Explore our activities

Join a session to explore the great outdoors.
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Taster Sessions

Unsure which equipment is right for you? Our free try-out sessions offer a chance to explore different options and find the perfect fit — the ideal starting point for anyone interested in joining our activities or hiring/buying equipment.

Inclusive Rambling

Explore off-road trails and enjoy the beauty of natural landscapes with our inclusive rambling sessions. Using specialist equipment like wheelchair clip-ons and Mountain Trikes, you’ll experience the joys of walking or wheeling in a supportive group.
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Adaptive Cycling Sessions

Enjoy invigorating rides with our adaptive cycling sessions using hand cycles, recumbent cycles, and other non-standard cycles. Most of our cycles are electric-assist and off-road capable, making cycling accessible to all.

Wheelchair Skills Courses

Master essential wheelchair skills and navigate everyday challenges, terrains and obstacles with confidence. Our training is based on guidance from NHS and Backup Trust and peer-led by staff with extensive lived experience of wheelchair use.
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Active Travel

Gain the confidence to travel independently with our active travel support. We provide personalised advice on how to tackle the types of terrain or obstacles which might be expected when undertaking local journeys.

Slaithwaite Community

If you’re local to the Colne Valley, check out our community activities group All Together Now, in Colne Valley Land! on Facebook. You’ll find details of community events including gardening days, book groups, board game clubs, arts and crafts and more.
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Community feedback

I have had a spinal injury for 12 months and am still coming to terms with my disability. Experience Community has played a huge part in my recovery and rehabilitation.

Through a difficult year, their activities have given me a vital avenue to safely experience physical exercise and the outdoors while I relearn how to live my life.
Ian W
Participant, Experience Sessions
Experience Community has been absolutely brilliant. The course came at just the right time for me. I really needed to be around people that could inspire and encourage and you certainly did that.
EC Member
Participant, Wheelchair Skills course
After contracting polio in 1958, I was unable to ride a bike as a child or teenager. In my 60s, I found EC and all that changed, with helpful, knowledgeable staff helping me choose the right cycle. I now regularly enjoy their escorted cycling sessions, gaining a new group of friends and a new activity that helps my overall well-being.
Frank E
Participant, Experience Sessions
The Mountain Trike wheelchair has made a huge difference to my life. Being able to hire this equipment before buying, and going on the EC-organised rambles with support staff there to help when needed has been invaluable. It’s allowed me access to the countryside once more.
Marie M
Participant, Experience Sessions
A really useful course that has pushed me a lot further. Recently a trip didn’t go at all to plan; two cancelled trains, more difficult wheeling than expected, and I had to use two buses and an alternative route through Leeds Station. But I found the confidence to just do it and surprised myself by just how much I’m now capable of!
EC Member
Participant, Wheelchair Skills course
I am very grateful to Experience Community for the opportunity to use and experience the equipment needed to access the outdoors. Without the service, care and support they offer, I doubt I would have ever reconnected with the outdoors
Phil T
Participant, Experience Sessions
As a disabled person I have struggled to find a way to access outdoor activities independently and safely. I had all but given up when I came across Experience Community. I was shown a variety of equipment to find out what worked best for me. The guys were so helpful, patient and friendly and allayed any fears I might have had.
Siobhan T
Participant, Experience Sessions
I have been attending all sorts of events with Experience Community for a few years now and have enjoyed every one. Their staff are helpful and encouraging and the range of equipment you can try is amazing. It’s allowed me to push myself in a safe, friendly environment, I’ve made new friends and it’s just great fun.
Steve H
Participant, Experience Sessions
Experience Community are my guardian angels. Several times now they’ve saved me when nobody else in the country knew how to repair my wheelchair or my off-road trike, even the manufacturers! They’re a team of brilliant, smart and committed people who are driven to get people rolling and I owe them a massive thanks.
Owen T
Customer, Equipment Servicing
Experience Community is an organisation that has shown me I can still be free to enjoy the ‘great outdoors’ even as I lose the ability to walk – meeting new people, making new friends and visiting different places.

My advice, whoever you are — is to take a deep breath and come along to see for yourself!
Meryl H
Participant, Experience Sessions

Community feedback

“I have had a spinal injury for 12 months and am still coming to terms with my disability. Experience Community has played a huge part in my recovery and rehabilitation.

Through a difficult year, their activities have given me a vital avenue to safely experience physical exercise and the outdoors while I relearn how to live my life.”

Ian W
Participant, Experience Sessions
“A really useful course that has pushed me a lot further. Recently a trip didn’t go at all to plan; two cancelled trains, more difficult wheeling than expected, and I had to use two buses and an alternative route through Leeds Station.

But I found the confidence to just do it and surprised myself by just how much I’m now capable of!”

EC Member
Participant, Wheelchair Skills course
“Experience Community has been absolutely brilliant. The course came at just the right time for me. I really needed to be around people that could inspire and encourage and you certainly did that.”

EC Member
Participant, Wheelchair Skills course
“After contracting polio in 1958, I was unable to ride a bike as a child or teenager. In my 60s, I found EC and all that changed, with helpful, knowledgeable staff helping me choose the right cycle.

I now regularly enjoy their escorted cycling sessions, gaining a new group of friends and a new activity that helps my overall well-being.”

Frank E
Participant, Experience Sessions
“The Mountain Trike wheelchair has made a huge difference to my life. Being able to hire this equipment before buying, and going on the EC-organised rambles with support staff there to help when needed has been invaluable. It’s allowed me access to the countryside once more.”

Marie M
Participant, Experience Sessions
“I am very grateful to Experience Community for the opportunity to use and experience the equipment needed to access the outdoors. Without the service, care and support they offer, I doubt I would have ever reconnected with the outdoors”

Phil T
Participant, Experience Sessions
“I have been involved with Experience Community for ten years — they’re my first point of contact whenever I want to try something new as a disabled person who is also a full-time wheelchair user.

This includes wheelchair skills, disabled outdoor leader training and independent travelling experience and advice.”

Marie H
Participant, Experience Sessions
“As a disabled person I have struggled to find a way to access outdoor activities independently and safely. I had all but given up when I came across Experience Community.

I was shown a variety of equipment to find out what worked best for me. The guys were so helpful, patient and friendly and allayed any fears I might have had.”

Siobhan T
Participant, Experience Sessions

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