Short Breaks Update January 2012

Short Breaks Update January 2012

Below is an update from Short Break Services for

Disabled Children including:

Pg 1Relocation of the Short Breaks Services
Pg 1NEW! Parents group
Pg 2Odeon Autism friendly cinema screenings
Pg 2Disability sport and activity sessions
Pg 3 NEW! Wheelchair basketball club
Pg 3Disability football at Tranmere Rovers
Pg 4Birkenhead Children’s Centre – NEW! session for disabled children and sensory room
Pg 5-6 Children’s Centre programme January – March 2012
Pg 7-8 NEW! Visual Arts Project for 12-19’s

Relocation Short Breaks Services

Short Break Services for Disabled Children have moved into new offices in Pensby. Our email addresses have stayed the same but our address and phone numbers have changed. Our new contact details are below:

Dawn Tolcher Project Manager666 4847

Jane PowerTeam Support Officer 666 4818

Alex ShearsInclusion Development Officer 666 4842

Beth HoggInclusion Development Officer666 4841

Pensby Children’s Centre

147 Fishers Lane

Wirral

CH61 8SD

NEW! Parents Group

Coffee Break Xtra

A new group for Parents/Carers of Children with Special Needs to have an informal get together, a cuppa and of course cake!!!

We meet at Bethany Church in Holmlands Drive, Prenton CH43-0TY on the1st Monday every month (school term) between 9.30 and 11.30am.Holmlands Drive is on the right just down past Sainsbury’s in Prenton heading towards Arrowe Park and also just 2 minutes off the M53 junction 3 heading towards Birkenhead.

The next one is on Monday Feb 6th and it would be great to see you. In the coming months we are going to have Lee Johnson from Crossroads for Carers coming to tell us the services they provide, I am hoping to have a pamper morning and also lunch together.

It’s a really friendly group, so if you come on your own you will be made very welcome. There is no charge, but I would appreciate donations towards refreshments.Please join the Group on Facebook ‘Coffee Break Xtra’.

Ring Angie on 645-1788Or 07794116738

E mail

Odeon Autism Screenings

The Odeon are running monthly Autism friendly cinema screenings for families

Sunday, 19th February 2012, at 11:30am – The Muppets

Sunday 11th March 2012, at 11:30am – John Carter

For more information go online and use the link below:

Normal prices apply; however carers can get in for free if you have a CEA card. Parents can access a CEA card by using the link below to apply online:

Disability sport and activity sessions

Sessions for 5-19 year olds, call Stacey before attending for the first time

Thursday Evenings

4pm – 6pm

Wirral Tennis Centre Bidston

£1 per person

Activities – Boccia, Badminton, Basketball, Sitting Volleyball, Games and more

Saturday Afternoons

2pm – 5pm

The Oval Wirral Bebington

£1 per person

Activities – Trampolining, Arts and Crafts, and Games

Sunday Afternoons

1pm – 3pm

Leasowe Leisure Centre

£1 per person

Activities – izone, Arts and Crafts, and Sport Hall Games

If you have any questions please contact Stacey Addison on 637 6046 or email

NEW! Wheelchair basketball club

Inclusive Zone basketball club at BebingtonHighSportsCollege

Inclusive Zone Basketball is a 4 a-side game, developed to enable players who cannot participate in a full game of basketball to enjoy playing the game.

The small-sided teams and adapted playing area enable girls and boys, both disabled and non-disabled, to participate in a fun game of basketball

Club details

Date:Commences Saturday 21st January

Time:11.30 - 1.00pm

Available to:ALL ABILITY LEVELS

Disabled and non-disabled participants

aged 11+ (boys and girls)

Cost:£2.00 per session First session FREE

For any further information or to book please contact:

Craig Nall: 0151 645 4154 or email

Disability football at Tranmere Rovers

Tranmere Rovers in the community are running football coaching opportunities for disabled children and young people.

Under 16’sWoodchurch sports complex Thur 5-6pm

Under 13’s Woodchurch sports complexThur 5-6pm

Under 10’s Woodchurch sports complexThur 5-6pm

Over 16’sLeasowe recreation centreMon 5-6pm

We have great links with our partners in the community and have a great knowledge of the Disability football pathways. At the moment we have 4 Junior players playing football for the Cheshire County Football Association Disability Player Development Centre 2 in the FA Cerebral Palsy Centre of Excellence in Manchester and one adult Cerebral Palsy Player who is on the fringes of the National Squad.

If you are interested in these opportunities please don’t hesitate to contact me on 0151 608 2354 or email

Wirral Children’s Centres –Short breaks for disabled children

January – March 2012

Rock Ferry Children’s Centre / Ionic Street
Rock Ferry
CH42 2BL / Get set go
Ages 0-4 / Every Wednesday during Term time starting 4th January
Drop in, no need to book / 10.00 – 11.30am
Seacombe Children’s Centre / St Paul’s Road
Seacombe
CH44 7AN / Stay and Play
Ages 0-7 / School holidays: Tuesday 14th Feb
Booking essential, call : 630 1845 / 10.00 – 11.00am
Birkenhead, Tranmere and Oxton Children’s Centre / Beckwith Street East,
Birkenhead,
CH41 3JE / Stay and play
And use the new sensory room!
Open to all / Drop in, no need to book. Call if you have any questions 647 1676 / 10.30 -12.00
4.00 – 6.00pm
Bromborough Children’s Centre / Gratrix Road
Bromborough
CH62 7BW / Messy Play
Ages 0-6 / School holidays: Wednesday 15th Feb
Drop in, no need to book / 1.30 – 3.00pm
Eastham Children’s Centre / Willington Avenue
Eastham
CH62 9EB / Messy Play
Ages 0-6 / School holidays: Thursday 16th Feb
Drop in, no need to book / 9.30 – 11.00am
Pensby Children’s Centre / Pensby Children’s Centre / Valentines fun
Ages 0-7 years 11 months / Tuesday 14th Feb
Booking essential Book your place by calling 648 1129 from 09:30 on Monday 6th February / 1.30 -3.00pm

Photography Project for 12 - 19 year olds

Saturdays

1 - 4pm

From28 January 'til the end of March

FREE

Vida and Pilgrim Street Arts Centre, part of Wirral Youth Service, have teamed up to run a unique visual arts project using photography for young people aged between 12 and 19. It will result in an exhibition of young people's work inspired by the Pilgrim Street area's past, present and imagined future.
Pilgrim Street Arts Centre is less than 2minutes walk from Birkenhead Priory, the site where in the 12th Century Benedictine monks first ferried pilgrims/travellers across the Mersey to what became Liverpool. Pilgrim Street Arts Centre is the new home of Wirral Youth Theatre and Vida plans to help develop a visual arts base for young people within the centre, starting with this project.

For more information or, if you have a disability, to discuss support needs please contact Naomi Horlock on 0788 436 1846 or email

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