The Independent Living Groups are for young adults aged 18 – 25 years  (30 if they are known to us prior to being 25) with disabilities and additional needs who are looking at developing life skills to enable them to live more independently. Our aim is to enable the young adults to reach their full potential and develop the necessary skills and confidence as well as building friendships.

An exciting programme of activities, workshops and trips are adapted to meet the needs of the whole group and delivered by a dedicated and experienced staff team. The groups run from the DCAS Centre both weekdays and Saturdays 10am – 4pm, however there is a 8am until 5pm option during the week, if needed. We have three groups under the Independent Living Group umbrella, based upon young people’s abilities:

– Stretch Challenge and Reach Targets (SCaRT)

– Moving Forward

– Enterprise

In addition to these groups we have a Craft & Gardening Club, as well as volunteering where members of all three groups have the opportunity to join together.

The Independent Living Group Plus is for young people with complex healthcare needs and physical disabilities.

The group enables young people to spend time away from home in a safe and supportive environment with an exciting programme of activities and trips out, which are tailored to meet the young person’s individual needs and delivered by a dedicated and experienced staff team.

The Independent Living Group Plus runs from the Fairplay Centre weekdays, between 10.00am – 4.00pm.

During the ILG Plus sessions each young person will have one to one support from a named member of staff. This will ensure continuity of staff for young people.

All young people will be offered a monthly programme of activities, giving the opportunity to engage in social activities, out and about within the local community, as well as a wide range of activities that will help them to enhance their skills and have fun!

Fairplay provides a range of youth clubs for young people with disabilities and additional needs. The current youth clubs are:

Inters: Fortnightly Monday evening youth club for male & female members aged 12-16.

Girls Night: Fortnightly Monday evening youth club for female members aged 12-25.

Chesterfield Youth Club (CYC): Monthly Friday evening youth club for male & female members aged 16-25.

Saturday Social Club (SSC): Monthly Saturday morning youth session for male & female members aged 12-25.

There is also Youth sessions during school holidays.

The best first step to joining Fairplay is to complete our membership form, this can be found on the ‘About Us’ tab, under ‘Information about Fairplay’, if you would prefer a paper copy please contact the Fairplay Office, or pop in and see us.

Once you have sent back the completed membership form, the relevant co-ordinator will contact you to arrange a centre visit and discuss what services Fairplay can offer to your family.