Our Leisure Activities

Young people stay at Amberleigh Residential School throughout the year we provide an extensive range of leisure activities. Essentially these are selected to assist each young person towards a fulfilling and rewarding future life.

Our young people are encouraged to pursue a variety of leisure activities. Outdoor activities include walking, cycling, football, bowling, golf, fishing, canoeing and camping; whilst indoor activities cover the gym, music, the cinema, indoor games (e.g. board type), pool table, table tennis, crafts, books, personal computer, photography and computer games. Young people are also able to spend time on our narrow boat featuring canal trips as part of their recreational programme. We employ an Activity Manager to lead in this area. The Activity Manager, the vocational studies teacher and a qualified teacher are also instructors for the Duke of Edinburgh Awards.

Our young people actively participate in arranging trips out, holidays, theme days and special events – both on and off site. These mainly take place out of term time and are planned in each group following our daily community meetings. For some of these activities the groups join together. Transport on any group activity is by an ‘ordinary’ vehicle to avoid stigmatisation.

Participation is encouraged in both team and individual activities. For example some decide to get involved in gardening and assist in growing our own vegetables. Individual project work is particularly encouraged and over which each young person has ownership and in which they can take pride.

In home entertainment includes full use of a comprehensive activity hall with pool table, football table, surround sound plasma screen, stage, musical instruments, theatre productions, celebrations and much more.