Disability Awareness Day 2025

Disability Awareness Day has multiple strands interwoven into a colourful, inspiring, fun and informative day out.

Exhibition

Over 500 exhibitor spaces are available to organisations including voluntary, statutory and business sectors all working to a common goal of "Promoting Independence Throughout Life & Work", with support groups and services, equipment, transport, technology, holidays, benefits, employment, education, training, mobility, leisure, recreation, sport and much more.

▶ Meet our exhibitors

Sports Zone

The DAD Sports zone offers chances to ‘have a go’ at participating in Scuba Diving in our on-site pool with kit and instructors from Cheshire Scuba Academy. We also offer Tai Chi, Wheelchair Basketball, Tennis, snooker and Rugby League - physical disability, learning disability, and wheelchair. NEW for 2025 is Blind Baseball and Titan Gym including Para Strongman. All activities are supported by qualified coaches and instructors. Plus there will be information on how you can get involved in local weekly activities.

▶ See whats on

Performing Arts Marquee

There is an exciting programme of performing arts in the Arts Marquee with audience seating for up to 400 people. The 2025 line up will include nationally acclaimed Ella Performance Group, Warrington BSL Signing Choir, Creating Adventures, Carly Ryan, Wargrave Community Choir and many more.

▶ Arts Marquee acts

Arts Zone

This year the growing Arts Zone has on stage entertainment in the hugely popular Performing Arts Marquee, plus three new marquees with lots of new features, activities and experiences for everyone to enjoy.

▶ Arts Zone

Silent Disco

A marquee will be dedicated to our newest addition to the DAD lineup, our Silent Disco which offers visitors the opportunity to wear wireless headphones (supplied) and select from three channels of music at the volume of their choice.

The Main Arena

The Main Arena line up for 2025 includes the Guide Dogs display, Royal Marines Association, Batida Rio Samba Drumming, Rugby League demonstration, and new for 2025 the Para Strongman power lifting World Record Attempt!

▶ Main Area Acts and timetable

For the Children

Children's Entertainment includes Circustry Skills, Fairground Rides, Pitch and Putt, Crazy Golf, and Warrington Youth Zone Play Activities in the Sports Zone. Walton Hall Rangers will be pleased to see you visiting the Walton Hall Zoo.

As you can see it will be an action packed day for those many thousands of people who make their way to Walton Hall Gardens on the 13th of July!