WSNC Soft Play Sensory Resource

and Hoylake 10k Fun Run

What we do   Our Facilities   Where to find us   Your Support   The Sensory Garden   Fundraising  
10k Fun Run   Summer Fair   Achievements   NEWS   Contact us   

What we do

The Soft Play Sensory Resource opened in 1995 and caters for the various requirements of Wirral’s special needs people of all ages. It is a vital community resource that has a huge impact on its users and their carers, by improving their overall quality of life. A number of local schools with special pupils also benefit from the facilities offered by the resource.

The resource is run and maintained by the Wednesday Special Needs Club (WSNC). It meets every Wednesday evening between 7 and 9 pm (during school term times) and caters for young people aged 10 upwards. We hope it provides our members with a few hours of fun and social chat in welcoming surroundings.

The facilities available include the soft play sensory resource, a spacious and a welcoming coffee bar with annexe room and a large hall. During the evening, the activities enjoyed include arts and crafts, table games, watching TV, play on the Xbox and football shoot-out.

The WSNC club, which has been running since 1993, is staffed and run by volunteer helpers and has no official funding.

The Hoylake 10k Fun Run and a Summer Fair are organised annually by the club as part of its fundraising activities to help with the upkeep of the resource.

To find out the latest happenings at the club, see the News page.

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  Our Facilities

Large ball pool, accommodating up to 10 users, for motor stimulation and therapeutic play Electric hoist for easy access to the ball pool by users with severe mobility problems Extensive soft play area, providing a safe environment for therapeutic play and motor stimulation Soft and textured surfaces, providing tactile stimulation Audio equipment playing music for aural stimulation Various lighting effects, including fibre-optic displays and a sound-activated light system to provide visual stimulation A ‘Quiet Room’ padded with white soft play cushioning, featuring illuminated bubble columns and fibre optic displays Use of a spacious welcoming Coffee Bar with its adjoining extension space for various recreational activities including music, TV, play-stations and table games Use of a large hall where members can participate in various activities, arts and crafts and games such as our football ‘Shoot Out’ Top

Your support

The WSNC couldn’t do anything without you. Whether you turn up at the Summer Fair and go away with a couple of bargains, or you take part in the fun run, or if you volunteer to help out in any way, your money, time and skills allow this most valuable community resource to continue. We thank you all for your continued support.

BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT in providing this marvellous facility in the future.

Could You?

• Offer your time (on club nights, or as a Run marshal or Summer Fair helper)
• Offer your skills
• Offer sponsorship (for the 10K Run)
• Make a one-time donation

If so, please get in touch to discuss how you could help.

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The Sensory Garden

The garden, in front of the Centre, is funded and maintained by the WSNC and is an ongoing seasonal project.

It provides a safe, stimulating open-air extension to the club’s Soft Play Sensory Resource. It offers tactile, visual and scented stimuli not only to the users of the Resource but to all users of the Community Centre.
 

Fundraising

The Soft Play Sensory facilities have been made possible by the club’s fundraising efforts together with donations from groups within the local community and various charitable organisations.

As always, we wish to thank everyone who has helped and supported us since 1993.

The club holds two major fundraising activities each year:

The annual Hoylake Coastal 10km Fun Run, which takes place on a Sunday in September (dependent on the tides!).

This event provides local businesses with excellent sponsorship opportunities (e.g. T-Shirts advertising, etc.).

For more information on the run and to download an application form, see the Hoylake 10k Fun Run page. Results and photographs of the runners appear on our website after each run (results within 48 hours and photos after about a week).

Additionally, the club holds a Summer Fair on a Saturday during July (admission free). For more information or to see photographs of the last fair, see the Summer Fair page.

So keep a look out for these two events and check on this website for ongoing news and information.

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Contact us

If you would like to know more about the club, the Soft Play Resource or the Hoylake Coastal 10k Fun Run, then please contact Carla Williams on 0151 625 9505 or send an email to hoylakewsnc@btinternet.com

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Acknowledgements

The WSNC thanks the Trustee Management Committee (Hoylake Parade Community Centre) for their continued support.

Sensory Garden - Thanks to Paul and his staff at Frankby Garden Nursery for their continued advice and support.

10k Run - St. Johns Ambulance Brigade (Moreton Branch) for their attendance at the Fun Run and for their professional support and advice.

A big Thank You to all the individuals, charities and organisations that have supported us or made donations to us since we started in 1993.