Social Groups For People With Learning Difficulties
Asian Elders Support Scheme - London
AESS provides Homecare services to Asian older people, and Asian people with learning disabilities. A lunch club is in operation Monday to Friday, Asian vegetarian meals are cooked on the premises on a daily basis. Also manage a Sheltered Housing Scheme for Asian older people. Have recently start...
Address: 5 Beechcroft Road, London SW17 7BU
Telephone: 020 8767 5455
Atheldene Resource Centre - Tooting
Combined centre includes provision for people with learning disabilities. Access can be made only by referrals from Social Services. Opening Times: 9am to 5pm Mon to Fri with outreach activities evening and weekends.
Address: 305 Garratt Lane, London, SW18 4EQ
Telephone: 020 8871 7779
Battersea Social Education Centre
Offers a range of day activities for people with learning disabilities. Opening Times: 8.30am-4.30pm Monday – Friday
Address: 50 Thessaly Road, London, SW8 4XS
Telephone: 020 7622 4577
Beautiful Octopus - Leeds
For more details about the club nights or the Leeds Octopus Crew please contact Ruth Hannant, Creative Communities Manager
Telephone: 0113 213 7295
Email: ruth.hannant@wyp.org.uk
Beautiful Octopus and Squidz Club - London
Arts based performance and disco nights
Address: Albany Theatre, Douglas Way, Deptford, London, SE8 4AG
Telephone: 020 8694 1632
Bubble Club
Monthly night club (2nd Wednesday in the month) held at the Rhythmn Factory in London's Whitechapel, run by people with learning disabilities coordinated.
Address: 50 Thessaly Road, London, SW8 4XS
Telephone: 020 7247 2262
Burntwood Social Education Centre - Streatham
Offers a range of day activities for people with learning disabilities. Opening Times: 8.30am-4.45pm.
Address: c/o Springfield Hospital, 61 Glenburnie Road, London, SW17 7DJ
Telephone: 020 8767 1850
Circles Network - Rugby
Provide unique personal support for people who are in danger of becoming socially excluded, or who are currently suffering the consequences of prior segregation and discrimination.
Address: Potford's Dam Farm, Coventry Road, Cawston, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 9JP
Telephone: 01788 816671
Fax: 01788 816672
Email: info@circlesnetwork.org.uk
Website: www.circlesnetwork.org.uk
Community Link-Up - Pinner
Supporting people with learning disabilities in realising their full potentials. Empowering people with learning disabilities to set up their own projects. These include:</p><ul><li>The Adult Friday Clubs - Run by people with learning disabilities with su...
Address: 2a Dawlish Drive, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 5LN
Telephone: 020 8868 5808
Fax: 020 8868 492
Email: community@ptstream.co.uk
Funky Flamingo - Cambridge
Run by Speaking Up.
Telephone: 01223 566 258
Website: www.speakingup.org.uk
Gateway Clubs
More than 700 local clubs all over the country offering social and leisure activities for people over 16 years of age, aimed at individuals with a learning disability. Gateway clubs help people with a learning disability take part in leisure, social and creative activities in the community, and p...
Address: Mencap, 123 Golden Lane, London, EC1Y ORT, UK
Telephone: 020 7454 0454
Fax: 020 7696 554
Email: information@mencap.org.uk
Website: www.mencap.org.uk
The Graingers Club - Coventry
A social club for mostly young people with learning disabilities. Various sports are tried and experts come to give training as and when requested. Arts and crafts, drama and dance sessions are also on the programme as are trips to the Mega-bowl. Meet - 6.30 - 8.30pm (Term Time Only)
Telephone: 01926 857422 (Carol Bromley)
Interplay - Swansea
Interplay is a project to integrate young people with special needs into play and leisure opportunities in their community.
Address: 116 Walter Road, Swansea, SA1 5RE
Telephone: 01792 475938
Website: www.interplay.org.uk
Olympic Club
Social club for adults aged 18 years and over who have learning disabilities but are reasonably independant. There are oppertunities to meet others, make new friends, play skittles or darts, dance to the weekly disco or just have a drink at the licensed bar. The club meet on Mondays from 7.30pm -...
Address: Joan French – Secretary, Gas Board Social Club, Gypsy Lane, Swindon
Telephone: 01793 636644
Telephone: 01793 694601
Website: www.interplay.org.uk
People First
Independent self-advocacy for people with learning Disabilities, providing some opportunities to meet up.
Address: 3rd Floor, 299 Kentish Town Road, London, NWS 2TJ
Telephone: 020 7485 6660
People First Scotland
Address: 34b Haddington Place, Edinburgh, EH7 4AG
Telephone: 0131 478 7707
Email: p1stscot@aol.com
PHAB (NI) Independent Living Limited
Address: Independent Living, 3 Jennymount Court, North Derby Street, BELFAST, BT15 3HN
Telephone: 028 9075 8912
Fax: 028 9074 432
Email: info@phabni.org
Website: www.phabni.org
PHAB Scotland
Address: Norton Park, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5QY
Telephone: 0131 475 2313
Email: info@fabb.org.uk
Website: www.fabb.org.uk
Relationship Support Service
Pilot project to provide dates and support to people with learning disablibities in Hertfordshire, Hounslow, Harrow and Brent. Applicants need a sponsor who helps with transport and they are interviewed before being accepted. Workshops and counselling can be provided.
Telephone: 01923 670793
SCOPE
Local groups affiliated to Scope vary in size, activities and service provision. Some are small with limited funds whilst others are large organisations with paid employees. For example, the Inner London Scope is a monthly social club for disabled adults which meets at the Age Concern Centre in M...
Address: Scope, 6 Market Road, London N7 9PW, England
Telephone: 020 7619 7100
Telephone: 0808 800 3333 (Cerebral Palsy Helpline)
SHARE Community, Battersea
Training & rehabilitation for physically disabled adults and people with mental health problems or learning disabilities. Offers training, qualifications, with job search activities & work placements. Provides informal counselling & support & individual tuition whe...
Address: 64 Altenburg Gardens, London, SW11 1JL
Telephone: 020 7801 9812
SNAC - Thorrock, Essex
Special Needs Activity Club (SNAC) for special needs people in the Thurrock area. We cater for special recreational needs, provide for their social integration skills and reduce isolation.
Address: Dilkeswood, Darenth Lane, South Ockendon, Essex, RM15 5RS
Spectrum Club - High Wycombe
A youth club for teenagers with Asperger Syndrome or higher functioning Autism .
Email: ann@autismbucks.co.uk
Website: www.autismbucks.co.uk
Spikes - Swindon
Spikes is both a sports and a social club for people with physical and learning disabilities, their families and carers. They have a range of sporting activities catered for such as pool, table tennis, table top games, darts and many more. The club also offers a chance for you to meet new friends...
Address: Norman Hammett, Emlyn Square Community Centre, Faringdon Road, Swindon
Telephone: 01793 338475
St George's Pop-In - Camberwell
Set up in response to service users saying to Choice Support staff that they were bored at weekends and in the evenings, and that they wanted more opportunities to meet friends.
Address: 100 Westminister Bridge Road, London, SE1 7XA
Telephone: 0207 261 4100
Fax: 0207 261 414
Stars in the Sky
Stars in the Sky is a dating and friendship service for adults with learning difficulties. We are based in Haringey, London, UK. To join you have to: Have a learning disability/difficulty, be over the age of 18 , Live in London. It costs five pounds a year to join Stars in the Sky. As a member yo...
Address: Stars in the Sky, First Floor Cara House, 341A Seven Sisters Road (Eade Road), Tottenham, London, N15 6RD
Telephone: 020 8809 4442
Email: info@starsinthesky.co.uk
Website: www.starsinthesky.co.uk
Stepping Stones Club - Shetlands
This organisation offers respite care to parents and families of people with learning disabilities and an evening social club for people with learning disabilities (who are able to attend unaccompanied) using volunteer carers. Meetings are held every two weeks at the Freefield Centre. Transport i...
Telephone: 01595 693966
Vision of Life - York
An independent voluntary organisation which puts people with learning disabilities needs first. Provides a wide range of support 7 days a week and social events.
Address: Martin Taylor PO Box 466, York, YO23 1ZN
Telephone: 01904 673314
Email: VisionOfLife@aol.com
Whitecross Club - Swindon
The club offers the oppertunity to meet with others and make new friends. Disco's are arranged as well as theatre trips, outings, crafts, darts, snooker and table tennis. A tuck shop is available and there is a charge for the group. The club meets every Wednesday and transport may be available. T...
Address: Whitecross Club, Council Office Recreational Hall, High Street, Highworth, near Swindon
Telephone: 01793 466728
You And I Dating
YAI/NIPD is an award-winning, nationally acclaimed network of not-for-profit health and human services agencies dedicated to building brighter futures for people with disabilities of all ages and their families. They run a Social Skills Building/Dating Programme for People with Developmental Disa...
Address: Bobra Fyne, YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities, 460 West 34th St., NY, NY 10001-2382
Telephone: 212-273-6182
Email: bobra.fyne@yai.org