Free SEND Holiday Camps in Croydon and Bromley this April
This April, we’re excited to be running a SEND Holiday, Activities, and Food camp specifically for children aged 7-14 with special educational needs and disabilities who also claim benefits-related free school meals.
This Easter School Holidays, between Monday 7th and Thursday 17th April, we are running specialised SEND day time camps in Croydon and Bromley.
Croydon
- Holiday, Activities and Food (HAF) camp for children between 7 and 14 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who claim benefits-related free school meals
Bromley
- Holiday, Activities and Food (HAF) camp for children between 7 and 14 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who claim benefits-related free school meals
- Shortbreaks Holiday camps which are specialist provisions offering ‘respite” short breaks which are intended to 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.
Please note, these holiday camp are only open to SEND children between the ages of 7-14 who either live or go to school in Croydon or Bromley.
WHAT?
Our SEND HAF programme is a fun-based child-led activity camp offering children and young people the opportunity to take part in a wide variety of physical and classroom-based activities ranging from sports such as football, basketball, tennis and dodgeball to more classroom-based arts and crafts activities like drawing and painting, making items like windcatchers, Lego, and SEND sensory toys such as wooden Geo, Activity and Pin-Art boards.
These fun-led activities, delivered by our very experienced pool of Disability Coaches and Disability Care Assistants, will be managed by our Full Time Disability Department which provides a variety of impairment-specific and Pan-Disability sessions throughout the year in local schools and sports centres.
At HAF camps We will provide every attendee with a hot, healthy, and nutritious meal to ensure they can access a healthy, balanced diet during their time with us.
Unfortunately in the Croydon camps we are unable to take any children who need 1:1 supervision or personal care for accessing the toilet or who need support or assistance whilst eating.
Shortbreaks Holiday Camps run on a very similar basis with all activities planned to the needs of the young people attending. For the Shortbreaks camps, all those attending will need to bring their own lunch, snacks and drinks.
At our Bromley camps, we are able to take a small number of children who need 1:1 supervision throughout the day but unfortunately we are unable to offer personal care for those who need it for accessing the toilet or support/assistance whilst eating.
WHEN?
Our SEND Holiday Camps will be running for 2 weeks during the school Easter holidays from 10:00 – 3:00.pm Monday to Thursday.
The dates are:
- Monday 7th to Thursday 10th April
- Monday 14th to Thursday 17th April
Bromley HAF is on the Monday and Tuesday and Bromley Shortbreaks is on the Wednesday and Thursday of each week.
WHERE?
- Bromley – Langley Park Primary School, Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham BR3 3FG
- Croydon – Addington Valley Academy School, Field Way, New Addington, Croydon CR0 9AZ.
For any families attending the Croydon HAF camp who need free SEND transport to get them from school and back during school term times we can arrange this at this camp. Please contact Michael Harrington for more details at michaelharrington@palaceforlife.org
WHO?
Our SEND HAF programme is only open to SEND children between the ages of 7-14, who either live or go to school in Croydon or Bromley and who also claim benefits-related free school meals.
Our Shortbreaks Holiday camps in Bromley are open to SEND children who either live or go to school in Bromley between the ages of 7-14 with disabilities to have enjoyable experiences away from their primary carers, contributing to their social inclusion and personal and social development.
We ask that all those making bookings provide as much information as possible on the needs and challenges of their children so we can best cater for them whilst they are with us. Please ensure this is included when booking.
How to book a space in Croydon
Parents of eligible children will receive an email or text from hello@holidayactivities.com stating ‘You have been issued a voucher’ (do check your junk folder in case it lands there!) containing a voucher from HolidayActivities.The email would have come out on 18th March.
You will receive your unique code once you have claimed the voucher. Vouchers are allocated by schools and distributed to parents by our booking platform system ‘HolidayActivities’. The voucher will tell you how to access the booking platform.
You will be asked to register, or log in if you have already used the system before, to link your email address to your code. You will then find a list of all holiday clubs running this Summer and will be able to book on our SEND course at Addington Valley Academy.
Children and young people in receipt of benefits-related free school meals are eligible for free spaces on the HAF Programme.
How to book a space in Bromley
Please email the Foundations Disability team at disability@palaceforlife.org and we will provide you with more details
If you have any questions for anyone at Palace for Life about our SEND HAF Holiday Camps, please email disability@palaceforlife.org