Bridges Resource Centre

Bridges Resource Centre is run by Wokingham Borough Council and offers services to families with disabled children and young people. 

Services provided at Bridges are planned and developed in consultation with children, young people, their families and other agencies.

Who can use Bridges?

The Centre provides services to children aged eight to 18 years with physical and/or learning disabilities, who live in the Wokingham Borough.

Disabled children and young people are referred to the centre through the Disabled Children's Team.

What services are offered at the centre?

Children who come to Bridges are able to make new friends, develop their interests and have fun. Activities and services range from overnight and daytime care to arts, crafts and drama.

Social events are organised at Bridges throughout the year for children and young people, their friends and families.

In addition, disabled children and young people are also taken on trips out from the Centre, such as to the cinema and shops.

Services provided at Bridges are flexible and can be adapted to meet the needs of individual children and give them the opportunity to develop their skills and interests.

Key standards

The Centre promises that it will:

• Ensure that each child is treated with respect and dignity and that their religious beliefs and cultural background are taken into account
• Provide a variety of opportunities and experiences that promote the child’s personal and social development, responding to the child’s abilities rather than disabilities
• Work in partnership with parents and carers
• Ensure that children in its care are safe
• Use ways of communication which are appropriate to each child

Referrals

To find out if your child is eligible for Bridges' services you need to contact the Disabled Children's Team.

Highwood Annexe, Fairwater Drive, Woodley, RG5 3RY

Tel: 0118 974 6890/6881

Contact

Bridges Resource Centre, 109 Colemansmoor Road, Woodley

Tel: 0118 969 5977

Acting Manager: David Green