Activities and leisure - Local Offer
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- Youth clubs for young people with special educational needs
- Holiday clubs for young people with special educational needs
- Regular SEN events hosted by third-party organisations
- Holiday Activity and Food Project (HAF)
Regular SEN events hosted by third-party organisations
Play
- 360 Play SEN Evenings (Rushden Lakes): first Wednesday of the month
- Riverside Hub (Northampton): first Friday of the month
- Rugrats and Half Pints (Banbury): first Tuesday of the month
- Gravity Trampolining park (Corby): Thursdays
- Flip Out (Rushden Lakes): Sundays
- Rock Up (Rushden Lakes): Autism and SEN friendly session on Thursdays at 4:30pm
Dance
Born to Perform weekly - 2 groups, over 6's and over 16's
Discos
- Rockin Roadrunner (Northampton): quarterly, view website for dates (18 plus only)
- Club Palm Beach Stay Up Late Disco (Wellingborough): third Wednesday of the month (18 plus only)
- Tuesday Disco (at The Plough in Northampton)
Cinema (autism-friendly screenings)
- Cineworld: first Sunday of each month, 11am
- Vue: last Sunday of each month, 10:15am
- Odeon: one Sunday a month, 10:15am
Outdoors - Northamptonshire Country Parks
Some of Northamptonshire's country parks now offer sensory walks.
The walks are available at:
- Brixworth Country Park
- Fermyn Woods Country Park
- Irchester Country Park
- Salcey Forest
- Sywell Country Park
National Deaf Children's Society
NDCS host regular sessions for children and young people with a hearing impairment. Find more details on the NDCS website.
Sport
Northampton Town FC Community Trust offer disability football coaching for all ages and for a range of disabilities:
Northampton Town Multi Disabled Football Club: Every Friday evening 5:30pm to 7:30pm (all ages) - £4 per session at Moulton College.
The Northampton Town FC multi disabled football club offers pan disability coaching and playing opportunities for all ages. The club runs a number of children and adults’ teams that compete in local and national leagues. They provide professional coaching to all levels of ability to help support more people with disabilities to access footballing opportunities.
Down Syndrome Football Club: Every Sunday Morning 10:30am to 12:00pm (ages 14+) - £5 per session at Goals Northampton.
In partnership with DS Active and The Cube Disability they run weekly football coaching sessions for children, adults and teenagers aged 6+ with Down's Syndrome. Sessions are turn up and play and take place at Goals Northampton on Sunday mornings.
Cerebral Palsy Football Club: Every Tuesday Evening 5:00pm to 6:00pm (ages 8-16)- £3 per session at Goals Northampton.
For more information or to sign up to the sessions contact Russell Lewis: [email protected].
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Last updated 27 October 2023