We are addressing this need through the Play and Leisure Inclusion Officer, who will:
- Identify inclusive play and leisure opportunities across Leicestershire and beyond and signpost families to them
- Identify training and resources which support inclusive practice and signpost play and leisure providers to these so that they can develop knowledge and skills and feel confident to welcome children with SEND.
Many disabled children and young people say that leisure and play – after school, in the holidays and at weekends – is the most important missing element in their lives. Parents strive to make opportunities for these but often find many unnecessary barriers, including a basic lack of information about what is available.
Person:Holidays, Play and Leisure (‘Contact’, March 2017)
Developing inclusive play and leisure for disabled children and young people
- Council for Disabled Children - Factsheet #6 - Developing a supportive environment
- Activity Alliance - Using the STEP tool to adapt activities
- The Sensory Trust - Resources and guidance for making your environment inclusive
- The Sensory Trust - Inclusive Play booklet
- Family and Childcare Trust - A guide to inclusive childcare for childcare providers
- Disability Matters - Free resources to support the training of your workforce to make your activity more inclusive
- Makaton - free resources to support you with learning Makaton signing
- The Play Doctors: Disability Awareness Sheets
- RNIB: Inclusive Playground Games for Children with Visual impairments
- The Activity Alliance: Disability Inclusion sport resources
- UK Coaching - Free resources to support you to adapt sessions to prioritise inclusion
- Mind - Resources for physical activity and mental health
KIDS: Strategies for Inclusion Opens new window
Mencap - Playday: Your guide to holding an inclusive event Opens new window
Children’s Play Information Service - Inclusive play factsheet Opens new window
Resources for supporting inclusion of children and young people into sporting activities
- Youth Sports Trust - Resources to support inclusion in sport
- Activity Alliance - A range of resources to help engage disabled people in sport
- CP Sport - Resources to support you to understand more about cerebral palsy and their inclusion on sporting activities
- National Autistic Society: Sport - a guide for sports coaches and clubs
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RNID - How to communicate with someone who is deaf or has hearing loss
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The Activity Alliance Disability Inclusion Sport Report - helps readers to understand the motivations, barriers and scope for improvement in more detail
Safeguarding
Information for providers on keeping children safe during community activities, after-school clubs, sports training, tuition and other Out of School settings
Keeping children safe - non-statutory guidance for providers running Out of School settings
Keeping children safe in Out of School settings
Child Protection in Sport Unit - Safeguarding d/Deaf and disabled children