We hope you can join us at Spectrum Play – our dedicated play and meet SEND sessions at Littleport Leisure Centre.
For this session, it’s all about Christmas Waffles! Decorate your own waffles made by us with a range of toppings and sauces! Eat it there and then, or take it home as a takeaway! One half-waffle is included per child attending.
A fantastic opportunity to also put on your Christmas Jumpers & T-Shirts!
In the Main Hall, we also welcome back Dan from Prestige with a room of inflatables alongside some of our regular activities and Christmas Arts & Crafts.
We are delighted to join forces with Littleport Leisure to provide family sessions for our members in a private environment; siblings are most welcome. We have been working with the Littleport Leisure team for over 5 years on our Wrestling events with UBW, so it’s fantastic to extend our work with them even further. Our inclusive sessions here are designed to help families reduce their isolation and increase their social circles with like-minded families. Our sessions are created to encourage opportunities; here is just a small example of the session outline and our plans ahead.
As a guideline, our sessions will range from being spread across 4 adjacent rooms/halls, accommodating different settings.
- Meet other like-minded families in a private setting with light refreshments available
- Expanding friendship circles, improving social skills and gaining peer support
- Provide children with an opportunity to play, join in different sports and try new activities
- Meet the Spectrum team and catch up on our other events and sessions
- Learn about our other sessions, away days, the Arts Award, the Max Card and other services
- Provide themed sessions, parties and photoshoots
- Moving forwards, Spectrum Play sessions provide us with the opportunity to introduce such options as sports, exotic animals, entertainment, expand refreshment options, utilise technology, movie options, including soft play, plus guest visits and much, much more.
We have seen a very high level of demand for the Spectrum Play sessions so far, so we will rotate places to ensure fair access.
We always contact every request once the event is processed and allocated, providing as much notice as we can to families. We initially confirm places and advise those on the waiting list by text message from our platform. We also issue a QR code to confirmed places, which is how you sign in with us on the day, around 24-48hrs ahead of the event/session. Please ensure you read the information below on our notifications and recommendations.
Event Summary & Session Notes
The session is scheduled for between 130pm and 330pm. The cost for this session is £15.00 per family.
The payment cut-off date for this event is November 16th 2025. No refunds are possible after the deadline date.
The capacity limit and cost for each session can vary depending on the activities we have and the number of team members we have available on the day. We will always prioritise direct family members (partner/siblings), but will accommodate extended family members wherever we can. There will be an additional cost for this.
We will sometimes change different aspects/activities to keep things fresh and also to try new things. We will also continue to create some new volunteering roles for these sessions, so do think about joining the team!
We provide no transport to the venue, but ample free parking is available onsite, just a short distance from the entrance, including blue badge places.
Please note that sound levels will vary each session depending on the capacity we are testing, the halls we use on the day and the activities we are doing.
Each session is designed to be family-oriented and encourage peer interaction. As with our other sessions, your children are your responsibility for the sessions we provide. It is not possible to drop your children off and leave the venue, or expect our volunteers to watch them for you.
Please note that not completing payments for places you have confirmed at events and sessions will adversely impact you gaining places in the future. Please see the additional information on this below.
Please always contact us with any issues or if you need to cancel your places ahead of the payment cut-off date. The team can be reached at events@spectrum.org.uk and will always try and help wherever they can.
Our Place Request Process
- Once place requests are checked and processed, should we be able to confirm places for you, you will be notified in the first instance by text message.
- We recommend saving the numbers 07822 013562 (WhatsApp) and our Text Alert number 07441 446910 to your phone for our notifications. We also send messages from a dedicated Spectrum named service.
- After confirmation, you will receive your invoice from us.
- All balance payments can be cancelled up to the deadline date, but remain due and non-refundable after it.
- You can pay for these by bank transfer or by card online, or by using ApplePay or GooglePay.
- Your QR code (e-ticket) for the event (how you sign in with us) is typically sent around within the 24 hours before the event. This also includes a final reminder of the notes and timings from this page.
Non-Payment & Non-Cancellation
We totally appreciate that plans can change, health can change, emergencies can happen, and life can get in the way when you least expect it to, especially as parents, carers and guardians of children with additional needs, but we cannot emphasise enough how important it is to stay in touch with the team when it comes to bookings.
We understand that such things can happen and that they can definitely be hard to talk about at times, we always try to help the families we support as much as we can. Sometimes, this sadly just won’t be possible, but we will certainly try if there is a path to do so. All we ask is that you stay in touch and just be honest with us, it is so much easier to help you this way.
Please do bear in mind that non-payment of invoices or not communicating with us about items, tickets etc we have purchased for you in a timely manner will have adverse impact across the board. As a small children’s charity, we have to be incredibly careful with funds and items not being paid for, as it has a huge impact on us and will simply prevent future events from happening, as we are not able to absorb losses of that nature. It also prevents other families from attending, which they could have done if they had had enough notice to do so.
We leave payments for all events and sessions open as long as possible to help families, but at the same time, we have commitments and deadlines to the venues we work with, which we must adhere to, or lose such opportunities.
Please remember that the following steps can occur if you don’t pay invoices or inform us.
- Any invoice/payment outstanding at the deadline is at risk of cancellation and impacting you
- You can see your places cancelled for the event/session, and a cancellation notice will be sent to you.
- You will no longer be able to access ANY of our events, sessions or the Max Card
- Any bookings for events in the future you are on will be immediately suspended
- Your membership with us can be suspended or permanently revoked
- Spectrum reserves the right to pass outstanding invoices for commercial/legal collection, and additional charges can occur
- Additionally, Spectrum has a zero tolerance for any kind of behaviour/communication that is deemed to be rude/abusive – our team are also parents of children with additional needs and volunteer their time.
Please Stay In Touch!
As always if you have any questions about any aspect of of our events, the payment process, or cancellations email us at events@spectrum.org.uk and we will be happy to see where we can help!
Recommendation
If you are a Facebook user, we recommend joining our private members-only Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/spectrumcio – you will need your membership number with us (starts with the letters SC) after you request to join.
As well as general information, we post here when confirmations, QR codes, reminders and so forth are sent out, so you can be sure to check your email at the right times. This is helpful as many mail providers can filter such emails to junk and other areas, so you can be sure you don’t miss anything or lose your places if it doesn’t land in your main inbox directly.
Our Instagram & Facebook stories are also good places to get news in advance and see the different things we are working on behind the scenes. We also post images, reels and stories to Instagram of our Spectrum Play sessions!
Place Requests for Sunday, December 7th only
Please ensure you have completed one of our Membership Forms prior to requesting places at our events, as a valid Spectrum Membership number is required in the place request process below.
Your Spectrum Membership number starts with the letters SC and is not your Max Card number! Ensuring you have used your correct membership number with us, means your request is both processed far quicker and not rejected.