Clubs and activities
The clubs and activities listed are offered by organisations in and around Bromley.
We do not endorse these clubs and activities by including them on this list and encourage you to make your own enquiries about the suitability and safeguarding of each club or activity for your child or young person before attending. Please contact the provider directly to enquire about the availability of clubs, dates and times, age ranges and pricing.
Working across a variety of sports ensuring that accessible and inclusive offers are available within Bromley.
Rebound Therapy facilitates movement, promotes balance and relaxation, promotes sensory integration, improves exercise tolerance and communication skills for those with special needs. These dedicated sessions are held at a quieter time of the day where you get to enjoy the run of the place and bounce around to your hearts content with the music low and mellow and without a huge noisy crowd.
Swimming sessions for all SEND needs and abilities.
The Bromley FC Community Trust offer PAN Disability sessions which provides boys and girls aged 16+ the opportunity to play football in a fun and safe environment. The session is led by experienced and dedicated coaches with the aim to cater for anyone with a disability.
These sessions take place on a Saturday between 12pm to 1pm with the aim to develop participants to be the best version of themselves. Participants are encouraged to embrace the benefits of physical activity to aid physical and cognitive development, whilst, and perhaps most importantly, having fun!
Bromley Youth Music Trust (BYMT)
BYMT Music Centres cater for all ages and experience, including adults. They provide a range of ensembles and groups which include bands, choirs, chamber music, keyboard classes, orchestras, musical theatre, and sessions for infants. They also provide holiday courses, workshops, and masterclasses as well as annual concert tours in Europe for our most advanced musicians.
Visit their special needs page for more information.
Charlton Athletic Football Club (CACT)
CACT runs a number of disability programmes including the popular Upbeats, Charlton’s favourite Down’s syndrome team, and the Ability Counts programme for disabled players from the ages of 5-16.
The Creative Junction is a weekly, 3 hour class that the students (aged 18 to 26) will lead. They will learn about a whole range of creative arts and how those skills can be transferred into vocational spaces. The aim is to encourage SEND students to become more confident in their own skill set and learn about how they could work in more creative industries.
Disability cricket for children in Bromley
Working across community settings to increase the number of accessible opportunities to play cricket, Kent Cricket working in partnership with Lord’s Taverners, offer various cricket activities for disabled children and young people with physical and learning difficulties.
The Engine Shed is a special interest group for autistic children, young people and adults. The club enables those with an interest in trains to come together with their peers to observe, play, talk and enjoy their hobby in a welcoming, safe and relaxing environment – and where parents/carers, as appropriate, can have a chance to relax, and talk in a supportive atmosphere.
Model railways and train sets for all abilities are set up and a range of train-related resources are available for participants to play with.
Providing Saturday and school holiday activities fun and educational activities for children and young people with complex disabilities including, but not limited to, autism, severe learning disabilities, physical disabilities and/or complex health needs.
Dance sessions exclusively for people with learning disabilities. For children from the age of three, right up to adults with no upper age limit on taking part.
MyClub Junior Activities at the Pavilion Leisure Centre
Myclub Junior weekly activity sessions at the Pavilion in Bromley. Inclusive sessions for children and young people with SEND and their families.
Swim at one of the 6 Mytime swimming pools in Bromley.
Pulse Social Community Sports Club
Inclusive sports activities for young people who are hearing impaired, neurodivergent or with SEND aged 10 to 17 years.
New Lodge Centre works across the spectrum of disabilities, age, and social status. They currently have 11 RDA ponies/horses and provide riding facilities to both adults and children in the boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lewisham and Southwark.
New Lodge Centre is open six days a week and has between 75 and 100 regular riders who have a range of special needs including physical, sensory, and learning difficulties.
REMIX Theatre Arts provide drama classes for individuals with learning disabilities. Drama classes are specifically designed to provide a safe and supportive environment for every student to thrive. Classes are centred around building self-confidence and developing communication skills, while also exploring a variety of dramatic techniques and art forms.
The Sharks Swimming Club is a competitive swimming affiliated to Swim England (formerly the Amateur Swimming Association, the ASA). It offers swimmers with disabilities the opportunity to improve, train and compete at a local, regional, national and international levels.
Special Needs Scouts 9th West Wickham
A scout group for young people who are unable to access mainstream scouting due to their additional needs.
Swimming with Better offer a range of SEND and SEN swimming lessons at many of their pools and leisure centres.
From 1:1 sessions for those who need extra help to group classes for more confident swimmers, several options and classes for those swimming with disabilities are available.
Hub Clubs specialise in providing support for disabled swimmers by working locally in partnership with Swim England to deliver advice and training for disabled swimmers. They will assess the individual swimmer at local pools and signpost to the relevant opportunity, which could be a mainstream club. Joining a swimming club is a great way to develop an interest, make friends and have fun.
Wheels for Wellbeing have worked with thousands of disabled children and adults who face barriers to taking part in any physical activity. The sessions enhance disabled people’s lives by ensuring that anyone can access the physical, emotional, practical and social benefits of cycling.
Providing inclusive BMX opportunities for young people with a disability, the Wingz programme strives to transform lives.
Designed for children with complex needs, learning difficulties and ASD, ZAP’s vision is to create a truly accessible arts/crafts and sports holiday club that is fully inclusive for all children regardless of their SEND.