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- Wakefield Autism Leisure Club
- 10 Oct 2017
- THANK YOU! Read more >>
- Opening Ceremony Sheffield
- 6 Oct 2017
- Sheffield 2017 National Games Opening CeremonyThe heavens opened in South Yorkshire on the day of the Sheffield 2017 National Games opening ceremony. We have not known a wetter day but it did not dampen our spirits as these photographs will show. The Yorkshire & Humberside team were last into the ground as they were the hosts of the games and they arrived to a roaring reception. Read more >>
- Special Olympics Torch Run
- 6 Oct 2017
- WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE GB NATIONAL SUMMER GAMES IN SHEFFIELD Read more >>
About Us
W.A.L.C was set up in 1998 under the guidance of the Federation of Disability Sports Organisation and the National Autistic Society . Later that year it was transfered offically to club status and the Wakefield Autism Leisure Club was born. . Over the years it has grown and we have had to expand our age range to include a junior section, and the club has naturally progressed to include young people with other learning disabilities/difficulties.
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Membership
New members are always welcome and any enquiries should be made to the Club Coordinator or the Club Chair. Our members start at the age of 8 years, we currently have no upper age limit. We encourage siblings of our members to also participate in our activities.
Wakefield Autism Leisure Club
THANK YOU!
We gratefully received a share of the Co-op members 1% community award and we were absolutely blown away when we received a call from the Co-op in Woodlesford to say we had been awarded £5092.
Great things happen in our community and the shoppers of the Co-op really showed their support for our club. We used the money to help support the training of our club members in sports such as swimming, football and indoor bowls .
Trustee Claire Stephenson attended the National Games as the Yorkshire & Humberside Families Coordinator and needed help funding her place on the team. Morrisons regional distribution centre at Carr Gate kindly donated £100 towards her cause. Morrisons support the Autism Club on a regular basis and we really appreciated their support for this important role.
SUPPORT FROM NATIONAL CITIZENSHIP SERVICE
The National Citizenship Service worked with us to raise much needed funds for the club and helped our Special Olympic athletes to kick start their fundraising journey to the games. They organised a sponsored walk for us with a bit of a difference. They mapped out a walk which involved mini games which all our participants enjoyed. The young people of NCS also organised a raffle for us and donated the proceeds to the club and to Special Olympics. As you can see from the photographs we had great weather.