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Sport
Wheelchair Rugby European Championship 2025 April 22–April 27, 2025
The best eight wheelchair rugby teams compete for the European title at Zuiderpark Sports Campus – The Hague. www.worldwheelchair.rugby/
SEND Family Activity Day
White Hall Outdoor Education Centre Buxton
Monday 7th April
An activity day designed to cater to various abilities and needs in a supportive and accessible environment.
Disability IceSkating Sessions
Deeside Leisure Centre, Chester Road West Queensferry CH5 1SA
Free sessions for all disabilities and is suitable for the whole family to skate together. One carer goes free
Sunday April 6 – 12.30pm
Sunday May 4 – 12.30pm
Sunday July 6 – 12.30pm
Sunday August 3 – 12.30pm
Sunday September 7 – 12.30pm
Exhibitions
Design and Disability
V&A South Kensington, Opens Saturday, 7 June 2025
Both a celebration and a call to action, Design and Disability showcases the radical contributions of Disabled, Deaf, and neurodivergent people and communities to design history and contemporary culture, from the 1940s to now.
CLICK HERE to plan your visit
Books
Paralympics 2024 for Kids: Stories from Our Brave Heroes with Heart (Paralympic Games 2024)
Discover the incredible world of the Paralympics through the eyes of our fiction based brave young athletes! Paralympics 2024: Stories from our Brave Heroes with Heart takes you on an unforgettable journey filled with courage, determination, and heartwarming victories.
Film and TV
Win or Lose Disney Plus – streaming now!
“Win or Lose,” Pixar Animation Studios’ firstever original series, follows the intertwined stories of eight different characters as they each prepare for their big championship softball game. The series reveals what it actually feels like to be in the shoes of each character—the insecure kids, their helicopter parents, even a lovesick umpire—with incredibly funny, very emotional and uniquely animated perspectives. Directed, written and executive produced by Carrie Hobson and Michael Yates, and produced by David Lally.
Theatre
Tick Tock Whenever: Journey into the unknown Spectrum Theatre group
Step into a steampunk odyssey of time travel and self-discovery by Spectrum Theatre Group.
Tick Tock Whenever follows a group of extraordinary adventurers as they journey through fractured timelines and alternate realities.
This powerful new play ventures into the unknown to uncover heartfelt moments that explore vulnerability, resilience, and triumph over adversity.
Performance Details
Thursday 27th March 2025, Northern Stage 1pm (schools and groups), 4pm and 7pm
Northern Stage, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RH
Funded by Newcastle Culture Investment Fund at the Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland and supported by Northern Stage.
Dregs Opera
Sunderland Platform Theatre Group returns with an ambitious musical based on the true story of historic, local queer figure, Alonzo Johnson, who was deported to Australia and condemned to death because of his sexuality.
Presented as an adaptation of Gay’s Beggar’s Opera and Brecht’s Threepenny Opera, the performance challenges audiences to consider marginalised voices and the horrors of discrimination, past and present.
Performance Details
Friday 4th April 2025 2pm and 7pm
Arts Centre Washington, Biddick Lane, Washington NE38 8AB
