Swinton Lock Activity Centre is a trusted safe space, committed to delivering emotional, social and wellbeing services, which are community led.
We are based adjacent to the South Yorkshire Navigational Canal and own two narrow boats, one of which is fully accessible. Both boats are used to offer boat-handling courses, volunteering opportunities and pleasure trips to both children and adults.
What we Do
Swinton Lock Activity Centre provides an extensive range of activities and support for both young and old.
Room Hire
Our location, facilities and ample parking also make Swinton Lock an ideal location for meetings, conferences and parties.
Boat Trips & Training
Join our experienced crew for a relaxing cruise along the canal. Learn how to skipper the boat and manage locks.
Open Days
We also hold regular open days where you can come to meet the staff and sample many of the activities we have to offer.
Reminder that tomorrow we have a ‘meet the team’ sessions.
March 13th, 12-1pm. No need to book, just turn up and ask all your questions regarding our new clinic, familiarise yourself with our centre and find out how we can help you and your family.
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Neurodiversity Insight Screening is a really important process to identify exactly what is going on with your child. We know that the Autism spectrum is huge but we don’t talk enough about Co-occurring conditions in autism like Development Co-ordination Disorder (DCD) otherwise known as Dyspraxia. If your child has movement difficulties, gets fatigued, easily drops things and appears clumps they may have this specific condition #autism #DCD #neurodiversity #Screening
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Will be their tommorow!
Happy international women’s day!
Here at the Lock we are proud to support women and to have a team full of inspiring, kind, strong and passionate ladies. We also have a special group of female volunteers who we are so grateful to. Here’s to all the women, let’s celebrate you all!
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Empowered women empower women . 👊🏼💪🏼. The blokes are ok too 🥰
You all are amazing
Amazing bunch and only occasionally terrifying 😝
The best women I know🤗 I couldn’t ask for a better team(including the men ) Swinton lock crew!!! 😎
Love working with all these wonderful strong, caring ladies, the best ❤️ xx
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One year ago we had the unfortunate experience of having one of our fishing pegs vandalised- set on fire! Our fishing pegs are open to the public and free to use, so to say we were heart broken is an understatement. Our staff put out a plea for help, because as a charity we simply couldn’t afford the cost of a new peg. Luckily Swinton is full of great people and with a community like ours we had a huge outpouring of support and suggestions. Amongst them was Jake- who works for Harsco Environmental.
Harsco Environmental have not only funded the entire project, sourcing us the best materials for the job but also donated their own time to install the fishing peg. Along with some staff and volunteers, it took several days of hard graft- but the fishing peg is finished and ready to use!
We are also thrilled that Harsco have donated a sum of money to purchase fishing equipment for the new fishing club- which will be operating very soon!
We hope that you will all join us in celebrating Harsco for their enormous generosity and contribution to our community. If you are one of the lucky ones to use the peg please tag us in your fishing pics. We would love to see you all enjoying the up graded peg.
Thank you!
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Great job can’t wait to come along this year with my old man and give the new peg a go.
They’ve done a great job
Mark Bray
Well done 👏
Jake Ridley
Steven Swift maybe for your tuesday gang. This place is amazing and caters to disabled
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Our special Easter Bunny canal cruises are ready to book!
£5 per ticket, each ticket grants you a one hour trip in our wide beam boat, with an Easter twist.
Book your ticket on our website www.swintonlock.org
Click on the menu and select ‘what’s on’ to find the available tickets and time slots.
Please note all passengers must have a ticket, including infants in prams/ carriers. This is to do with insurance and safety measures.
Comment below if you have any questions.
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Josh Hollisey-Mclean
Charlotte Gaskin shall we book ?xxxxxx
Alix Elizabeth Blackett
Gabrielle Thomas Kelbi Schofield
Laura Beth we need to book x
Georgina Melber kids loved it last time xx
Joanne Macrae
Olivia JohnstonMaysa OmarEllie Louise
Mark Hudson
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Youth group is on tonight!
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Everyone is going ‘quackers’ for our new and highly anticipated ADHD clinic (CQC registration pending) . We’ve had our first family queueing up outside, checking out the facilities. Whilst we love to see families of every shape and size, webbed feet and wings might be the line we draw 😂
Remember we have our ‘Meet the team’ event approaching.
🗓️ March 9th 5:30- 6:30pm.
🗓️ March 13th 12-1pm.
🗓️ March 21st 10am- 12pm.
No booking necessary, although letting us know prior would be helpful to us if you can.
We look foward to meeting you and helping to answer all you questions regarding the new clinic and what we will be offering.
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How much does the screening cost I was hoping to make Friday but daughter is currently refusing school
Do you screen ADHD in adults my husband is 49 and has been referred to a NHS ADHD clinic but he's been on the waiting list for two years already and they have no idea when they'll be able to see him . would attending this event help him?
Is this service open to adults too?
Will be there for the 9th meeting
Nicola Machen Jamie Pursley x
Joanne Norris x
Awww did you give them any seeds or food? If not try to have them next time, they’re so lovely xxxxx
Bev Holyoak
Ellie Moakes
Craig Stephenson
I'll be there on the 9th to ask some questions I'm curious about
We will be there March 21st for information on next steps with my daughters possible autism/ sensory processing etc x
Is this just for adhd or for autism aswell?
I'm will be there on the 9th for some more information, look forward to meeting the team
I’ll be coming on the 13th 🙂
Becca Atkin
Kerry Abatilda Priestley
We should be with you in the 9th for a bit of information about my daughter's diagnosis and now lack of support
Hopefully be their for the unluckiest day meeting!
We at the National Autism & ADHD Assessment Centre are looking forward to meeting you all! Excited that our first family of ducklings 🐥 🦆🐣🐤is a great sign of spring, hope and new beginnings!
What age do you assess for ADHD from please? My little one is already diagnosed with Autism, she’s just shy of 5. Her consultant is sure she also has ADHD but cannot assess her until she’s 7 on the NHS. I just wondered if you are able to assess any earlier- and also if you can still assess when the individual is non speaking xx
Do u have to be referred buy your doctor?
How much does the screening cost for ADHD? X
I’d like to come along on 9th March
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Our heartfelt gratitude goes to the members of Rotherham Sitwell Rotary Club for their continued support and generosity. We have received this amazing donation; which means that we can continue to serve and support our community.
Being a charity means we rely on the kindness of others and the Rotary Club have that in spades. Check out their Facebook page to see who else they have donated to and their fundraising efforts.
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Back to our regular schedule after a half term break.
Tomorrow we have baby group and youth group running in their usual time slots.
If you have any questions, please comment below.
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Can you just turn up to these? X
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