Leisure & Activities

A newly launched film featuring Marcus Rashford MBE calls on parents to sign up their children to the Government’s Holiday Activity and Food Programme
Click here for more details 

Guidance – Holiday activities and food programme 2021

Halton’s Activity and Food Programme details can be found on the flyer above on this page 

Learn How To Animate With MakoCreate

This project has been moved online (via zoom) and we have put together free packs for all of the participants so they can take part at home

• A four-week project for young people ages 10-16 from Halton
• This project is part of our Creative and Digital Careers in Halton (Halton Youth Provision) programme
• During this four week project the young people participating will take part in a variety of animation workshops and will learn how to plan, create, export and publish their own animations in a number of different styles
• Course is free of charge but booking is essential, click here to book and for more details 

Programming Robotics With MakoCreate

This project has been moved online (via zoom) and we have put together free packs for all of the participants so they can take part at home

• A four-week project for young people ages 10-16 from Halton
• This project is part of our Creative and Digital Careers in Halton (Halton Youth Provision) programme 
• During this four week project the young people participating will take part in a variety of programming robotics workshops and will learn how to plan, code, build and experiment with robotics in a number of different ways
• Course is free of charge but booking is essential, click here to book and for more details 

• Active Halton Directory for a list of all groups and clubs
• Active Halton – Frank Myler Pavillion
• Aviation Aerobility e-rotary club
• Bowling Greens – Local Parks
• Crown Green Bowls (local map search)
• Bowling (Tenpin Bowling) – Widnes Superbowl UK
• Cerebral Palsy United Football Club
• Charlottes Tandems loan FREE tandems and tag-alongs for people with disabilities or additional needs to enjoy cycling
• Cheshire Autism Practical Support (ChAPS) – activities and information flyers for Halton, Chester, Warrington, Northwich, Winsford and Ellesmere Port (Animal Therapy is available in Chester)
• Connect Redstars – young people/adults 18+ with a learning disability
• Couch to 5k
• Cricket All Stars – Widnes
• Cricket All Starts – Runcorn
• Cycle Training
• Diddikicks Widnes
• Diddikicks Runcorn
• Elite Physical Activity
• Halton Active’s Walking for Health
• Halton Community Snooker Academy
• Halton Spartans Youth Team
• Halton Table Tennis
• Inclusive Sports/Activities
• Ice Hockey 17-25 Years
• Ice Hockey 19-15 Years
• Learn to Skate 17-25 Years
• Mamafit
• Parkrun – Runcorn
• Parkrun – Widnes
• Runcorn Boxing
• Runcorn Taekwondo Classes
• Sports Clubs listed in Active Halton Directory
• Sports activities Ditton after school 28.6.2021 10 wks timetable
• Tae Kwon-Do Tigers
• Velocity – Widnes
• Victoria Park Tennis  

• Active Halton – lots of activities, sports and things to do
• Activity Groups  FREE for children with disabilities aged 12–18 years
• Bright Sparks – activities supported by Halton Speak Out
• Cheshire Autism Practical Support (ChAPS) – activities and information flyers for Halton, Chester, Warrington, Northwich, Winsford and Ellesmere Port (Animal Therapy is available in Chester)
• Children’s Centres provide a range of activities for children, young people and families – all have disabled access
• CARE LEAVERS Coffee Drop Leaflet
• Deafness Resource Centre timetable for what’s on
• Ella Together is an inclusive group for young people and adults with learning disabilities
• Four Estates Youth Activities age 10-13 yrs
• Four Estates Music Activities
• GLOW – Youth Group for LGBTQ aged 13-19 years
• Halton Youth Cabinet
• Halton Community Centres have lots of things that you might be interested in
• HBC Children & Young People Poster Board for local event/activity information
• HBC Halton Day Services provide activities and support for people aged 18 years old and over with learning disabilities and higher support needs
• Halton Play Council email – Tel: 01928 574087 playscheme, Saturday Pay Club and Short Breaks activities
• Independence Activity Groups FREE for children with disabilities aged 13–18 years – helping to promote independence
• Mako Create – Digital Arts and Creative Technologies activities
• Mini Science Lab after school and weekend clubs are perfect for 5–11 yr olds who want to investigate science in a super cool way – see flyer for details
• Studio Walks for 7-11 yr olds booking via eventbrite, parental consent form and flyer
• Wellbeing Enterprises Activity Programme
• Young People 2021 Zine flyer

All information, documents and details of Short Breaks available can be found on the Short Breaks page

Active Halton

Brookvale Community Centre managed by Halton Speak Out – meet the team

Cineworld Runcorn and CEA Card

REEL Cinema Widnes and CEA Card

Halton Community Centres

Library and Leisure

Halton Libraries

Norton Priory Museum & Gardens

Planet Ice Widnes

Sound Minds

The Brindley

The Studio

Velocity Widnes

Here’s some resources which you may find useful to use with your children:

• Ikea Tolsby Feelings Adjectives Synonyms Prompt Frame
• I am an amazing person worksheet
• HappyConfident-Feelit-Lite
• Anime-Emotion-Coloring-Worksheets-Free-Download
• Anime-Emotion-Cards-Free-Download
• A4 Feelings thermometer
• What Am I Feeling colour in
• My positive affirmations workbook
• My main worries
• My Feelings Monster

Issue One features… Lock Up Vintage, HCR, Glowetry, Lockdown Wellbeing, Quinn- The Cycle, Bombay Bicycle Club Review and Studying Abroad with cover art from Tasha Bowden

Issue Two features…Small Business Focus, Meet Matt Plant, Living with Autism, LCR Flight One, Makefest, Nathaniel Hall and Green New Deal with cover art from Toni-Louise Carter

Halton Borough Council’s Disabled Children Service now produce a regular Newsletter than provides really useful information for families, details of activities and much more, these are available on the Short Breaks page in the box titled Disabled Children Service Newsletters, see the link here –  Short Breaks page

We are delighted to announce the launch of Cultivate Youth Forum

The youth forum will be a subgroup of Cultivate, The Halton Cultural Education Partnership. One of the key pieces of work is to support Halton Borough as it becomes the Liverpool City Region Borough Of Culture in 2021.

What is the Cultivate Youth Forum?
The youth forum will help to support the design and delivery of cultural activities in the Halton Borough; it is anticipated that this youth forum will help to develop and deliver a cultural summer programme in 2021 as part of the Borough of Culture programme.

Who can get involved?
We are looking to recruit 12 young people aged 10-15 to come together weekly throughout December & January. Recruitment will be until the end of November. We hope for this to be in person, but we have a digital back up plan. We have funding to reimburse some travel expenses.

What will participants of this project be involved in?
Those who wish to engage with the Cultivate Youth Forum will be involved in increasing engagement with cultural activities within Halton, and helping to develop projects that introduce art and culture to young people, such as a cultural summer programme. The youth forum will aim to provide the space to explore and open opportunities for young people to participate in and promote a multitude of cultural activities across Halton and in particular, to promote the positive personal benefits of participating in such activities, such as improved health and wellbeing and inspiring creativity to name a few.

Sessions will be youth-led, and will focus around exploring the idea of culture and how it is represented across Halton, as well as working to design and develop ways of engaging young people with culture in the borough.

How can a young person get involved in the Cultivate Youth Forum?

• More details in this briefing Cultivate Youth Forum Briefing for Organisations we can visit your children and young people to discuss this (either digitally or in person)
• If you need any further information then please contact Hannah ([email protected]) or alternatively text 07395 793 108.
• To find out more about the Cultivate work, please click here and the project Instagram is @cultivatehalton

From July 14th VIBE will be the new co-ordinated and support for the Halton Youth Cabinet.

Halton Youth Cabinet will run on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month, operating through alternating virtual and face to face offers. The young people will be supported by Vibe staff to take on leadership roles within the cabinet and look to address and tackle important issues in their area. Halton Youth Cabinet will work with local decision makers and listen to the voices of their constituency to ensure young people in Halton have a platform to have their voices heard. In addition to fortnightly sessions Halton Youth Cabinet will also take part in events with Youth Focus North West and the British Youth Council and run Make Your Mark which is one of the largest UK Youth Consultations and Elections for Halton’s Member of Youth Parliament.

For more information contact Helen McGorrin at [email protected]  Tel: 07867503745

Find us on socials –
Facebook – @Vibeukorg
Instagram – @Vibeukorg
Twitter – @VibeUkOrg

Halton Borough Council in partnership with Halton Youth Cabinet, Youth Focus North West and Commonplace, recently consulted young people in Halton to find out their views about youth provision so we can launch a new look service in ate Spring 2021. An update on this will soon be available, in interim the following support and services are available:

• To support some of the more vulnerable young people from 1st August 2020 Halton Borough Council’s Early Help and Intervention team will provide dedicated Youth Support and Treatment to these young people in a holistic family way. For any young person needing 1-1 support for substance misuse please contact iCART: The team can be contacted during the hours of 9am to 5pm from Monday to Thursday and 9am to 4pm on Friday, call 0151 907 8305. If you have an urgent (safeguarding) concern outside these hours, please call the Emergency Duty Team (EDT) on 0345 0500148.
• The Council and the Youth Focus North West will support the Youth Cabinet and the Youth Parliament from 1st August ensuring they can still continue to meet and represent their members.
• Support has also been arranged for a number of other key groups that young people have advised are important to them including LGBTQI and Special Educational Needs.
• With support from the NW Region Duke of Edinburgh Awards team and through our registered local schools and settings this important programme will continue to be available in Halton.
• Finally as we know that there is a huge amount of good innovative work with young people happening within our local communities we are going to offer the opportunity for local organisations to apply for a small grant between £5,000 and £10,000 in late summer early Autumn.

All Local Authorities are required by the Children Act 1989 to hold a record of disabled children and young people. The record is a list of children and young people in Halton (0-25 years) who have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and who receive, or may one day need to use the services from health, social services, education or the third sector (voluntary organisations).

Registering your child on the Halton Children’s Disability Record helps us identify and plan for the needs of children and young people with disabilities, their parents and carers. Registration is voluntary and is not linked to or a requirement of receiving social care services, which are assessed separately.

For more information please see the policy for details Record of Children with Disabilities Policy

How to register?

To register your child, please complete the Halton Children’s Disability Record  – Registration Form

Please email your Registration Form to admin-organisation&[email protected]

AccessAble for Runcorn and Widnes –  provide access guides to raise awareness of venues/public spaces that are locally accessible e.g. shops, restaurants, leisure centres, parks

The Max Card is a discount card for families of disabled children that can be used at various leisure and holiday activities across Britain