Company of Other is a dance theatre group based in Walker. 

Get your young one moving and making friends this summer holiday! Led by choreographer Michael Heatley, Company of Others Summer Dance Intensive offers four days of free dance workshops for 6-12 year olds and 12-17 year olds. Full of fun, creativity, and performance!

Dates: Tuesday 5th - Friday 8th August Times: 9:30am-1pm (6-12yrs) 1pm-4:30pm (12-17yrs)

To book: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/73V53GT

NBC Fun & Fitness Activities: hot nutritious meal and healthy snacks; games, sports; arts and crafts; music, dance and movement, trips to parks and gardens, Maths, English, Science Tutoring Activities from KS1 to GCSE

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Our summer programme is for both primary school and high school children. The activities we provide meet the needs of children from age 5-16. We provide a range of outdoor activities - trips to interesting and educational places. We have games and sports - air hockey, table tennis, badminton, basketball, volleyball, football. Our hot meals are very popular; hot meals served with fruits, fruit juice and vegetables and unlimited supply of water.

Have an amazing experience at our summer holiday family activities. Lunch is also provided. These sessions are fully funded for all eligible children aged 3-11 years with SEN additional needs and who are in receipt of free school meals and living in Newcastle upon Tyne. Children must attend with parent or carer.

Wednesdays and Fridays 30th July until 22nd August 2025:

Tree House Family SEND arts and movement activity days offer families a unique experience to play, move and eat together. Specialist Support Staff will be on hand to offer advice and professional artists will deliver quality play, movement and arts and crafts - indoors and outdoors. We work closely with Healthworks who provide free, nutritious food for all attendees at each session.

Tuesdays 5th August, 12th & 19th August from 1-3pm

Our Family Fun Sessions take place outdoors in our garden spaces. Each session will have a different theme. There will be a mixture of arts & crafts, sport & games and creative play. Children will be provided with a hot, healthy lunch. 

Book by telephone or email. 

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Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays 21st July until 20th August

10:00am - 3:00pm (Trip Times may vary)

Here at HCC we provide a safe space for the children aged 5-10 years to explore and join in with activities that interest them and encourage them to try new activities. We provide a variety of activities including sports, active play, cookery, crafts, imaginative play and drawing. We have 2 large halls and an outdoor playground, which the children are allowed free-flow play in.

We’re excited to let you know that Stomping Grounds North East will be running a Summer Holiday Club at Benwell Nature Park this year for children and young people aged 5-12 and in receipt of benefit-related free school meals. Our sessions will be full of outdoor fun, nature-based play, and exciting activities for children to enjoy in a safe, supportive environment. Access to child-led experiences in nature is proven to support good mental health and well-being.

Comets is a pan-disability football programme for disabled boys and girls aged between 5 and 11. Players with a broad range of impairments and health conditions can play together.

Comets is all about playfulness, friendships and having fun. More than anything, Comets is football that breaks the old rules and replaces them with a brand new one: JUST BE YOU.

The sessions are ran by lots of brilliant and enthusiastic coaches, the kids love it every week.

If interested in attending, please contact Mandy on 07583052726.

The Gaming Social is a weekly gaming drop in for young people to socialise and mix in a relaxed environment. This is free so anyone can attend. Gamers can play a huge range of consoles with friends.

Gosforth Civic Theatre (See map below)

Every Tuesday during term time.

4.30pm - 6pm: under 11s session. (5 - 11 year olds)
​Anyone aged under 11 must be accompanied by an adult.

Our Contemporary Dance Class is open to young people with learning disabilities who enjoy dance. 

All you have to do is turn up! Led by a qualified contemporary dance practitioner. 

Beginners contemporary is perfect for those wishing to attend a fun class. This class will leave you feeling energised, inspired and worked out!

We are a North East based disability sport charity. We offer many sport sessions for people with special educational needs or disabilities, including:

• SEND Activity Sessions (8-19 years old)

• Adult Adapted Cycling Session

• Adult Sport and Social Session

• Boccia Session (all ages) 

• Summer holiday activities 

To find and book a session, click here: What’s On – Smile Through Sport

The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company provides accessible opportunities for people with learning disabilities and autistic people to express themselves creatively, and to develop their skills, confidence, independence and social connections.

Our weekly Performing Arts and Music academies are for people with Learning disabilities and autistic people, aged 16 and over.

Whether you want to  DJ at our club night, act on stage, or perform in a live band, our Academies can help you to achieve your goals.

The sessions are for all young people 13+ and ran by qualified and experienced youth and community workers, we are passionate about listening to the voice of young people to support them to achieve their goals.

Our activities include,

Monday 28 July - Friday 22 August 2025

Open 10am to 2pm

We offer a wide range of activities both including crafts, cookery and multi sports and games. We also take our groups out on trips to local parks and farms.

To book: please email or give us a call.

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We provide specialised practical, emotional and social support for asylum seeking and refugee children, families and young people.

Our aim is to provide a specialised and trauma informed service that can be accessed by families or by individual young people. 

Company of Others is a dance theatre company based in the North East of England, led by Artistic Director and Choreographer Nadia Iftkhar.

We empower those who have experienced Othering to share their stories through dance theatre experiences. Together, we spotlight diverse human experiences, challenge systems of oppression, and seek to inspire change. 

Does your child have a special educational need or disability?

Come to our support group. It’s a friendly place for parents and carers to chat and get advice.

• Get advice from professionals.

• Talk to other parents and carers.

• Share ideas.

This group meets on the first Monday of every month. 

No need to book - just turn up.

East End Pool has inclusive swimming sessions.  These are for people with sensory needs or disabilities. 

There is a Disability changing room/shower and also a pool hoist for easy access into the pool.  We also offer changing facilities for young people with continence issues.

To find dates and times for these sessions, you can use the Better UK app or check the timetable on the website Pool Timetable at East End Pool | Better.  

Gosforth Civic Theatre is an arts venue, café and community hub in Gosforth, and is home to, and run by, Liberdade Community Development Trust.

We opened Gosforth Civic Theatre in 2016, and in 2019 we hosted more than 900 events and activities, and invited over 50,000 people through our doors. In the words of Ozzy, one of our founding members, we opened the theatre because; 

28th - 31st July. 4th - 7th August. 11th - 14th August. 18th -21st August 2025. Monday - Thursday 10am-2pm

The programme is designed for children with Special Educational Needs that are in receipt of benefit related free school meals (FSM) and is part of Street Games' HAF programme which is their implementation of the Holiday Activities and Food programme funded by the DfE. 

Throughout our camps, the children will get the opportunity to take part in lots of different activities ranging from a variety of arts and crafts to dance and fitness as well as board games, and sports games. The days are open to boys and girls from Yr3 - Yr6, the camps are FREE for FSM children and include a hot, nutritious meal and snacks throughout the day.

21 - 24 July 10:00 - 14:00

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