The Day Care Development Team is based at The Firs Resource Centre in Drove Road, Weston-s-Mare and at St Barnabas Centre, Portishead.
The team set up and manage a range of out of school and holiday provision such as specialist activities in Weston and Portishead, a variety of outings thoughout the year based on age, ability and friendship groups.
The activities support a range of additional needs. The team provide a variety of activities for children aged 8 to 18 years which support independant skills, creating friendships and networks, supporting behaviour management and individual needs of children and young people that attend.
Planned trips are also tailored to a child's individual needs.
The Buddy Scheme is designed to provide a service to children and young people with a wide range of complex, additional needs and is to support them in accessing out of school activities within their community.
There are regular drop-in sessions for parents which take place at the two centres.
The team are based at:-
The Firs Resource Centre, 89a Drove Road
Weston-Super-Mare
BS23 3NX
Tel: 01934 427 615
and:-
St. Barnabas Centre West Hill
Portishead
Bristol
BS20 6LN
Tel: 01275 884 001