the sensory experience from Bass Therapy

About The Sensory Experience

Bass Therapy has developed The Sensory Experience in collaboration with SEN specialists, mental health professionals and people with lived experience, creating a new standard for inclusive and accessible event provision across the UK.

Our approach combines evidence-informed practice with real-world experience of disability, neurodivergence and accessibility at live events. We bring together sensory regulation, accessibility planning, interior design and compassionate, professional delivery to create environments where people can regulate, recharge and remain part of the event.

Designed to support festivals, sporting events, venues, conferences and public events of every size, The Sensory Experience is fully scalable to suit different budgets, audiences and event types, making meaningful accessibility achievable for organisers at every level.

Our lived experience-led team includes disabled and neurodivergent staff working alongside experienced professionals to deliver spaces that genuinely meet people’s needs rather than simply providing a quiet room.

From fully equipped regulating and calming sensory spaces, to sensory retail, viewing platform management, hoist facilities, accessible glamping and accessibility consultancy, The Sensory Experience helps event organisers move beyond compliance towards genuine inclusion.

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The Sensory Experience has helped thousands of people up and down the UK enjoy events they may otherwise have been unable to, in previous years attending events such as Truck Festival, Mighty Hoopla, The British Grand Prix, Om & Bass, Witney Music Festival and many more.

Our current bookings for 2026 include:

  • Mighty Hoopa - London

  • Witney Music Festival - Oxfordshire

  • The British Grand Prix - Silverstone

  • The Moto GP - Silverstone

  • Om & Bass - Oxfordshire

More events will be announced as they are confirmed.

Whether you’re looking to introduce your first sensory provision or expand your existing accessibility offering, we’ll work with you to create a solution that fits your event, your audience and your budget.

Together, we’re helping make live events more accessible, more inclusive and more enjoyable for everyone.

BOOK THE SENSORY EXPERIENCE

For more information about how The Sensory Experience works in practice, please downloadThe Sensory Experience Brochure (PDF). If you’d like to discuss how Bass Therapy could support your event or organisation, please don’t hesitate to get in touch via email hello@basstherapy.co.uk or by clicking here.

Join the Sensory Experience

We’re always looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join the Bass Therapy team. Whether you’d like to help behind the scenes, be a strong pair of a hands packing and unpacking or become part of our event team, we’d love to hear from you. You can read more about the volunteer process on the Volunteer PDF.

HOW WE MAKE INCLUSION EFFORTLESS

Removing the risk of discrimination and replacing it with accessibility that is simple, credible, and achievable.

Accessibility should bring people together, not keep them apart.
We work with festivals, venues, and event organisers across the UK to deliver inclusion with confidence.
Our solutions remove barriers before they become problems and make accessibility an effortless part of your planning, not an afterthought.

The UK’s only organisation uniting sensory and physical accessibility.
We combine lived experience with professional expertise to create environments that meet every access requirement while enhancing the guest experience for everyone.

A disability-led, non-profit team with real expertise.
Our specialists in mental health, neurodiversity, special needs education, accessibility, and design understand how events work.
We build calm, beautifully integrated spaces that support guests to regulate, rest, and rejoin the event with confidence.

Designed for comfort, safety, and dignity.
From hoists and profile beds to low-stimulation calm zones and dark sensory areas with fibre-optic lighting, every detail is planned to meet real human needs and support shared experiences.

Accessibility as a complete experience.
We design sensory regulation spaces, inclusive activities, and fully accessible glamping so guests can stay overnight safely and comfortably.
True inclusion continues from arrival to departure.

Built for festivals, venues, and private events.
Our approach increases attendance, reduces welfare pressure, and strengthens reputation. We make inclusion simple to deliver, credible in practice, and valued by audiences and stakeholders alike.

If you would like to book The Sensory Experience or volunteer your time, email hello@basstherapy.co.uk or click below.

Talk to Us About Accessibility
Inclusive sensory area by Bass Therapy featuring a sofa, profile bed, bubble lamps, and calm lighting designed for comfort and accessibility.

WHY YOUR EVENT NEEDS ACCESSIBLE SENSORY EXPERIENCES

True inclusion means participation, not separation.
Every person should be able to take part safely, comfortably, and without barriers.
Across the UK, many festivals and venues still unintentionally exclude disabled and neurodivergent guests because the right sensory or physical accessibility support is not in place.

For too long, accessibility has meant isolation.
Spaces are often designed for the person with additional needs only, forcing them to spend time away from their families and friends. That separation is not inclusion. It creates barriers for everyone involved and adds to the guilt many disabled and neurodivergent people already feel about needing extra support.

Without accessible sensory environments, many guests cannot attend.
Others leave early, overwhelmed and exhausted because there is nowhere to regulate, rest, or recover. This leads to distress, welfare incidents, and the loss of shared experiences that should unite families and communities.

A well-designed sensory space goes far beyond access requirements.
It opens the door to a wider audience, strengthens your event’s reputation and protects welfare. The result is higher attendance, reduced welfare pressure, and a stronger sense of inclusion across your site.

Accessibility creates a ripple effect.
When one person can attend, their friends, family, and carers can too. By making accessibility easy to deliver and meaningful in practice, we help you create events that bring people together so everyone can share the moment, not be separated by it.

This Is How We Do It

Trusted By Events, Featured By Media

Where you might have seen us…

  • British Grand Prix Logo

    British Grand Prix

  • IQ Magazine Logo

    IQ Magazine

  • Mighty Hoopla Logo

    Mighty Hoopla UK

  • Om & Bass Logo

    Om & Bass UK

  • Truck Festival Logo

    Truck Festival

  • The One Show Logo

    The One Show

  • Naidex and Lloyds Bank Logo

    Naidex

  • Metro Logo

    Metro

  • Take A Break Logo

    Take A Break

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What people say about Bass Therapy
Now imagine this being said about your event

  • "Every single festival should learn from what you've done here."

    “I used to attend festivals in my youth but I couldn't stand them - l'd always get over-stimulated, l'd feel trapped, and go home feeling like a failure. Thank you for giving me the tools to actually attend AND enjoy myself at my own pace!”

  • "I am so so grateful you were at Mighty Hoopla."

    “When I got overstimulated it meant that I had space to regulate so that I could go back and enjoy the event and not have to go home!”

  • "Your sensory space was like a shining oasis of calm in an otherwise hectic desert."

    “For once I didn't feel perpetually overwhelmed or like I needed to run away and "ruin" everyone's good time - I could take a breath, regulate myself, and go back out when I felt more up to it. Thank you so much for giving us that space, it meant the world to us.”

  • "This is the best thing we have ever experienced"

    “Amazing, 10/10, need it at every festival!”

  • "My teen daughter and her friend loved having somewhere they could completely be themselves!”

    “Thank you so much for doing their hair.... more than once!"

  • "I felt safe, respected and cared for and I have all of you to thank for that.”

    “You and your team made my first festival better than I ever could have imagined. My anxieties melted away the second I walked in, thank you for being such a shining light over the weekend."

  • "Thank you for making the effort to be at Silverstone – it was incredible."

    “If you’re able to be there next year, I’d like to see at least two spaces for Bass Therapy, on opposite sides of the track!”

  • "You guys were absolutely amazing!"

    “It was such a good space for neurodivergent kids and adults to go to!”

  • "It’s nice to have something for sensory and disabilities as it’s never normally accommodated for."

    “There’s never anything for different learning and behavioural difficulties. A quiet space is needed at every event!”

  • “Really hope to see you at the Grand Prix again next year.”

    “It was lovely to have a calm and relaxing space for people to chill when it got too overwhelming and busy.”

  • “It was so nice having this space to decompress.”

    “We felt so comfortable and understood.”

  • “Thank you for being there, I honestly couldn't have stayed if it wasn't for you all.”

    “I have never felt so seen or welcomed in my life, and we were already at an LGBTQ+ event so that says a lot!”

  • "I really hope you’re at every event I ever go to."

    “I wouldn’t have any anxiety about going to festivals ever again if I knew you were there!”

  • "You have tapped into a market we have never been able to reach."

    “The feedback we have received is far been beyond what we could have ever hoped for.”

  • "It’s not just for kids!"

    “We’re 2 girls in our mid 20s and we kept coming back for a good chat and a chill space - we loved your tent!”

  • "Thank you for being there and amazing."

    “My daughter with the red hair spent time chilling at your tent and said you were all lovely. You made it possible for her to be able to stay!”

  • "The impact report is spectacular, I got a bit emotional reading it."

    “I wish I had time during the weekend to spend in there- the space was so essential, not only for the guests but the crew just as much!”


The Reason We Exist…Jody

Jody lived with life-limiting disabilities, but her personality was anything but limited. Music was her therapy, her joy, and her freedom, yet true accessibility often stood in her way.

J-Fest, her celebration-of-life festival, showed what’s possible when inclusion comes first.

Created by her family and friends, after Jody suddenly passed away in 2021, J-Fest became the UK’s most inspiring example of a fully accessible festival, where everyone could celebrate together without barriers.

Her legacy guides everything we do.

Bass Therapy exists to remove the barriers that separate people, creating sensory spaces that support regulation, comfort, and connection, so everyone can belong, together.

Close-up of a smiling woman with her head tilted, with DJ's playing in the background. The woman is Jody, whom Bass Therapy was created to honour.
J-Fest: The Beginning