Club Wilber Events
Club Wilber Events 2022
February
Bowling
York
£10 per child/£5 for under 10’s
Bowling party! Including one hour of bowling and some tasty food. Who can get a strike? Teams will be allocated depending on numbers.
March
Lush Party – Bath bomb making!
Woodthorpe, York
£10 per child
Join us in a bath bomb making session! Staff from Lush will be on hand to help us in making our very own bath bomb. You will be able to take your bath bomb home at the end of the session.
April
Easter Egg Hunt
York
Free
After a hiatus due to COVID, the event that started Club Wilber, the Easter Egg Hunt, is back! Follow the sound of the beeping eggs (eye masks can be provided for sighted siblings/friends) and feel amongst the Easter themed props to find the brightly coloured, beeping plastic eggs. Find as many as you can and exchange these for real Easter eggs at the end!
May
York Knights rugby game
Pizza making party
York
£10 per child
Enjoy pizza making fun with games. With plenty of time after to enjoy your creations and tuck into a round of ice-cream.
June
Father’s Day Gift Making
York
£10 per child
Make a fantastic leather keyring and decorate a mug for you Dad, Grandad, Uncle, Brother!
Beetle Bank Farm
York
£4 per child
Animals, adventure and fun! From pygmy hedgehogs to rheas, turkeys to goats, Beetle Bank Farm has lots of wonderful animals for you to get to know. Bring a picnic!
August
Club Wilber’s 3rd Birthday Party
York
Free
Join your Club Wilber friends, and Club Wilber supporters to celebrate our 3rd birthday! With games, fun activities, food, drinks and surprise guests.
Club Wilber Summer Fete – Fundraiser Event
York
Free
We have a fantastic fundraising event planned, with Fairground side shows, craft stalls, games and activities for everyone, plus delicious food and drinks! Tell everyone! Bring your friends and family it will be a great day!
WetWheels Boat Trip
Whitby
Free
A WetWheels Yorkshire experience is designed to enable every disabled person the chance to experience the excitement of power boating. Wetwheels Yorkshire is fully accessible – not just giving you the chance to be a passenger, but also to take the helm as the skipper – everybody gets the chance to drive! Each trip out to sea lasts around 90 minutes, full safety guidance given and wheelchair accessible.
September
Eureka! – The National Children’s Museum
Haxby
£5 per child
Eureka! is in Halifax, right opposite the railway station. With hundreds of interactive exhibits designed to inspire enquiring minds, a day at Eureka! is fun-packed and unlike any other museum. We’ll break half way to re-energise at the food hall; They have a small menu in the café or they provide plenty of seating and welcome families to bring their own pack ups.
October
Bug House Making
York
£10 per child
Decorate a cute bug house to take home for your garden – ready for all the little creepy crawlies to stay warm for the winter.
Halloween Party
York
£5 per child
Fancy dress competition, sensory games and crafts, and party food.
November
Sensory Magic
York
£8 per child
A fantastic afternoon of sensory fun, music, lights, sensory craft to make and take too!
Club Wilber Christmas Fete – Fundraiser Event
York
Free
We have a fantastic fundraising event planned, with Fairground side shows, craft stalls, games and activities for everyone, delicious food and drinks and of course Santa’s Grotto! Tell everyone! Bring your friends and family it will be a great day!
December
Pantomime – All New Adventures of Peter Pan
Club Wilber Christmas Party
York
£5 per person
Festive crafts, games, Santa’s Grotto, as well as party food and music and sensory fun.
York
£8 per person
Sensory tour of the stage and an audio described performance of the pantomime.
To join Club Wilber and take part in these activities, please email Club Wilber.
The Wilberforce Trust is dedicated to helping those with visual impairment, sight loss, hearing loss and other disabilites across York, North Yorkshire and the surrounding areas.