As a charity every penny you spend hiring our wonderful venue and lovely equipment is spent right back in our community. By hiring us you are supporting our free Play Plus service for disabled children and their families or keeping our stay and plays open every day free of charge to local families.

You can hire us for 4 hours from either 10am-2pm or 2.30pm -6.30pm on Saturdays or Sundays for only £125.
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Our standard package 

Example timings based on 10am - 2pm booking 

10-10.30am setting up

10.30 – 1.30pm party activity

1.30pm – 2pm tidy up and removal of waste from site.

Included within hire

-          Kitchen with play food
-          4 tables for under fives
-          20 under five chairs
-          8 adult chairs
-          Fixed outdoor equipment - unlimited access to outdoor play ground

We also have a wide range of toys and equipment to hire.

Dinosaur soft play £45

5 hand painted dinosaur soft play
10 block type soft play 

Dinosaur and den £85

5 hand painted  dinosaur soft play
4ft sensory den with internal lighting and blue tooth speakers

Sensory den package £85

4ft sensory den with internal lighting and blue tooth speakers (large music selection available) Assorted sensory balls 10 sensory blocks
Large sensory play mat
Mirror carousel

Soft play bonanza £155

4ft sensory den with internal lighting and blue tooth speakers
10 piece soft play package
5 piece dinosaur package
2 play tunnels

Outdoor toy package £15 (not shown)

2 Tomy cars for under fives
1 two child ride on
4 one child three wheel scooter
4 push along doll prams

Other equipment available 

Tea urn £10
Bubble machine with 1ltr of solution £25
Six foot banquet table and adult chairs £7 per table
Citation One Bluetooth Speaker £10

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I don’t know if you have heard of this book, ‘We’re all wonders’ by R J Palacio. 

Well, the six weeks' holiday are upon us! For some it's a time of dread and for some a time of joy and not having to do the school run every day. But for everyone it is a time where you have to think of more activities to do.

On our last Play Plus of the year someone inspired me to write this blog post as they realised that tuff trays are something that you can do at home and not just only at children's centres and nurseries. So, I have compiled 6 tuff trays that would be easy to recreate at home – that's one a week for the holidays and one less activity to think about.

You know you have the best job in the world, when you get to read the books you love. And this weeks one is no exception! 'Robot Rumpus' by Sean Taylor, is a great book, and 7 robots that are left to babysit and the inevitable chaos that ensues! 

We had a gardening theme today, so it felt very summery. The sun definitely made us all feel so much happier. Our gardening theme was inspired by a new book that came out in May called 'Errol's Garden'. Its such a lovely book with beautiful pictures. Errol loves growing things, but runs out of space in his flat and one day comes across something that might solve his problem, but I won't give the ending away. 

The sun was out so we celebrated by having a bit of a beach/rock pool theme today. We even had the sound track to Moana playing to really get that sun, sea and sand feel going! 

Our story was 'Sharing a Shell' by Julia Donaldson (I promise we do read other authors). 

The images in this book make you feel relaxed just by looking at them and you can imagine dipping your toes in a deliciously cool rock pool especially on a day like today!

This is one of my all time favourite story books. The pictures are gorgeous and the story is brilliant, about how even if you are small/young you can still achieve great things. Which is a great message for the kids who come to Play Plus, because they are all brilliantly capable of achieving things, like signing for the first time in a session (there was a slight tear in my eye when this happened today). So if you have never read it before grab a copy and read it with your little ones. (Don't worry I haven't completely given the story away!) 

Meet our Snail and Whale, they helped us with our story today. We had magnifying glasses to find the snails 'itchy foot'. 

We had a very interesting morning at Play Plus. Our Paramedic friend came a week early, so to fit into our theme of clothes he showed us some of the uniform he wears when he is working, we tried on his helmet, (which is actually quite heavy) and Hi Vis jacket, and we used a thermometer in our ears to see what our temperature was. The adults also became a little competitive when having their blood pressure taken. 

What a great time we had today. Super worm was the story we explored and we we did this in loads of ways...

We had our tuft tray filled with slimy spaghetti and tweezers, as the children arrived that was the thing they all headed for. We had some worm play dough mats, where we had to make long worms and short worms. We also had a wonderful time with our new bug hunting equipment, looking for bugs outside. We found little jumping flies and worms and looking at a shiny spider web through a magnifying glass is so fascinating. 

Our sensory area was lit up with fish tubes and our disco lights. But what we all loved was the animals coming to visit. Colin the cockroach and Marvin the Millipede. We even fed some beaded dragons. 

This term the Big Red Bus Club weekly stay and play for children and their families, Play Plus, has hit the jackpot. With a fantastic grant from the Postcode Lottery, volunteers and families at the Big Red Bus Club have been able to expand the whole group, get some great equipment for children with additional needs and work with a range of therapists to create a mindful and enriching environment.

Play Plus is here to support families with children under five, to make friends and get the support they need before, during and after diagnosis.