We hope you can join us at Spectrum Play – our dedicated play and meet SEND sessions at Littleport Leisure Centre.
For this session, we welcome back Dan from Prestige with a room of inflatables alongside some of our regular activities!
We have been delighted to join forces with Littleport Leisure to provide family sessions for our members in a private environment; siblings are always most welcome. We have been working with the Littleport Leisure team for over 5 years, so extending our work with them is fantastic. 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 4/5 adjacent rooms/halls/spaces, 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 learn about our sessions and events
- Provide themed sessions, parties and photoshoots
- Moving forward, Spectrum Play sessions provide us with the opportunity to introduce options such as sports, exotic animals, and entertainment, expand refreshment options, utilise technology, and offer 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 £12.50 per family.
The payment cut-off date for this event is February 28th 2025.
The cost per session is revised each time to reflect new equipment, activities, and external partners joining in the sessions.
The capacity limit 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 where we can. There will be an additional cost for this.
Over the coming months, we will adjust the sessions in general and adapt to different age ranges to ensure we can achieve the best fit across the board. We will change some aspects/activities each session to keep things fresh and try new things. We will also create some new volunteering roles for these sessions in due course and take feedback at different points to help with development.
We provide no transport to the venue, but ample free parking is available onsite, just a short distance from the entrance.
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-orientated 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.
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 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.
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, March 9th 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 processed far quicker.