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How to register

If you would like to attend one of our bookable Short Break activities or to find out more about our services, please register your interest today.

Aiming High is a highly personalised service. Our team get to know your child and their needs before matching them with the activities most suited to them.

How does Aiming High work?

One of our lovely team will ask a bit about your child and their needs. Following an assessment, we will recommend activities most appropriate for the young person and get them booked in.

Don't miss out!

Get in touch to start the registration process today

Email us

Or call us, Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm

Call us

Choose your activity

We have a limit to the number of free activities your child can participate in, to make it fair for everyone. Let us know which activity your child wants to do, and we’ll then confirm their place. If you’d like to book extra activities, give us a ring or send us an email after the tenth of the month. We’ll explain how it works and how much you’ll need to pay.

What's on?

Discover the fantastic range of activities we offer young people with additional needs, and find out how to book a spot.

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Telling us you can't make it

We completely understand that you might need to cancel. Please let us know as soon as possible. The sooner we know, the sooner we can offer a place to another child. We look forward to seeing you at one (or more!) of our activities.

Frequently Asked Questions

As many as you like, as long as there’s space! The cost of extra activities is:

  • £5 for up to three hours.
  • £7.50 for up to five hours.
  • £8.50 for five hours, including transport from a central meeting point.
  • £7 for a family activity

Nope, we don’t. When you ring up, give us a few choices and we’ll look at your child’s activity history. This means activities are allocated fairly, and all children get to take part.

You can pay by:

  • Cheque made payable to Action for Children. Post it to our office: The Brook Centre, Stanier Street, Newcastle, ST5 2SU
  • Postal order sent to our office.
  • Credit or debit card over the phone. Call us on 01782 982250

Either when you book or by the end of the month in which your activity(ies) take place.

You can email: [email protected]

Send us your core (free) activity choice between the first and tenth of the month. If you’d like to book extra activities, give us a ring or send us an email after the tenth of the month. You can send us as many choices as you like. We’ll then send you a confirmation letter. We check our emails Monday to Friday, 9am - 4:30pm.

There are symbols next to each activity, which tell you more about what’s involved. The suggested age is only a guide. Give us a ring if you’re not sure about anything.

Yes, of course! Families that live in Staffordshire can book activities from the 11th of each month, all activities must be paid for.

Give us a call if you think transport might stop your child from taking part. We’ll work out the best way around this and let you know if any costs are involved.

Important information

When your child starts using an Action for Children project – or takes part in any of our activities – we record their personal data. Depending on the type of project, this might include sensitive information. This will always be kept safe and secure.

We’ll ask you for your consent first. We want you to feel happy about what you’ve given us, understand what it might be used for and who it might be shared with. Because we have a duty to protect children and young people, we’ll share information with other organisations to keep a child (or someone else) safe.

Find out more If you’d like more information, please speak to someone at Stoke Aiming High or get in touch with our Information Governance Officer. You can call 01923 361 500 or visit: www.actionforchildren.org.uk You can read about the Data Protection Act and your rights on the Information Commissioner’s website: www.ico.gov.uk Action for Children isn’t responsible for the content of external websites.

Action for Children works within legal data protection guidelines. We support your right to privacy and to see, change and challenge information we hold about you. We also have our own rules about how your information is stored and used. Lots of the services that Action for Children runs are paid for by other organisations, including both local and national government. If this is the case, the data you give us will also be shared with that organisation. Action for Children and the organisations we work with may jointly ‘control’ the data. In some cases, one organisation will control the data. A data controller is the organisation (or organisations) responsible for making sure your information is dealt with in the right way. The data controller depends on the project or service you use. The data controller is legally responsible for what they do with your information. Action for Children is responsible for what we do with your personal information.

We need your information to help us run high quality services for children, young people and their families. We keep this information either in an electronic or a paper file. The file contains details about you and the important people in your life. This includes anyone who lives with you, as well as social workers, teachers and doctors. You can ask to see your information at any time, just ask a member of the team. A senior manager and the staff who are working with you look after your file. This file is always stored somewhere secure. Other managers and staff may monitor (audit) your file. We keep your file for as long as we need to, by law. The length of time we keep your file depends on the service you’re using.

Please give us at least 24 hours’ notice if you can’t make an activity. The sooner you let us know, the sooner we can offer a place to another child. If you don’t turn up for three sessions in three months (without telling us beforehand), we may, sadly, not be able to offer you places in the future. We completely understand there may be times when you won’t be able to let us know in advance, like emergency appointments or your child being ill. Please get in touch within 48 hours of the activity finishing.