Bouldering Session for Children & Young people

🟠 Want to help your young person with emotional regulation?
🟠 Join a club where they can be in a safe space where they can “unmask” and just be themselves.
🟠 As a parent, do you want to help your young person build their self-esteem and confidence?

When: Every Wednesday Term time

4.30 pm – 5.30 pm

Ages: 6-17yrs  Parent required to stay

Where: Indirock – 1st Floor, Victoria Shopping Centre, 362 Chartwell Square, Southend-on-Sea SS2 5SP 

Contact [email protected]

Who: Registered STRM members

Supported areas: Castle Point, Rochford Districts and Southend.

New Starters – STRM Bouldering at Indirock

🧗 Bouldering Session – Information & Instructions

🟠 What it is?

Bouldering is a type of climbing done close to the ground on indoor climbing walls. It’s done without ropes or harnesses, but safety is maintained with large foam crash pads to cushion any falls.

This session is for children and young people with a diagnosed, suspected, or self-identified Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND) who live in Castle Point, Rochford Districts, or Southend. If you’re unsure whether you meet our criteria, please check our website: www.strmsupport.co.uk.

Once your young person has completed the New Starter session, they can progress to the Weekly Club Sessions, which take place on the same days and at the same time. You can book onto the Club Sessions after completing the New Starter course.

  • 🗓 When: Wednesdays during term time
  • 💷 Cost: Free for registered STRM members
  • 🥿 Climbing shoes – for better grip and secure footholds
  • 🖐 Chalk – to keep hands dry and improve grip
  • 🛟 Crash pads – provided for safety
  • 📍 Location: Indirock – Contact & Directions

🟠 How to book?

If you are already a registered STRM member and meet our SEND criteria – just scroll down and book below.

If you are not a registered member and want to join – click the link below to register. We will approve your membership, and once approved, you can book sessions for any of our support or activities.

Once booked, we will contact you for your child or children’s details (e.g. age, medical information, emergency contact details). Head count: 1 parent per up to 2 children.

Professionals can also make a referral using the link below:

🟠 Need to know?

  • ⏱ Duration: 1 hour (Wednesdays during term time)
  • 👕 Wear comfortable, stretchy clothing
  • 🥿 Climbing shoes and 🖐 chalk are provided
  • 👨‍👩‍👧 Parents/guardians must stay with their child at all times – this is not a drop-off activity
  • Parents can supervise a maximum of 2 children per session
  • There are 5 spaces available per child each week
  • You are responsible for understanding the safety instructions and helping to keep your child safe
  • Only children/young people with a diagnosed, suspected, or self-identified SEND who live in Castle Point, Rochford Districts, or Southend are funded to climb (over 18s excluded)
  • If you need to cancel your booking, please email [email protected]

🟠 What to do next?

After booking your session: We will contact you for more information, but while you wait you can complete the waivers and watch the safety video to help prepare your young person.

  • ✅ Watch the safety video – for parents to understand and support their child’s safety: Watch Here
  • ✅ Complete the climbing wall registration – you must fill in BOTH forms:

STRM Bouldering Club at Indirock

🧗 Weekly Club Session – Information & Instructions

🟠 What it is?

The Bouldering Club is for children and young people with a diagnosed, suspected, or self-identified Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND) who have already completed our New Starter – (Give It a Go) session and are now ready to join the weekly club or continue weekly with our sessions.

This session is for children and young people with a diagnosed, suspected, or self-identified Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND) who live in Castle Point, Rochford Districts, or Southend. If you’re unsure whether you meet our criteria, please check our website: www.strmsupport.co.uk.

You’ll climb with other young people in a friendly, inclusive group environment, building confidence and skills each week.

  • 🗓 When: Wednesdays during term time
  • 💷 Cost: Free for registered STRM members
  • 📍 Location: Indirock – Contact & Directions

Please be mindful that we have limited funded spaces. 

Always email us at [email protected] within 24 hours if you can’t make it due to illness or an emergency.

🟠 How to book?

15 places available each week.

If your child has completed the New Starter session and meets our SEND criteria, you can book below.

  • You book as a parent, and we will contact you to check how many children are attending.
  • No extra membership forms are needed if you are already a STRM member, but we’ll still need to check we have your child’s medical, emergency contact, and support needs details on file.
  • If anything has changed, please email us at [email protected] to update your records.

🟠 Need to know?

  • ⏱ Duration: 1 hour (Wednesdays during term time)
  • 👕 Wear comfortable, stretchy clothing
  • 🥿 Climbing shoes and 🖐 chalk are provided
  • 👨‍👩‍👧 Parents/guardians must stay with their child at all times – this is not a drop-off activity
  • Parents can supervise a maximum of 2 children per session
  • Only children/young people with a diagnosed, suspected, or self-identified SEND are funded to climb (over 18s excluded)
  • If you need to cancel, please email [email protected]
  • within 24 hours

🟠 What to do next?

You should have already completed the waiver forms during the New Starter session, but the details are here in case you need them:

It is a public area, and we do not have exclusive use, but if you want to bring other children and pay, you may, but you have to have a 2-1 child to adult ratio for our sessions or public sessions, and other children will not be part of our group. This is due to Indirock allocating an instructor solely for our group cohort. *Excludes over 18

SEND the Right Message Visuals

Change can be especially challenging for neurodivergent children and young people. Transitions, or changes, can be difficult for many neurodivergent individuals who often prefer predictability and routine. Preparing for transitions, such as attending a new club, can be difficult.

At STRM, we have created visuals to help minimise their anxiety and stress when trying a new club or activity.