Solihull Gets Active

Inclusive Sport and Physical Activity Opportunities

Explore the range of inclusive activities and local providers via the Solihull Gets Active Programme or the Easy Read, Solihull Gets Active booklet. Furthermore, activities include gym, swim, group exercise, sports, and local clubs.

For accessibility information about the local leisure centres, please use the following links, and in addition, you can review the extended accessibility notes on each website

• Tudor Grange Leisure Centre: Access Guide and Virtual Tour.
• North Solihull Sports Centre: Access Guide.

Social Stories describe situations, events, or activities and explain what to expect. They help people build social understanding and stay safe. Visit the social stories section of this webpage to find stories about local parks and leisure centre activities.

Local Sensory Walks

Sensory walks help you use your senses to connect with your surroundings while staying active. Six local sensory walking routes have been mapped to help you explore your area, encouraging you to notice sights, sounds, textures, and scents along the way.

1. Download Babbs Mill Nature Reserve Route or view on the OS Digital Map
2. Download Elmdon Nature Reserve Route or view OS Digital Map
3. Download Lavender Hall Park Route or view OS Digital Map
4. Download Shirley Park Route or view OS Digital Map
5. Download Hillfield Park Route or view OS Digital Map
6. Download Frog Lane Trail Route

Or why not create your own sensory walks with these helpful resources from Sense Active.

Inclusive Orienteering

British Orienteering have collaborated with our local orienteering club Octavian Droobers to create exciting bespoke inclusive activities in two Solihull parks. Both courses include a short accessible route, please follow Course 1. To access the courses on your phone, download the MapRun app. on Apple devices or Android devices. Alternatively click the links to access a printable version of the map.

Babbs Mill Park – Short Accessible Course, 2.8km follow markers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16.

Elmdon Park – Short Accessible Course, 1.4km follow markers 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16.

Include Me Games Event

Thank you to everyone who attended the free ‘Include Me’ event in October 2025. Planning for the 2026 event is underway, and we’ll share details closer to the time. ‘Include Me’ gives people with disabilities a great chance to try different sports, activities and learn about local support services.

If you couldn’t attend, there’s a wider inclusion programme running year‑round. Explore inclusive activities and local providers through the Solihull Gets Active Programme, and the Everyone Active Inclusive Activities timetable.

Local Organisations

• Tudor Grange Leisure Centre and North Solihull Sports Centre – Provide a range of inclusive activities, including swim, gym and exercise classes.
• Disability Resource Centre – DRC is a charity run by disabled people, for disabled people.
• Family Care Trust – A support service for individuals with mental health, learning difficulties and physical disabilities.
• Fundamental Movement Academy – Provide access to fully inclusive niche sports such as Free Running, Gymnastics and Trampolining.
• Inclusive Next Steps – INS provide a range of disability sports activities throughout Solihull.
• Midland Mencap – A charity which works and campaigns for accessible and inclusive services and a better quality of life for everyone.
• Our Voices Heard Solihull – Empowering children and young people aged 0-25 with special educational needs and/or disabilities in Solihull.
• Solihull Borough Talking Newspaper – We help enable unsighted people or those with limited sight to be able to keep abreast with the local news.
• SoLO (Solihull Life Opportunities) – SoLO help people with learning disabilities to look afresh at their true potential, to learn new skills, and become more independent.
• Solihull Moors Foundation – Inclusion and Inclusivity are the key. Moors work tirelessly to ensure everybody is looked after and that every individual is made to feel valued.
• Solihull Parent Carer Voice – Independent parent carers working together to raise awareness and improve outcomes for all children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND 0-25).
• Solihull Seals – Solihull Swimming Club for the Disabled at Tudor Grange Leisure Centre.
• Solihull Self Advocacy Group – An independent charity providing advocacy services, helping people develop self-advocacy skills and support peer advocates in campaigning for change.
• Solihull Wheels for All – SWFA provide inclusive cycling for everyone, in a safe environment, with bikes provided.
• Sporty Minds – Provide access to sports provision for children and young people with SEND by hosting a range of sporting events throughout the academic year.
• StreetGames – Inclusion is at the heart of the StreetGames mission. We are an equity organisation, driven by the absolute belief that access to sport and physical activity transforms the lives of the UK’s most underserved children and young people.
• Think Active – The Active Partnership for Coventry, Solihull, and Warwickshire take a place-based approach to removing barriers to movement, physical activity and sport.
• Warwickshire CAVA – CAVA are the local Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Infrastructure Organisation providing vital support to volunteers, groups, organisations, enterprises and charities.
• Warwickshire Bears Wheelchair Basketball – Provide access to wheelchair basketball for various age groups.

National Organisations

• Activity Alliance – The national charity and leading voice for disabled people in sport and activity.
• British Blind Sport – Helping blind and partially sighted people to get active and play sport.
• BBC Disability Sport – Get inspired and stay up to date with the latest news from disability sport.
• Buddle – Supporting clubs and groups to create welcoming and inclusive environments, connect with your community and diversify your offer.
• CP Sport – The national disability sports organisation supporting people with cerebral palsy.
• Disability Inclusion Hub – This Buddle tool lets you explore how accessible your organisation is for disabled people.
• Everybody Moves – Every Body Moves powered by Toyota is the new way to discover inclusive local opportunities to become more active.
• Sense – A charity for people with complex disabilities, who believe everyone should be able to take part in life, no matter their disability.
• Youth Sport Trust – School Games SEND Inclusion Toolkit. The toolkit provides an introduction to inclusion within sport and physical activity, and signposts opportunities to upskill knowledge.