November 2016 Adult Care & Health Training & Work Experience for adults with Learning disabilities Type Day Time Organised by/Location £ Comments Contact Manor Farm Mon-Fri The Ways and Means Trust, Manor Farm, Rotherfield Peppard, Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire RG9 5LA £42.45 full day £21.50 half day Opportunities for work experience in horticulture, catering, cleaning and warehouse Free minibus from Caversham 01491 628933 Englefield Garden Centre Mon & Weds Affinity Trust @ The Street, Englefield (Near Theale), Reading RG7 5ES Opportunity to enhance life skills and gain work placement through gardening 0118 930 4898 Social & Multi-activity clubs for adults with Learning disabilities Club Day Time Organised by/Location £ Comments Contact Coffee Club Mon Mencap, 21 Alexandra Road, Reading RG1 5PE FREE arts, drama, singing, cooking, community trips and days out 0118 966 518 197 Club Alternate Mondays Autism Berkshire @ various venues (Outlook, Oracle Pizza Hut, Wokingham Super Bowl) Under £10 for meal & drink Social & activity club for adults on the autistic Spectrum & Carers See website for programme 01189 594 594 Berkshire Phab Club Mon to Thurs Berkshire Phab, The MAPP Centre, 22 Mount Pleasant, Reading RG1 2TD £15/day £7.50/ half day social club with sports, arts and crafts, computer, gardening, sensory room Lunch £3.50 0118 916 8412 /8413 Finches Bar Alternate Tues 7-9pm Sun Street Arts Centre, Sun Street, Reading RG1 3JX Money for drinks and snacks social club 0118 986 6788 4.30pm
Gateway Club Tues Mencap, 21 Alexandra Road, Reading RG1 5PE £3 Social group with arts & crafts, cooking, indoor sports Wii games & movie nights Term-time only Two age groups 18-24 and 25+ meet on alternate weeks. 0118 966 518 Reading Phab Weds The MAPP Centre, 22 Mount Pleasant, Silver Street, Reading RG1 2TD Social club, games nights and trips for people with & without disabilities 0775 419 9893 (Dave Vickery) readingphab@aol.com http://reading.phab.org.uk/ Thursday Club Crossroads @ The Maples Resource Centre, Amethyst Lane Reading RG30 2EZ FREE supported social activities & outings for people with physical disabilities & care needs bring own food 0118 945 4209 www.readingcrossroads.org Disco Last Thurs each month Mencap, 21 Alexandra Road, Reading RG1 5PE £3 £6 with transport 0118 966 518 The Friday Afternoon Group Fri 2-4pm Stepping Stones, St Agnes Church Hall, Northumberland Avenue, Reading RG2 8DD £10 Social club with arts, crafts, activities & puzzles 0118 938 0807 Sun Club Fri Sun Street and Community Centre, Reading RG1 3JX Small weekly charge Social and activity session for LD adults. Relaxed and friendly atmosphere. 0118 937 5630 Friday night Project Fri 7-9pm The Ark Trust @ St. Crispin's leisure centre, Wokingham £5 dancing & social night 266899 info@theark.org.uk
Special interest activities for adults with Learning disabilities What Day Time Organised by/Location £ Comments Contact Therapeutic Gardening Mon & Tues or Ridgeline Trust Gardens, 25 Whiteknights Road, Reading RG6 7BY £10 Referrals Amanda 07517 524926 Drama Mon & Tues Stepping Stones, St Agnes Church Hall, Northumberland Avenue, Reading RG2 8DD £10 0118 938 0807 Zap Comedy Mon Tues 2.30pm Rising Sun Arts Centre, 30 Silver St, Reading RG1 2ST Discuss, plan & perform comedy sketches All welcome 0118 986 6788 info@risingsun-artscentre.co.uk Karaoke Last Weds each month Mencap, 21 Alexandra Road, Reading RG1 5PE £3 0118 966 518 Singing Club Thurs 7-9pm Mencap, 21 Alexandra Road, Reading RG1 5PE £3 0118 966 518 Art 10-11am Stepping Stones, St Church Hall, Northumberland Avenue, Reading RG2 8DD £10 0118 938 0807 steppingstones1@btinternet.com Stepping StonesDayService.org.uk Pokemon & Level Up Club 1st & 3rd Sat of the month 2-4pm Autism Berkshire @ Emmer Green Youth and Community Centre, Grove Road, Reading, RG4 8LN. £5 and board games, including Pokemon TCG 16 – 25 years olds/Autistic spectrum 0118 959 4594 Cinema See website Vue, The Oracle, reading Autism friendly screenings
Sport & fitness activities for adults with Learning disabilities Activity Time Organised by/Location Cost Notes Contact Mon Gym Session 1-3pm Everybody Active @ Palmer Park sports Stadium, Wokingham Road Reading RG6 1LF £3.30 0118 937 5080 Mon Gym Session 1-2.30pm Everybody Active @ Academy Sport, Northumberland Avenue, Whitley, Reading RG2 8DF £5 0118 937 0270 Mon Swimming Everybody Active @ Academy Sport, Northumberland Avenue, Whitley, Reading RG2 8DF £2.20 0118 937 0270 Tues 5-A-side football 10-11am & 11-12noon Everybody Active@ Palmer Park Sports Stadium, Wokingham Road, Reading RG6 1LF £1 0118 937 5080 Tues Easy exercise 2–3pm Stepping Stones, St Agnes Church Hall, Northumberland Avenue, Reading RG2 8DD £8.22 0118 938 0807 stepping_stones1@btinternet.com Stepping StonesDayService.org.uk Tues Swimming Rivermead Leisure Complex, Richfield Avenue, Reading RG1 8EQ £1 each per swimmer & helper Secure to enter pool 0118 901 5000 Weds Cycling Everybody Active @ Palmer Park Sports Stadium, Wokingham Road, Reading RG6 1LF £2.50 (adapted bikes provided) Book from 7am Transport not provided 0118 937 5080 Weds Shintaido martial arts 7pm Shintaido @ Quaker Centre, 2 Church Street, RG1 2SB £3-5 Autistic Spectrum First session free Over 16s must be accompanied 0780 308 5637 Weds Boccia & other sports 1-3pm Everybody Active @ Rivermead Leisure Complex, Richfield Avenue Reading RG1 8EQ £3.30 0118 937 5000