SPACE 

The funding will be deliver 16 play sessions every week for children with disabilities and additional needs providing interactive; fun; sensory sessions using music; messy play and craft activities ....more

The funding will be deliver 16 play sessions every week for children with disabilities and additional needs providing interactive; fun; sensory sessions using music; messy play and craft activities with the aim of improving access to accessible inclusive and appropriate play facilities and activities and reducing isolation.

The funding will be used over three years to develop and grow their organisation so that they can support families with children with a range disabilities and additional needs (age 0-12) to access ....more

The funding will be used over three years to develop and grow their organisation so that they can support families with children with a range disabilities and additional needs (age 0-12) to access peer support advice/ information and play and recreation actives. The organisation provides support to children (aged from 0 to 12 )with a range of additional needs (and often with complex needs) and their families through the provision of accessible play and recreation activities peer support and sharing advice and information.In January 2019 they opened a specialised play centre after 4 years of hiring spaces. It offers a padded sensory room activity room changing place (with hoist) parent’s room chill out area and an accessible kitchen. They added a 2-story play frame soft play area and café in February 2020. Due to Covid restrictions they had to close and provided a range of outreach services (300 people accessed their online parent carer group) and they offered the use of the centre to one family at a time. Last year (2020) 186 children and families attended the centre. They currently support 650 children with small part time staff team comprising of a Charity Manager a Play Co-Ordinator 6 Support Workers 2 Café Assistants an Admin Assistant and a Family Support Worker and 10 regular volunteers.

Little Stars

The funding will be used to provide a Play Worker to support children with disabilities and additional needs. The group provides a range of appropriate play opportunities to children with additional ....more

The funding will be used to provide a Play Worker to support children with disabilities and additional needs. The group provides a range of appropriate play opportunities to children with additional needs as well as a chill out room for parents/carers and an accessible kitchen area.

Grant to SPACE

Unrestricted core funding for small charities

Core Funding

Space Play Facilities

Space provides a fully accessible play centre that offers a fun, safe and accessible environment in which children with disabilities and additional needs can play and learn. They also provide ....more

Space provides a fully accessible play centre that offers a fun, safe and accessible environment in which children with disabilities and additional needs can play and learn. They also provide information, guidance and the opportunity for peer support to parents and carers of children with disabilities and with additional needs. A grant will enable them to extend opening hours to accommodate a greater number of families, whilst providing a Covid safe environment. Funding will mean that around 1400 children and families will have the opportunity to make friends, try new things, learn new skills, develop their confidence, improve their communication skills and have fun after many isolated months on lockdown.  

Towards adapted and specialist toys for the charity’s toy library

This project will support children with additional needs and disabilities by providing a fun safe and accessible environment in which the whole family can spend quality time together. It has sent ....more

This project will support children with additional needs and disabilities by providing a fun safe and accessible environment in which the whole family can spend quality time together. It has sent sensory activity packs to all families daily online interactive play sessions parent carer online groups and has remained open to one family at a time under restrictions. Funding will go towards staff costs.

We are a small Cheshire based charity that provides a fun, safe and accessible environment in which children with disabilities and additional needs can play and learn. We also provide support and ....more

We are a small Cheshire based charity that provides a fun, safe and accessible environment in which children with disabilities and additional needs can play and learn. We also provide support and resources for parents and carers. Our group operates out of our own play-centre that provides a fully fitted and padded sensory room, a versatile activity room, a changing place (with hoist), a parent’s room, a chill out area and a fully accessible, 2 storey play frame, a soft play area and a parent’s cafe. Measures being taken to maintain services during the current crisis: Unfortunately, we have had to close the centre during this period. In order to continue to support the families we have put in place a help line that parents and carers can use to contact us with the issues they are facing. The staff are advising and sign posting as appropriate. We have also set up 2 weekly parent-carer support groups on an online platform to help relieve the social isolation experienced, and 4 interactive online play sessions including a sing & sign, story time and music group for parents/carers to access with their children. why we need the money: Due to the current crisis our biggest worry is the rent on the centre. We pay £20,000 a year for the centre and were relying on income from activity fees, party hire, room hire and catering income to help to run the centre and all this has now been bought to a halt and we are concerned about the future.

Space Play Centre

SPACE provides a fully accessible play area and a range of facilities and activities for disabled children and support for their parents and carers. They offer a safe space where disabled children ....more

SPACE provides a fully accessible play area and a range of facilities and activities for disabled children and support for their parents and carers. They offer a safe space where disabled children can develop their personal and social skills whilst improving their mental and physical health and wellbeing and where parents and carers can become better informed, less isolated and more able to cope effectively. The project will support an increase in activities from January 2020 following the installation of a 2-story play frame and new soft play area. A new part time Family Support Worker will provide parents and carers with tailored support, advice and guidance. They will plan and facilitate existing family activities, and develop new areas including sibling support, and information resources. A grant will pay for the salary costs.

The charity will use funding to continue to run sessions for families including children with additional needs. The aim of the project is to develop important communication and social skills for the ....more

The charity will use funding to continue to run sessions for families including children with additional needs. The aim of the project is to develop important communication and social skills for the children and a support network for the families.

installation of an accessible indoor play area for a charity which works with children with disabilities in Cheshire

The organisation will deliver multi-sensory stimulating play activities for children with disabilities and additional needs, supporting children to develop their communication and social skills.