Essential Information
| Type | Family fun |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Date and Times | Friday during term time | 11am (Online session) or 1pm (Onsite session) |
| Prices | Pay what you can |
Join us for a new creative adventure each week, inspired by the vast collection at The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre. SENsory Social Club is a welcoming space designed to support young people and adults with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in engaging, social activities.
Wherever you are, you can join our sessions online in the morning (with occasional onsite trips) or onsite in the afternoon at the Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre.
Every Friday during term time, we come together to make friends, have fun, and explore creative activities like storytelling, music, acting, crafts, and games. Led by SEND specialist practitioners, these sessions are pay-what-you-can, ensuring accessibility for all.
No matter your ability or needs, you’re always welcome in our community. Join us and be part of the adventure!
Interested in booking a session?
Important information
These sessions run for 60 minutes every Friday during term time.
Morning online session 11 am - 12 pm – for adults 20+, with occasional onsite trips.
Afternoon onsite session 1 pm - 2 pm – for young people aged 14–19 at The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre.
If you want to attend a session outside your age bracket for accessibility reasons, you are welcome to do so. Please book a space and email bookings@rmg.co.uk to let us know, so we can support you accordingly.
For any accessibility needs or additional queries, feel free to reach out—we’re happy to help!
Booking and accessibility
- Limited spaces: We recommend booking in advance, as each session has a maximum of 10 participants.
- Booking for participants only: Please book tickets for attendees, not support staff.
- Cancellations: If you can’t attend, email bookings@rmg.co.uk so we can offer your place to someone else.
- Support: Guardians, support staff, or family members should assist participants during the session, whether online or onsite.
- Online sessions: These take place on Zoom, a third-party platform not affiliated with the Museum. If you're new to online sessions, a Zoom link will be sent to you.
- Safety and terms: Please review Zoom’s terms and conditions for your information and security.
SENsory Social Club films
If you need further convincing on how much fun is had at the SENsory Social Club, see some of the fun films we have recently made below:
Drawing with Light
Using LED lights and torches, SENsory Social Club have explored drawing with light by taking inspiration from Royal Museums Greenwich's collection.
Watch their artwork come to life below.
This project is part of our Season of Drawings, a series of events inspired by our exhibition The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea at the Queen's House.
It was a different atmosphere!
Blanche, SENsory Social Club participant
"Would you like to try it again?"
Yes!
James, SENsory Social Club participant
How to make a ship's biscuit
The SENsory social club teach Silly Simon how to make a ship's biscuit.
Lethal Mermaids
Mermaids, pirates, sunken treasure – and a fight involving a frying pan – are just some of the surprises in store in this radio drama, written and recorded by the SENsory Social Club.
Come to Morecambe
Created with the Loyne SENsory Social Club, this video showcases the wonders of Morecambe Bay in Lancashire, through music, collages and clay figures.
Useful information
How do I join a live online workshop?
- Book your place on a workshop.
- Once you have booked your ticket, you will receive an email confirming your place on your chosen live online workshop. The email will contain a link and password to the prescheduled workshop.
- When it is time for your scheduled event, click the link on your email. This will take you to your chosen event which is being hosted through an application called Zoom. You will be asked for your meeting ID and password. These should come up automatically, but if not they can be found on your original email.
- Once you’re in the workshop, you will be asked to choose to connect audio in three different ways. We recommend using computer audio.
- If you sign in before the workshop begins you will be asked to wait in a virtual waiting room.
- When the workshop begins you can choose to have your video on or off. We will only interact with participants who have their camera on. If you do not want to be interacted with please switch off your camera.
- When the session starts, have your camera pointing at eye level and your microphone on mute. You can control your microphone and video on the bottom of the Zoom page.
- The facilitator will ask questions and if you would like to answer a question, the host will unmute your microphone for you to talk directly to them. Please note that you are in a session with many other participants, so be considerate of others.
- There is a chat room attached to the workshop room. Please use this for technical questions such as my audio is not working etc. Our host will assist you as best as they can.
- If you are planning to keep your video on please be mindful of what’s behind you. Think about having a solid wall behind you or turning on the virtual background if you would like some privacy.
- These sessions are monitored at all times. Any behaviour deemed to be inappropriate will result in participants being removed from the session and being reported to the appropriate authorities where necessary.
- We support independent learning for all but we hold the safety and well-being of young and vulnerable people in higher regard. Therefore we ask that a support worker/ guardian/ family member is present when participants are partaking.
- Extra activities may be suggested at the end of the session. Links for additional tasks will be put in the chat room for further learning. Your host will inform you when the session is finished. When you have finished, close your tab and sign out of Zoom if you signed in at the beginning.
Go behind the scenes
The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre is home to the Royal Museums Greenwich stored collections and state of the art conservation studios