Referral Accessed Services
These programs are commissioned by local authorities, and funded as part of support packages.
Radford Rascals
Radford Rascals offers after-school sessions for children with additional needs aged between five to eight years of age.
The project aims to encourage young people to develop their social skills and build positive relationships with peers and adults. Young people are supported to play with, and alongside similar peers in social and leisure activities.
The sessions run from the Beckley Centre on Tuesdays and Thursdays (term-time), 3:30pm-5:30pm. Referrals are needed from local authority as part of a funded support package.
Beckly Breaks
Beckly Breaks is a specialist short breaks provision for individuals with complex additional needs, learning disability, or physical disability.
Short breaks offer families additional support on Saturdays and during school holidays as well as developing new skills and relationships for the young people.
Open to ages 5-18, the session run from 10:30 to 15:30 on Saturdays during term time as well as Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays during school holidays.
Adventure Breaks
Adventure Breaks provides short break activities for children and
young people aged between 8 to 18 with additional needs as part of local authority support package.
Adventure activities are offered including moorland walking, rock climbing, canoeing, gorge walking, paddle boarding, orienteering, fire lighting and den building. The provision aims to encourage independence and develop life skills.
The Adventure Break groups meet at Devonport Park every Saturday and Thursday/Fridays during school holidays, 10:30am-3:30pm.
Over 18’s Complex Care
The Over 18's Complex Care provision is aimed at being a transition group
for young people moving from children's to adult social care.
The project was set up off the back of feedback from parents who were concerned about what would happen when their young people turned 18. The project offers a space for young adults with complex needs to engage in social and leisure activities that suit their interests.