Experience Community

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  1. Experience Community is a Community Interest Company formed in 2011, our organisation aims to help disabled people access the outdoors and green spaces. Our activities include organising walks and outdoor activities for disabled people, running wheelchair skills courses, and we have a range of off-road and active travel mobility equipment available to try out, loan, hire or purchase. Alongside our direct work with disabled people, we also provide consultancy services on access to the countryside.

    We are based in Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, where we may have activities for wheelchair users, and also for the whole community.

    We also have a base close to Middleton Park in Leeds. This is on the south side of Leeds and therefore not too far from Dewsbury and Batley.

    Our Leeds hub is the main centre for our weekly activities where we run regular taster and training sessions so that people can build up their skills, strength and confidence with the equipment and they can then come out on longer rambles/rides with us.

    Over the last few years, we have run Mountain Trike rambles and Adapted Cycle rides in the Peak District, the Pennine Hills, National Trust & RSPB sites and the Yorkshire Dales in addition to organising residential trips to Kielder Forest in Northumberland, the Yorkshire Dales and the Peak District.

    We also campaign for improved access to the countryside for people with disabilities, helping to inform policy at a strategic level. We work in partnership with organisations such as The National Trust, RSPB, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, The Woodland Trust, Peak District National Park and Yorkshire Water to improve access at some of their sites across the region and nationally.

    We offer a variety of activities people can get involved in:

    1) Taster sessions and kit demos from our Slaithwaite or Leeds bases
    2) Wheelchair skills courses- these courses, held throughout the West Yorkshire area, help build the confidence of chair users and enable more independence.
    2) Mountain Trike Rambles - Mountain Trikes are all-terrain wheelchairs which enable people to get a bit more off the beaten track. We want to encourage people to try something new; to develop their skills, fitness and endurance by participating in our activities.
    3) Hand Cycling - we run taster sessions and longer rides for people who want a bit more of a challenge.
    4) Volunteer with us - we always need volunteer help with our taster sessions and longer rides/rambles to support our participants.
    5) Residential Trips - we run several residential trips a year, both hand cycling and Mountain Triking.
    6) 'All Together Now, in Colne Valley Land' Project - supported by National Lottery Community Fund, One Community and Kirklees Council, this project helps reduce social isolation and promotes community ties through a variety of activities including book and boardgame clubs, Lego building, arts and craft activities and gardening days. These activities are open to everyone from the community, including disabled people.

    If any of this sounds of interest, please get in touch: info@experiencecommunity.co.uk

    Please see our website for more details.

    Also:
    Facebook.com/ExperienceCommunityCIC
    Instagram: @experiencecommunitycic
    (Links under Further Information on this page)

Contacts

Experience Community
Slaithwaite Office

Experience Community Cic Slaithwaite Civic Hall, 15A New Street, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield HD7 5AB

01484 841438
07930 819943
Experience Community
Leeds Office
07852 237123

Organisation last updated

  1. 20 July 2026

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