and have fun! Parents are expected to provide transport for their child to activities, but for some events we do in-clude transport to the activity from a set meeting point, particularly when we’re going somewhere out of the area. Contact Details: Tel: 01189 323799 Mobile: 0788 7871 112 Email: [email protected]