TVAP CIO is a unique Charity, originally founded in 1979 to provide a range of adventurous, therapeutic and educational play activities for children and adults with disabilities, mild or profound.

The voluntary Board of Trustees of the CIO operate the Thames Valley Adventure Playground just outside Maidenhead providing a safe, caring and stimulating recreation and learning environment where families and individuals are supported in their play  and enjoy some much needed respite.

The TVAP CIO supports children and adults with varied additional needs as well as the families and carers of the special person they care for. The TVAP is an inclusive play space and we welcome siblings, friends of the child with additional needs and children from the local community to come and join in the fun and experience a special TVAP play day.

Maybe when we think of a playground we think of slides and swings, maybe a sand pit?  But to our beneficiaries we are so much more - not only special equipment and appropriate resources but also a  supportive place to play and be safe. TVAP is friendship and respect and a real chance to get out, as a family, as an individual or as a group and have some fun and make happy memories together. 

TVAP is one of those rare places where you can just be yourself and relax, without fear of judgment or negativity, a special place where there is absolutely no pressure to 'fit in' or pretend, where everyone is accepted and valued for who they are, regardless of abilities and no one really has to explain themselves - everyone just 'gets it’ and gets on with it!'

To our beneficiaries we are often called a lifeline.

To see our visiting families enjoying an all-too-rare opportunity to play together is truly heartwarming.