Creative Active Lives Sandwell HAF ONLINE! Social Digital Fun & Friendship from your own Home!
Our online holiday club is designed especially for neurodivergent children and young people who may struggle with mainstream holiday provision due to anxiety, social isolation, sensory overwhelm, or difficulties accessing face to face activities.
Sessions are flexible and low pressure, with cameras and microphones optional. Children can communicate through voice, Zoom chat, or in game chat. Activities take place on moderated private servers and supervised online platforms to create safe social spaces where children can build friendships, confidence and social skills.
Parents and carers are encouraged to remain nearby to support children where needed. Our experienced staff team are skilled in supporting autistic and neurodivergent children and use calm, supportive approaches that reduce pressure and encourage participation at each child’s own pace.
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What activities are offered?
We offer a wide range of inclusive physical and creative activities, including and not limited to: Circus skills, light sabre workshops, animal experience, archery, inclusive console, PC and VR gaming, smoothie bike, ball games, outdoor play, nerf games, water slide and fights, sensory area, reading corner, painting, crafts, jewellery making, Lego , board games, hula hooping, giant bubble shows. Our activities are inclusive and we offer a varied range of activities each day so that there is something for everyone. We have a large indoor and outdoor space that we make the most of to provide a variety of experiences. We love coming up with new games and creative arts and the staff all join in!
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What makes Creative Active Lives CIC unique?
We have been told that our camp isn’t like any other, and the feeling of happiness and calm was noticeable as soon as you entered our wonderful venue at Rowley Learning Campus. We are lucky to have an amazing space with a huge atrium with floor to ceiling windows, an incredible view, an outdoor grassed area, plenty of seating, dining tables and so much space to run around and play. In additional a large hall and reception staff on the door for security and safety.
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What benefits can you expect from this?
We create a welcoming, nurturing environment where children feel comfortable and confident to be themselves. Children make new friends, and we have lots of regulars so get to see each other again. Children can try their hand a lots of new activities, finding new hobbies and interests and broadening their horizons. We see children who might start their first session anxious or nervous, blossom and thrive, and not wanting to go home at the end of the day!
Children will get active, creative, and have the best fun ever!
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What makes this activity inclusive?
We design our activities with inclusion first. We have ear defenders and sensory and fidget toys. We have a cosy calm space with play tents to sit in, blankets and cushions and books.
We have access to a fabulous outdoor space to help regular or get away from the activity for a time.
We use giant bubbles, Lego and Minecraft regularly as activities which we find a lot of children with SEND find their happy place in.
We have staff who are able to float to support any child who needs extra support.
Our activities are flexible and children can choose what they would like to do. We have quiet spaces, space for parents to be present but apart to allow for independence and slow withdrawal from the session. We have ear defenders, disabled toilet (not changing places), and lift access. We have adaptive controllers for Xbox and Minecraft PC gaming.
We welcome a parent or carer to join their child to enable them to access out HAP camp, please call the provider for more information the activities provided.
What they say about us
”We hired Creative Active lives circus skills & giant bubble show for the annual school fair. It was a massive hit! There were loads of activities to do with plenty to go round. Toby was excellent, got the children really engaged and excited. The bubble show was epic, the children absolutely loved it (so did the parents). Highly recommended!”
”My son, joined Creative Active Lives Minecraft Club recently. Rachel’s support in the run up to, during and in-between the sessions was second to none. She couldn’t do enough to support us to join successfully and made Joseph feel welcome and relaxed so he could enjoy it. It was a brilliant session.”
”We are also involved more widely in Creative Active Lives – Rachel is an inspiration through the work she does. I would recommend her to anyone working in any capacity across education, special needs, wellbeing and entertainment. From her workshops to her speaking engagements – she is a real trailblazer.”
”Fantastic local enterprise, run by the brilliant Rachel who is a wealth of ideas and creativity. We have worked with Creative Active Lives to run sensory clay workshops and they were really popular, lots of great feedback.”
”Creative Active Lives CIC provide a wonderful selection of activities and workshops – we regularly book their instructors for our Youth Club sessions, all of whom are professional, affordable and incredibly engaging”
“My children have taken part in Tuesday & Thursdays club and couldn’t wait to tell me all they had done, lots of activities they wouldn’t of usually of had chance to do. It’s been a amazing opportunity for them”
”Children fully enjoyed the variety of activities available, they haven’t stopped talking since leaving. The staff were very welcoming too.”
”The staff were so friendly and welcoming. The range of activities they offered were great. There really was something for everyone and a lot of activities were inclusive of children with additional needs. My son had a great time. He has attended many different holiday activities in the past but has said that this is the best one”
”Creative active lives are one of the most inclusive and welcoming organisations we have been around. Rachel is always there to greet the children with a smile and gets to know them quickly remembering names and key info about them. My daughter thoroughly enjoyed her sessions and cannot wait for the next set.”
We ONLY accept children with a HAF code. There are no paid-for spaces.
- If your child has SEND, please please enter as much information as you can about how we can support them and anything you thing we should know to ensure they have the best time with us.
- If you child needs 121 support or personal care, we are not able to provide this ourselves but we are happy for a parent or PA to attend with them. Please call Rachel to arrange as well as put on the booking form.
- If your child has any medical needs please enter on the booking form.
- If your child has any allergies/medical needs that we need to be aware of please enter on the booking form. If you book the night before or on the morning of the session PLEASE follow up with a phone call or email in case we are unable to pick this up before registration time.
- Please note when you book – it is a booking request NOT a confirmed booking. We approve all booking requests manually.
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Due to high volume of non attendance with no contact, priority given to children who have attended the sessions they were booked on.
- Please arrive for your session NO LATER THAN 10.30am. Late arrivals after 10.30am will not be admitted.
- Please do not turn up unless you have a CONFIRMED, APPROVED booking for your child. You will not be able to attend.
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Please bring a water bottle
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No phones are allowed in the holiday camp, You might get messy so don’t wear anything you do not want to get messy
We are sorry if this causes any inconvenience, however, we want to avoid disappointment and provide the best experience for all
Thank you for your co-operation
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