What is believed to be Wales' only holiday accommodation for children with additional needs could be forced to close in the next few years because of the age of the two caravans.

Mother-of-six Niaomi Flewers, 39, created the colourful getaway spaces at Trecco Bay Holiday Park, in Porthcawl, Bridgend county, after struggling to find suitable places for her own family.

However, park rules aimed at maintaining high standards of safety and quality mean individual caravans can only stay for a maximum of 15 years before needing to be replaced.

Flewers estimates she will need around £60,000 to replace the two caravans that have provided help for neurodivergent families across Wales.

One has two years left and the other three years until they have to be replaced.

"It's going to break my heart," Flewers said.

Park officials said they were aware of the positive impact her Sen-Den accommodation has had, and would like to see it continue, but the replacement policy applies to owners of all 2,000 caravans on site.

Families have often told Flewers there were very few alternatives and believe she is the only one who owns specialist SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) holiday caravans in Wales.

The adaptations she has made include locked doors, alarmed windows, sensory equipment, padded safe beds and indoor sensory areas.

The 39-year-old, who is also neurodivergent, started this project in 2022.

"It was very difficult trying to go on holiday with our children, we would come back feeling more tired than we did before we went," she said.

Flewers has six children, four whom are neurodivergent, which helped inspire the family-run project.

She had originally bought the caravan for her children to have a place to spend away from home and school.

After sharing photos online of their holiday, Flewers noticed families were starting to ask about it.

With the comments she received on her caravan, she thought about renting it out to help others.

"We quickly learned that the demand was so high that we just couldn't accommodate everybody," she said.

Her daughter, who is eight, also launched her own autism and friendship bags as well as teddy bear kits to help families.

Flewers ended up owning four caravans and bookings would be taken up to two years in advance.

She said the money earned goes towards sustaining the caravans, ground rent and sensory equipment.

"We don't take any money from it, everything we do is voluntary," she said.

Ground rent alone would cost her £8,000 per caravan and cost hundreds of pounds for sensory equipment to be replaced, meaning she has now scaled back to two caravans.

Flewers said she continued the project because she understood the difficulties families with neurodivergent children have had to face.

"If we close, it's just going to be horrific," she said.

"It's going to be so detrimental to a lot of families."

She runs a Facebook community of about 112,000 followers giving away sensory items and having a SEND pen-pal programme to make people feel less alone.

Within the SEND community, she has noticed that many families have faced financial struggles to support their children.

"I just want people to know there is a place where you can come and be heard and not be judged," she added.

Visitors tell her how refreshing it is going somewhere they "didn't need to pack a part of my house for".

Laura, 39, from Pontardawe, Swansea, said holidays with her seven-year-old daughter Carys, who is autistic and non-verbal, required extensive planning to ensure her safety and avoid overwhelming situations.

"Even for a day out, I pack like we're going for two years," she said.

Holidays would be challenging until they came across Flewers' caravan which had further adjustments like an indoor trampoline and sensory lights.

"It's the first time I saw my child be away from home somewhere that's completely new and unfamiliar and smile," she said.

"It was so nice to be away from home but still safe without all the anxiety.

"They can enjoy the same things as other children without it feeling overwhelming and stressful."

A spokesperson for Trecco Bay Holiday Park said: "We are aware of the positive impact the Sen-Den has had on many families visiting our park over the years, and we would love to see it continue providing memorable holidays."

The holiday park added the caravan replacement policy applied to all owners to maintain high standards of quality and safety.

"We work closely with owners to help them understand the policy and the options available to them as they plan for the future."

Park rules will only allow caravans to stay for a maximum of 15 years before having to be replaced.