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    Our families need us now more than ever

    No family should be left behind. Read how ELHAP is supporting families in these difficult times. Read more

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Services for children

We offer a range of service to children with disabilities or disadvantage, including:

Adventure Play for All

ELHAP runs holiday playschemes and term time Saturday Clubs throughout the year for disabled and disadvantaged children from across East London and Essex areas.

We run Saturday Clubs every fortnight throughout term time and run holiday playschemes in every school holiday. 

All our playschemes provide much needed adventure play opportunities.  ELHAP believes every child needs to have fun, to make mess, to have time and space to be themselves. 

Siblings Project

Siblings of disabled children can attend holiday playschemes and Saturday Clubs throughout the year at no cost. ELHAP currently charitably funds this project because we are committed to supporting the whole family - too often siblings are overlooked by providers. We have been supporting siblings now for over 10 years.

Siblings can attend if they meet the following criteria:

  • They are aged 6 years and over.
  • They have a disabled sibling using ELHAP.
  • They are non-disabled (we support many disabled siblings but this project is specifically for non-disabled siblings).

School Visits

ELHAP is open to visiting special and mainstream schools for morning and afternoon adventure play sessions throughout term time.

Groups can visit in the morning or afternoon from Tuesday through to Thursday of each week. Morning sessions start at 10.00am and end at 12.00pm. Afternoon sessions start at 1.00pm and end at 3.00pm. Groups also have the option of visiting ELHAP for a whole day.

Groups have the option to become members of ELHAP for a reduced fee for group visits.

Stay and Play

Families that do not receive any funding can attend ELHAP through our ‘Stay and Play Scheme. This enables a child to attend ELHAP with their parent. This scheme costs £5 per day and families can attend holiday playscheme days and Saturday Clubs. Parents are required to stay with their children and supervise them at all times at ELHAP. Please note that we do not allow carers to attend with children. Before using this scheme, families will first need to register with ELHAP and pre-book their days.

ELHAP Bridge Project

ELHAP Bridge can offer short term placements to “bridge the gap” for some of the children and young people left without school, college or day service provision due to Coronavirus.  It may be particularly suitable for children & young people who are not in education or training, whose school place may be at risk. For more information, please click here. 


Further Information

If you need help or want to know more, you can: 

Contact ELHAP

Complete our Information Request form

 

Our families need us now more than ever

Our families need us now more than ever

No family should be left behind. Read how ELHAP is supporting families in these difficult times. Read more

Published: 14th May, 2020

Updated: 12th February, 2021

Author: Robert Dighton

What is Adventure Play?

What is Adventure Play?

Adventure play is all about having fun, taking managed risks (this means taking risks that are safe but exciting) and learning about the world through play. Read more

Published: 24th August, 2018

Updated: 13th November, 2018

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ELHAP (Every Life Has a Purpose) is a registered charity (Registration No 1077508) and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (Registration No 3697053). Registered office: 119 Roding Lane North, Woodford Bridge, Essex, IG8 8NA.