Playschemes and holiday activities

Keep the kid's busy with art activities at SeaCity Museum, Southampton City Art Gallery and Tudor House and Gardens.

Find all our activities across all three cultural venues.

During the school holidays Testlands are able to offer paid and funded spaces with Southampton Holiday Activities & Food Programme & Hampshire County Council Hampshire HAF.

To book visit the Testlands website. 

To keep in the loop with activities and playschemes follow the Testlands Facebook.

Email: luke.newman@testlandsmc.com

Coach4u run multi-sports sessions in the local area.

While not SEND specific, they cater for everyone. 

To keep in the loop with activities and playschemes during the school holidays, view and follow the Coach4u Facebook page.

Mencap will be running fun and safe playschemes throughout the school holidays. They’ll be providing a variety of play opportunities including cooking, sensory play, arts and crafts, sports and more. These will take place at the Mencap Centre in Portswood.

Your child is eligible to join the activities if:

• They are between the ages of 6-17 years old
• They live in Southampton
• They have a Max Card Plus and/or are open to Jigsaw

Find out more on the Mencap website. 

For more information about playschemes running through the school holidays, please ring our Activities Manager Elly on 023 8058 4088.

The Rose Road Association playscheme is available over the school holidays but does get booked up quickly.

Find our more on the Rose Road Association website. 

For more information about playschemes running through the school holidays, please email activities@roseroad.org.uk. 

Inflatazone are back during the school holidays. With both paid spaces or free funded spaces through the Southampton Holiday Activities & Food Programme.

• Sessions will run at Testlands Wellbeing Hub, Green Lane
• Soundbite Community Cafe onsite
• Tickets are £5 per child. Under 1's go for free
• SEN sessions available

To book visit the Inflatazone website.

The Forum is a voluntary group of parents and carers who have children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) aged 0-25. It welcomes and supports anyone living in Southampton who has a child with SEND (diagnosed or not) to experience a better quality of life. It’s vision is for a community where the daily challenges faced by Parent Carers are recognised and understood, and there is a shared commitment to overcome them.

The forum are running some events and activities over the school holidays. For updates on activities and events happening over the school holidays, visit the Southampton Parent Carer Forum Facebook page.

For regular news and updates join the mailing list.

The programme offers valuable support to families on lower incomes, giving them the opportunity to access rewarding and active activities alongside healthy meals over the school holidays.

Find out more, register and book on our HAF pages. 

Saints Foundation offer inclusive football sessions that also operate during the school holidays, see links to sessions below:

• Kicks – free, open access football
• SaintsAbility – PAN disability football sessions for juniors (aged 8-16) and adults (aged 16+)

Family hubs have range of sessions going on throughout the school holidays including garden play sessions. Make sure to call the hub to book as spaces are limited. Parental/carer supervision will be required. View the full timetable.

Southampton City Farm provides a unique Holiday Club experience throughout the school holidays and half terms, working in collaboration with Southampton City Councils Holiday, Activity, and Food (HAF) Programme! Our Holiday Clubs include both public bookable spaces and HAF funded spaces, so that more young people in the community are able to access the farm!

Children will have the opportunity to take part in various aspects of farm life, including animal care and feeding, growing, picking and preparing fruit and vegetables, as well as woodland activities and outdoor team building games.

This Holiday Club will provide children with the opportunity to get up close and personal with our beloved animals. Animal activities will vary daily and may include: goat grooming, guinea pig handling, pygmy goat walking, collecting eggs, chicken handling, reptile bathing, and mucking out the barn and enclosures.

More holiday club details

• Suitable for ages 8-16 years
• Club runs from 9am-1pm
• All attending children must be dropped off and collected at reception by a responsible adult
• All children will receive breakfast on arrival and a choice of a warm meal or packed lunch (children are welcome to bring their own packed lunch, if preferred)
• Please wear suitable outdoor footwear and clothing - The farm will be muddy, so wellies are recommended!
• You will be asked to complete a questionnaire for each child on arrival
• Includes HAF funded spaces!

Find out more and book public or HAF-funded spaces

View more information about our Holiday Club.

Book a public space or HAF space.