Starting with the youngest group, we offer the under Fives we offer creative play, some of it quite messy (Art Tots) and physical play, some of it pretty challenging (Fit Tots) both in our local town of Whitby and "on tour" into the isolated rural and coastal villages. This programme also gives rural families a chance to socialise, play with their children in a secure environment (the countryside is not always a very safe place to play) and borrow toys and art sacks through our touring loan system. For the older children (5 to 12) our holiday schemes offer not just lots of fun but also socialisation, the chance to make new friends, enjoy new experiences through outings further afield than they might usually go, learn new skills in sport, games, drama, music, art etc. The important thing is that children OF ALL ABILITIES take part and our enablers ensure that everyone does indeed take part in everything. If an activity is not accessible to everyone, we don't do it! Similarly for the older age group, 12 plus, the activities are even more challenging and the experiences more intense We suffer here from a lack of local facilities for young people and a lack of accessible public transport so our activity week offers opportunities to widen horizons which might otherwise be impossible for these young people to access. As a result their ideas for the programme become more imaginative every year. And this is another important thing - all the older young people are actively involved with us, sometimes in group meetings but often by becoming junior helpers and later young volunteers on the schemes. Again, young people with disabilities are supported to participate fully, enjoying work experience and learning new skills alongside mainstream peers. Our aim is for all children and young people of all age groups to accept each other's abilities and disabilities and to feel that "they are all in this together". As one parent of a severely disabled child said "Children no longer stop and stare at my daughter. They have met her on playscheme. They come and say hello, they are her friends"