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💡 Applicable to: All
This policy takes account of the Residential Holiday Schemes for Disabled Children (England) Regulations (2013) and the National Minimum Standards for Residential Holiday Schemes for Disabled Children (Department for Education).
This policy has been approved by the OMH Board of Trustees
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Below is a list of activities that children and young people may have the opportunity to take part in while on the OMH week. All activities are fully supervised with one-to-one care (Oundle Summer Holiday) or one-to-two care (Mencap Outdoors) as a minimum. Activities change from year to year so there is no guarantee that any particular holiday will feature the activities listed below. The list is aimed as a guide for holiday makers and their families. OMH will ensure that adequate insurance is taken out and that risk assessments are made for each activity.
On Site, supervised by volunteer staff from OMH only
- Art activities: including gluing, painting, finger-painting, modelling with clay, painting pottery, collage with feathers, sequins etc.
- Music and drama activities: including costume-making (without sewing), acting, singing, dancing (to live music) and playing musical instruments such as drums, tambourines etc.
- Games: including races, obstacle courses, cricket, football, tennis, playing in the woods etc.
- Sensory play: including interacting with pasta, cornflour and water, soap flakes, mashed potato etc.
- Camping activities including: putting up and dismantling tents; cooking food; using camp-site washing facilities; sleeping under canvas.
On site, supervised by professionals as well as OMH volunteers
- Swimming in a swimming pool supervised by professional lifeguards.
Off site, supervised by volunteer staff from OMH only
- Swimming in the sea. Children do not usually venture beyond a depth of one foot, and if the tide is high or conditions are rough children are not permitted to swim.
- Riding on fairground rides, including roller-coasters, dodgems etc.
- Playing on public adventure playgrounds and on swings, slides, climbing frames etc.
- Shopping
- Ten-pin bowling
- Quasar (laser-shooting team game)
Off site, supervised by professionals as well as OMH volunteers
- Outdoor centres: canoeing, raft-building, archery, high ropes and climbing, under safety conditions imposed by the Centre staff