Aiming High - Short Breaks

Local Offer Staffordshire County Council Aiming High

Aiming High provide a wide variety of activities for children and young people up to 25 years old with a Special Educational Need/Disability (SEND) and their families who live in Staffordshire. 

For more information, please see our Aiming High page. 

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Chuckle Productions

Chuckle Productions provides a range of services for children and young adults with additional needs including: an Arts Training Scheme, an inclusive Musical Theatre Company, our Sound Connection music & movement projects for children with PMLD and Complex Autism and Aiming High Short Breaks. 

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Gartmore Riding School

We provide riding lessons and horse and pony care instruction for children and young people of all ages, abilities and disabilities. We also provide horse-related sessions based around art, reading and writing. We can offer equine sensory therapy in our outdoor learning pathway - for those who want to be outside and benefit physically and mentally from their time spent outdoors with ponies and horses. 

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Let Us Play

Sports, arts, play and respite activities for children with special needs and disabilities aged 5 – 18 years.  Based in Wolverhampton but supporting South and West Staffordshire. 1:1 places and most personnel care needs met.  Small and large group sessions, Saturdays, school holidays and occasional evenings. Some sibling places available. 

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Chase Aqua Rural Enterprise (CARE)

CARE is a rural wellbeing and educational activities project supporting children, young people and adults of all ages, needs, abilities and disabilities. We provide a wide range of different activities – from feeding and grooming our animals, woodland wanders, scavenger hunts, growing projects, making and baking and lots more.

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Sherratts Wood CIC

Fun family activities, including animal care, forest fun, gardening, arts, crafts, games and cooking from sites in Leigh and Burton-on-Trent. 

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Doves Care and Support

We provide opportunities for children and young people with disabilities to have enjoyable experiences away from their primary carers, contributing to their social inclusion and personal and social development. We also provide the parents and carers of children and young people with disabilities with a necessary and valuable break from their caring responsibilities.

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Caudwell Children

Purple explorers provides children with 3 hour session where they are encouraged to be curious about their worlds. The sessions are underpinned by ASDAN awards which we support children to achieve. Children and young people are supported to have fun, develop their skills and make friends. We do not provide personal care and we are unable to administer medication. We will work with parents to plan for their child if they need this support. 

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Staffordshire Wildlife Trust

Staffordshire Wildlife Trust provides fun outdoor play activities for families at lots of different locations encouraging you to explore, learn and have fun whatever the weather. We provide a variety of activities such as nature crafts, hammocks, cooking over a fire, and mud play, to ensure you and your child are inspired to get outside and play together.

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Action for Children

Action for Children provide social opportunities to enable children and young people to socialise, meet other children and share knowledge and experiences, including transition. To learn and connect with others to build resilience and relationships, and have fun.  

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Chuckle Productions provides a range of services for children and young adults with additional needs including: an Arts Training Scheme, an inclusive Musical Theatre Company, our Sound Connection music & movement projects for children with PMLD and Complex Autism and Aiming High Short Breaks. 

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