You may find an opportunity for your child or young person below:
- Leicestershire Information and Support Directory: Search a list of leisure and other activities
- Leicestershire Holiday Activity Food (HAF) Programme: Activities for children receiving benefits-related free school meals
- Leicestershire Family Hubs: What’s on at your local Family Hub
- Active Together: Search parks, open spaces, clubs, community groups and activity sessions
- Young Leicestershire: Youth groups
- Cerebral Palsy Sport: Sports clubs for people with CP
- Sense: Sport and sensory activities for people with complex needs
- Wheelpower: Sports clubs for wheelchair users
- British Blind Sport: Sports Clubs for people with visual impairments
- DS Active: Activities for people with Down’s Syndrome
- Lawn Tennis Association: Wheelchair tennis clubs
- Special Olympics Great Britain: Sports opportunities for people with a learning disability
- Dwarf Sports Association UK: Events and activities for people with Dwarfism
- British Fencing: Wheelchair fencing clubs
- Paddle UK: Paracanoe clubs
- British Ice Skating: Inclusive Ice Skating sessions
- Everybody Moves: Find disability sports activities
- Riding for the Disabled Association: Horse riding and carriage driving sessions
- Bowls England: Bowling Clubs for disabled people
- Archery GB: Disabled Archery Clubs
- Leicestershire and Rutland County FA: Pan Disability Football Clubs in Leicestershire
- England Football: Disability Football Clubs
- Lord Taverna: Super1’s disability cricket sessions
- Active Charnwood: Sport activities for disabled people in Charnwood
- Active Hinckley and Bosworth: Sport activities for disabled people in Hinckley and Bosworth
- Active Blaby, Oadby, Wigston: Sport activities for disabled people in Blaby, Oadby and Wigston
- Melton Sport and Health Alliance: Sport activities for disabled people in Melton
- North West Leicestershire Sport: Sport activities for disabled people in North West Leicestershire
- Go Learn Leicestershire: Family learning activities
- Leicestershire Museums: Children’s activities
- Primary Times: Things to do with Kids in Leicestershire
- Aerobility: Flying opportunities for people with a disability
- Look: On-line activity groups for children with a visual impairment
- Wetwheels Foundation: Fully accessible powerboats
- Run Together: Database of trained guide runners to support visually impaired people to run
- Level Water: Subsidised swimming lessons for children with a physical disability or sensory impairment
- Surfability UK: Adapted and inclusive surfing opportunities
- Sailability: Inclusive boating opportunities
- Dimensions Autism Friendly: Relaxed cinema experiences
- The Great British Play Map: Search for places to play and visit
- Scope: Find out how accessible playgrounds are near you and across the UK
You can also find regular updates and opportunities for activities and groups by visiting our Local Offer Facebook page.
Support to access activities
CEA Card: Allows a free carer’s ticket at participating cinemas
DID Card: Can be used to evidence a hidden disability
Access Card: Can be used to show quickly and discretely a person’s access needs
Changing Places Toilets: Accessible toilets with hoists and changing facilities throughout the UK
Accessible Guiding Grant: Financial support for children requiring additional support to access Guiding
Dan Maskell Tennis Trust: Financial support for supporting disabled people to access tennis
Caudwell Children: Grants for specialist sports equipment
Active Together: Grants to support children and young people to access sport
Further reading
The accessibility guide below features listings on the changing room and additional facilities of swimming pools in Leicester and Leicestershire: