Tiny Tools for Big Feelings at Quirky Cafe

Safe space for big feelings

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Location address: 124e Market Street, Wirral
Chosen age group:

Ages: 6 - 16 years

Available tickets:
Paid Place Ticket £25 per sessionHAF Eligible child Free
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Funded by Wirral Council
Universal provision with SEND support
Tiny Tools for Big Feelings at Quirky Cafe block mentored by Tiny Tools for Big Feelings CIC
Tiny Tools for Big Feelings at Quirky Cafe block mentored by Tiny Tools for Big Feelings CIC
Tiny Tools for Big Feelings at Quirky Cafe block mentored by Tiny Tools for Big Feelings CIC
Tiny Tools for Big Feelings at Quirky Cafe block mentored by Tiny Tools for Big Feelings CIC
Tiny Tools for Big Feelings at Quirky Cafe block mentored by Tiny Tools for Big Feelings CIC
A summary
At our Half Term Club at Quirky Café, your child won’t just be “kept busy” they’ll be welcomed in, settled gently, and guided through structured activities designed to build confidence and emotional strength. We start each session with a calm check-in so children know what to expect. They’ll take part in guided creative workshops like emotion-themed art projects, confidence-building group games, storytelling circles, and practical tools for handling big feelings. We might explore safe ways to release energy through movement games, create personal “calm kits,” or use drawing and role-play to practise problem-solving. There’s clear structure, supportive adults, and small-group connection not chaos. Children leave feeling proud of something they’ve made, something they’ve learned, and something they’ve managed. It’s a holiday club that feels safe, steady and confidence-building especially for children who can find typical holiday clubs overwhelming.
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1:1 care
2:1 care
Qualified to administer medication
Epilepsy trained
Secure environment
Accessible toilet
Assist with personal care and toileting
Hoist and changing bench
Wheelchair accessible site
Autism awareness trained
Sensory or quiet spaces
Makaton trained
PECS trained
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About your mentor
Tiny Tools for Big Feelings CIC
Safe space. Big feelings supported
Tiny Tools for Big Feelings CIC exists to help children, young people, parents, and adults understand anxiety, regulate emotions, and feel safe in their bodies again. We are a Community Interest Company, which means every programme, guide, and course we deliver helps fund free or subsidised support for children and families who need it most Carly Openshaw Carly Openshaw is the founder of Tiny Tools for Big Feelings CIC and a trauma-informed coach specialising in children’s anxiety, emotional regulation, and family support. With over a decade of experience across children’s residential care, supported accommodation, learning disability services, safeguarding, and safer recruitment, Carly brings a rare combination of professional expertise and lived experience. Her journey into this work began long before Tiny Tools existed. As a mum navigating a rare autoimmune illness while raising her sons one of whom became a young carer at just six years old she saw first-hand how anxiety affects children, parents, and families as a whole. Those experiences shaped her commitment to early intervention, emotional safety, and accessible mental-health support for every child who needs it. Before founding Tiny Tools, Carly worked her way from children’s support worker to Residential Manager, building high-quality, trauma-informed environments for vulnerable young people. She later used this experience in senior recruitment roles, helping children’s homes across the UK build safer, stronger teams. In every role, her priority has remained the same: understanding behaviour through empathy, neuroscience, and the patterns underneath not punishment, labels, or judgement. Tiny Tools for Big Feelings CIC was created as a response to what Carly saw repeatedly in homes, schools, and families: anxious children being misunderstood, overwhelmed parents being blamed, and stretched services unable to meet increasing need. Her mission is to bring early emotional-regulation support back into the heart of communities through coaching, therapeutic art, school interventions, parent programmes, and accessible tools rooted in the STILL Method. Carly holds qualifications in Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, an HND in Health and Social Care, DSL safeguarding certification, Safer Recruitment training, and ACCPH accreditation in the STILL Method. She works with children aged six and above, parents, adults, schools, local authorities, at-risk youth, young carers, and community organisations across Wirral, Merseyside, and the wider North West. Driven, compassionate, and relentlessly focused on impact, Carly brings warmth, honesty, and practicality to every session she delivers. Her approach is simple: small tools, big shifts. When children feel safe, understood, and in control of their emotions, everything changes at home, at school, and in their future.
What to Expect Each Day
Our sessions follow a gentle but clear structure so children feel safe and know what’s coming. We begin with a calm welcome and short check-in, helping children settle and understand the plan for the day. Activities include guided creative projects focused on emotions and confidence-building, small-group games that encourage teamwork and communication, and simple, practical tools children can use when they feel overwhelmed. We build in movement breaks, quiet options, and supported social time so every child can participate at their own pace. Groups are intentionally kept manageable, and adults are trauma-informed and regulation-focused. This isn’t loud, high-pressure childcare it’s structured, supportive holiday provision designed to help children feel secure, capable and proud of themselves.
Learning aim
Aim 1
Children will be able to identify different emotions and practise at least one simple strategy (breathing, movement or creative expression) to help them regulate.
Pricing information
Ticket namePaid Place Ticket
Price£25
Ticket nameHAF Eligible child
Price£0
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Where we'll be
124e Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, Merseyside, CH47 3BH
WHAT’S PROVIDED
Drinks
Snacks
Meals
Equipment
Safety
Enhanced DBS
Risk Assessment
Public Liability Insurance
Safeguarding Training
First Aid Training
First Aid Kit
Smoke Detector

Please note

Please note, it is the responsibility of the booker to satisfy themselves about the adequacy of the safety measures. This platform is merely an introducer and does not verify the items listed here.

Cancellation Policy
Cancel at least 24 hours before the start to receive a full refund.

My experience consists of a leisure activity, on a specific date(s), and therefore the 14-day ‘cooling off period’ under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 does not apply.