AN INVERKEITHING club which offers support to children with ADHD and autism could be forced to close if it can’t find a new home.

Mum Suzie Connelly set up Hyperclub three years ago and has since helped countless youngsters with learning difficulties or mental health problems by offering educational activities including karaoke, games and arts and crafts, winning the Press Heart of Gold award at our Community Champions event last June.

The club has been running out of St John’s Church in Inverkeithing but with the building now up for sale, Suzie urgently needs to find a new home or face the disappointment of having to close.

She said: “The situation is desperate. There’s nowhere else for us to go.

“I built this up myself from nothing and I just feel that everyone is depending on us and we’re going to let so many people down if we have to close.

“The kids need structure and routine, they can’t move about from hall to hall every week. It would be devastating for them and their parents. All the kids talk about is coming to the Hyperclub. We’ve built up so much confidence with them.

“Some parents are so stressed and need the time off that we give them, they rely on us. It would be a shame if the kids had to go backwards instead of forwards.

“The work we do will be lost if we shut down, we’ve made such a difference.”

Although the church is up for sale, Suzie can only afford to lease, not buy, and she’s hoping there’s someone out there with a suitable building that the club could rent and continue to make a difference in so many children’s lives.

“We were offered the corn exchange building but it’s gone to someone else now,” she said. “We were told we were the only ones that put in for it and we thought it was promised to us but someone else must have offered more money.

“We’re willing to pay rent if someone out there has a building for us. There are that many lying empty so surely there must be some place we could use.

“I’d ask somebody to consider giving us a lease. They’d be helping so many people out there who are needing it and it’s rewarding. We’re making a magnificent difference here and we don’t want to stop, we want to help everybody we can.

“Ideally, we’d like to stay in Inverkeithing but we’re also looking at Rosyth and Dalgety Bay, although we’d need transport.”

If the Hyperclub manages to find itself a new home, Suzie already has plans for the future and wants to link up with other disabled groups in the community to make the most of a new facility.

She said: “We want to open a sensory hall to link to the club; it’s something that’s really important and the children need it. I’ve also spoken to an adult disabled society who want the use of a sensory hall too.

“This would enhance their lives greatly and we could use a book-in system so they could go every day.

“A lot of the children’s dads who are workmen, like electricians, plumbers, decorators, have said they’ll do the work for nothing if we supply the materials. They’ll come and do it up if we manage to find a building.

“There has to be somewhere we could lease. We don’t want it for nothing and it would help so many people.”

To get in touch with the Hyperclub, e-mail connelly.suzanne@yahoo.co.uk