Special Needs Holiday Club

LS29 Time was set up in 2018 by members of the LS29 Special Needs Support Group, a thriving charity for families in the Ilkley area.

LS29 is run by parent-carers who have children with additional needs, so the charity knows how challenging the holidays can be for both children and care-givers.

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Parent-carers need respite time to work, get on with chores, and to give some attention to any children in the family without disabilities.

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Children with additional needs also need time – to spend away from the family home and mix with friends. But this can be difficult to organise if they travel to schools a long way away so don’t have a local peer group, or if they struggle with busy, mainstream holiday childcare settings.

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As there were few other accessible holiday activities in the local area, LS29 started fundraising to try to solve the problem, at least a little bit. 

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LS29 Time Holiday Club now runs in the Bradford Local Authority holidays, offering specialist holiday care for disabled young people.