Bringing together the best information to support families in Rushmoor
Bringing together the best information to support families in Rushmoor
Walk, cycle, play or just have a picnic in these woods. Experience life in the trees with Go Ape, or take a relaxing break in their café. You can download a leaflet which contains a map before you visit. They also run fitness courses to suit all ages, abilities and budgets.
An interactive adventure trail, believed to be the first in the UK adapted for people with disabilities, is also available at Alice Holt. The project is a joint effort between the Forestry Commission and the Treloar Trust, which provides specialist care and education for young people with disabilities. The trail is designed specifically for wheelchairs by having a hard surface and rails along the pathways. A den 'skeleton' has also been built to enable wheelchair users to build a den and go inside it.
Disability Challengers run activity weekends specifically for disabled young people aged 13-18 years who live or go to school in Hampshire. They are for young people to have a fun weekend away with friends. They get the chance to try a mixture of land and water based adventurous activities, which will vary from weekend to weekend. The activities offer the chance to try new experiences, increase confidence and learn new skills while being supported by Challengers staff, qualified instructors and the appropriate equipment.
Farnborough Fins Swimming Club is a not-for-profit organisation serving the local Farnborough/Camberley/Frimley community. Our objective is to increase the community's awareness of swimming and promote water safety. As such, we run things very differently from the recreation and leisure centres and other swim schools.
The Gaming Zone is a not-for-profit organisation that offers play and leisure activities for children and young people across Rushmoor. All of their staff and volunteers hold Enhanced CRB disclosures. They strive to offer a friendly, warm, welcoming environment with opportunities to get involved in a number of activities, or simply to just hang out. For more information about any of the projects managed by The Gaming Zone, and to find out how to join, to become a volunteer or to make a donation please call or email the Project Manager.
Their current projects are:-
Heron Wood Youth. Mondays during term time. 4.30pm – 6.00pm (5-10 years). 6.15pm – 7.45pm (11-13 years). At the Heron Wood Community Centre, Andover Way, Aldershot.
Cheeky Monkeys. Tuesdays during term time. 4.30pm – 6.15pm (5-10 years). 6.30pm – 8.30pm (11-15 years). At the Mayfield Community Centre, Farnborough.
North Town Youth. Wednesdays during term time. 4.30pm – 6.15pm (5-9 years). 6.30pm – 8.00pm (10-15 years). At the North Town Community Base, North Town, Aldershot.
The Gaming Zone@Mayfield. Thursdays (46 weeks of the year - includes some holidays). 6.30pm – 9.15pm (11-18 years), with hot food from 6.30pm – 8.00pm. At the Mayfield Community Centre, Farnborough.
NAS@The Gaming Zone. Every other Saturday 10.30am – 1.00pm. For children on the autistic spectrum and their families. At the Mayfield Community Centre, Farnborough. Play console games, meet other children and families. An opportunity for parents/carers to chat and meet others in similar circumstances. For information about NAS@The Gaming Zone call Nikki on 01252 694934, call or text 07764 200 446 or email info@nasHandR.org
Greenfingers. Saturdays during term time. Various times - call Jamie for more info. At green spaces around Mayfield and at the Cherrywood Road allotments. An opportunity for children, young people and their families to get involved in gardening projects, growing and harvesting vegetables and fruit on their very own allotment plot and improving the green spaces within the community. Call Jamie Beaton for more information on 0783 152 8383 or 01252 642560, or you can email jamie.beaton@rushmoor.gov.uk or greenfingersproject23@yahoo.com
The Twinning Association of Rushmoor promotes leisure, cultural and educational links with the twin towns of Meudon in France, Oberursel in Germany and Sulechów in Poland. For more information about town twinning, please contact Alison Boukhobza by phone or email.
Every Sunday weather permitting, excluding Christmas and New Year. 10.15am - 12.00 noon. Sessions for 5-9 year olds, 10-16 year olds and adults.
Free coaching and free tennis. Anybody is welcome.
Autism friendly film screenings are held monthly at Odeon cinemas around the UK. For details about your nearest cinema screening visit the Dimensions website. When the films are being screened the lights will be on low, the volume will be turned down, there will be no trailers at the beginning of the film, you’ll be able to take your own food and drinks and you’ll be able to move around the cinema if you like.
To book tickets for screenings please go to www.odeon.co.uk.
Street Dance is one of the most popular forms of dance and provides a cool, fun way to keep fit. RHL’s classes are open to everyone aged 11 – 16 and are held at Wavell School, Farnborough on Mondays from 6.00pm – 7.00pm and at Connaught School, Aldershot on Tuesdays from 5.15pm – 6.15pm. Prices start at £3.00 per week and you can try your first class for free. Advance booking is required. For more information and to book a place, call RHL on 01252 362660, find them on Facebook or visit their website.
The club runs on Tuesdays. 6.00pm-7.00pm for 14-16 year olds. 7.00pm-8.00pm for 16-19 year olds. All abilities are welcome and rackets and shuttles are provided. Sessions are led by a qualified coach and cost £2.00 a session or £12.00 for 8 sessions. They include training and games and prizes.
For more details email or call Ally on 01252 688244 between 8.30am and 4.30pm.
The Rock and Pop Foundation is based in the centre of Aldershot and aims to help musicians to successfully map their route into the complex world of the music industry. Their support will include innovative music programmes and a network for information, advice, jobs, education, industry links and more.
For children with additional needs, their friends, siblings and families. Bring your family along with a picnic and stay and have fun all day. Play Days run every Sunday during term time from 10.30am to 3.00pm and entrance is £4.00 per child. No need to book just turn up and play.
There are skate parks in Manor Park, High Street, Aldershot and next to the Farnborough Leisure Centre, Westmead, Farnborough. Free. Open for all ages all year round.
A 10 lane tenpin bowling facility which is open throughout the year, is fully air-conditioned, and has computerised scoring facilities. There is access to target ramps and bumper bars enabling all ages and abilities to bowl with ease.
The opening hours are Monday to Friday 10.00am - 11.30pm; Saturday 11.30am - 11.30pm; Sunday 10.00am - 10.30pm. Shoe hire and admission is included in all their prices.
Gymnastics classes for children from school age upwards. £4.00 a session payable on attendance. Membership to British Gymnastics of £15 a year. Classes are Wednesday 6.10pm – 7.40pm or Sunday 10.45am – 11.45am.
Reading Force is a fun reading scheme for Forces families and friends. The scheme links families within the Forces with each other and with their local communities and encourages reading, writing about reading, and the satisfaction and improved communication that comes with this. It works through families and friends forming a reading group. The group commits to reading the same book (or books) and records what they think in a scrapbook to which they all add. The scrapbooks are provided by the scheme. The reading group – ideally a minimum of three and a maximum of eight – may be from a single family or several families. Those on tour in the UK or overseas can also take part and Reading Force will help keep everyone in touch. The group can then choose to submit their scrapbook for a team of reviewers at Kingston University to consider, and put it forward for one of several attractive prizes.
Scrapbooks will be handed out to children from Service families through their schools and will also be available in the Hive and local libraries. The only pre-requisite for signing up is that the school needs to take army children and that army children are involved in one of the reading groups. The scheme is supported by 145 Brigade, Hampshire County Council, Rushmoor Borough Council and Kingston University. To find out more contact Alison Baverstock on a.baverstock@kingston.ac.uk or Hattie Gordon on hattiegordon@yahoo.co.uk
Are you aged 14 to 24? Are you interested in running your own events or activities?
The EDGE Project stands for ‘Engage, Discover, Generate Enthusiasm’. The project recruits young volunteers to come up with their own ideas for events and activities, and provides support for these young people to run them. In Aldershot, the project works with the West End Centre and Aldershot Military Museum, and is looking for ideas and enthusiastic volunteers to create something new and exciting in the town.
For more information please phone or email.
Fresh Start is based in Hook and is a not-for-profit social enterprise delivering a delicious and wholesome range of sandwiches, canapés, home-made savouries, cakes and biscuits. Fresh Start offers supported work experience for young people and adults who have had a difficult start in life. Under the guidance of an experienced professional chef, those on the Fresh Start programme learn the skills to prepare, cook and serve great food.
For more details of Fresh Start’s objectives, menus and prices, please visit their website.
Parkside’s Cafe in the Park offers low cost refreshments in the newly refurbished Aldershot Park. It also provides volunteering opportunities for adults with learning disabilities to learn new skills whilst being supported by a trained staff member.
The core summer opening hours of the cafe are 10.00am – 4.00pm but there will be extended hours if the park is busy or if there are events on. They also open on request for people or groups who may want to hold a meeting or if there is a game on the fields nearby.
Ketchup provides a friendly place for anyone aged 10-13 to come and have fun in the Source’s modern café, with activities, food, games and projects. There is always something going on and plenty of volunteers for them to chat to about both the everyday things and any issues or worries they might have.
Mondays 3.00pm-6.00pm unless specified otherwise for trips. Any trips that may be organised will be prioritised to those attending.
For more information contact Rachel Holbrook, the After Schools Club Coordinator.
Greenfingers involves families who live in the Mayfield and Grange areas of Farnborough in improving community green spaces and communal areas, developing an allotment to encourage children to learn about self-sufficiency and life cycles, and developing areas for local wildlife. It encourages children to learn about flora, fauna and crops and to cook and eat the produce they harvest.
You don’t need to live locally to get involved and you can be any age. All you need is energy, enthusiasm, and a willingness to get involved.
Greenfingers meets every Saturday from 1.30pm until 3.30pm. There will always be two volunteer co-ordinators to guide the group. All sessions will start at the Prospect Centre. The whole family is very welcome. For more information call or email Jamie Beaton.
Throughout this site you will find links to external websites and information relating to events and activities.
We make every effort to ensure that external websites, events and activities are accurate, up to date and relevant but accept no responsibility for their nature, content and availability.
You must satisfy yourself that external websites, events and activities are suitable for yourself and any young people you are responsible for.
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