Challengers Easter and Summer Term 2011

Challengers Booking Line 01483 230 939

Bookings for days at Challengers Easter and Summer Term schemes are now being taken. The booking dates have been staggered to reduce queuing times so please only call in the booking period that we have shown below.

We are sorry that the Easter booking period is late but we have only just received some indication from Hampshire and Surrey County Council about funding for the Easter and Summer Term period (April to July). The total funding contribution from the local authorities still needs to be confirmed. As an independent children's charity, this funding is only a proportion of what we rely upon so we are still heavily reliant on voluntary donations.

We will contact you changes to funding if this affects any of your bookings in the future and do reserve the right to cancel programmes affected by local authority budget cuts.

At the end of this page is a summary of some important changes we are making to the Challengers programme.

WHEN TO CALL TO BOOK – STAGGERED BOOKING PERIODS EXPLAINED
• Playschemes (children age 4 – 12)
 7 – 8 March: children age 4 – 12 who have 1:1 support
 9 – 11 March: children age 4 – 12 who do not have 1:1 support
• Youth and Young Adult Schemes (young people age 13 – 18 and 18 – 25)
 14 – 15 March: young people age 13 – 18 and 18 - 25 who have 1:1 support
 16 – 18 March: young people age 13 – 18 and 18 - 25 who do not have 1:1 support
• We stagger the bookings to spread the number of phone calls coming in to the booking line – this way families are less likely to be kept queuing for long periods and more likely to be able to get through first time.

HOW MANY DAYS OR SESSIONS CAN FAMILIES BOOK IN THE BOOKING PERIOD?
• Playschemes (children age 4 – 12)
 EASTER HOLIDAY (11 – 21 APRIL 2011): 3 DAYS at any Challengers Playscheme
 SUMMER TERM (26 APRIL – 22 JULY 2011): 5 SATURDAYS, 1 HALF TERM DAY AND AS MANY AFTER SCHOOL CLUB SESSIONS AS AVAILABLE at any Challengers Playscheme.
• Youth and Young Adult Schemes (young people age 13 – 18 and 18 – 25)
 EASTER HOLIDAY (11 – 21 APRIL 2011): 3 DAYS at any Challengers Youthscheme
 SUMMER TERM (26 APRIL – 22 JULY 2011): 5 SATURDAYS (2 trips out and 3 centre based days), 1 HALF TERM DAY AND AS MANY YOUTH NIGHTS OR AFTER SCHOOL CLUB SESSIONS AS AVAILABLE at any Challengers Youth or Young Adult scheme.
• To book more sessions families can call in the TOP UP PERIOD ON 21 MARCH 2011. In the Top Up period you can book any sessions that are remaining on a ‘first come first served’ basis.

HOW TO BOOK: CHALLENGERS BOOKING LINE 01483 230 939
• Call prepared with all the information you need to make a booking – dates, schemes and activities you would like to book. We know that families often have to wait to get through to make a booking so having all the details at hand will help us deal with bookings quickly.
• Look at the Youth and Young Adult Programmes on our website to choose the different activities.
• Look at the Challengers Schemes List attached and on our website to see where and when the different schemes run (some of the schemes have changed – make sure you look at the scheme list and the summary of changes below).
• Families are asked to pay in advance for bookings by credit or debit card. (If you want to use Direct Payments to pay for your bookings please contact the Play and Leisure Team before the booking period.)
• If families are unable to call in the Booking Period, we will accept bookings made by friends or family members.

PLEASE READ THIS: CHANGES TO THE CHALLENGERS SUMMER TERM PROGRAMME
PLAYSCHEMES (CHIDLREN AGE 4 – 12)
• Sunday 1:1 Playscheme (Farnham and Guildford) will not run. Instead we have increased the number of 1:1 spaces at Saturdays Playschemes in Farnham and Guildford.
• Sunday Family Days will continue to run every week in Farnham and Guildford.
• Challengers Farnham After School Club (for children age 4 – 12) will run only on Mondays, Tuesday and Thursday with a school pick up from the Ridgeway and The Abbey School.
• Challengers Young Carers will not run on Thursdays after school. Instead you will be able to book siblings of disabled children in to every session of the Challengers Guildford After School Club.
• Challengers Guildford After School Club pick-up from Freemantles School will stop on the 26th April. We will still take bookings for after school club but we do not expect funding for transport to continue.
• Challengers Guildford After School Club bus runs home (at 6pm) will stop 26th April.
• Parent and Toddlers at Guildford will not run Thursdays but instead run Wednesday and Friday mornings (10.30am – 12.30pm).

YOUTHSCHEMES (YOUNG PEOPLE AGE 13 – 18)
• Challengers Epsom Youth Night (Thursday) will not run from 26th April. Instead we will increase the spaces at Challengers Bookham Youth Night (Tuesday).
• Challengers Farnham Youth Night (Friday) will not run from 26th April. Instead we will run a Young Adult Night at Farnham. The Tuesday youth night at Farnham will continue.
• Challengers Farnham Youth After School Club (for young people age 13 – 18) will run on Wednesdays and Fridays with a school pick up from the Ridgeway and The Abbey School.

YOUNG ADULT SCHEMES (YOUNG PEOPLE AGE 18 – 25)
• Challengers Farnham Young Adult Night will start running Fridays 6.30pm – 8.30pm.
• Challengers Guildford Young Adult Night will start running Thursdays 6.30pm – 8.30pm.

HAMPSHIRE AIMING HIGH FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
• There will be new arrangements for children living and/or attending school in Hampshire. We will send families affected by these changes a separate letter by post or through school.

We look forward to seeing you soon at Challengers.

Disability Challengers Play and Leisure Team
Ann-Marie, Hannah, Jonathan, Kelly, Laura, Michelle, Natalie, Paul and Sam