Dovecote Easter and Summer Playschemes are for children aged 4 to 12 year old’s and run from 10am to 3pm.
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The Children’s Allotment are a group of local parents and volunteers creating an inclusive outdoor education space for the local community. On the site of a disused old plant nursery in the East Ward Allotments on Cricket Road, they are bringing to life their vision for a new kind of ‘Nursery’ and children’s allotment. They are also trying out a new model that can provide affordable, cooperative childcare, outdoor learning and sustainable food-growing for children and families, all primarily outdoors year round.
The Abingdon Bridge champions the wellbeing and mental health of young people aged 13-25 across the Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire. They support young people to have the resilience to help overcome life’s challenges.
They aim to:
• Support young people with timely interventions when they need it.
• Promote good mental health in young people and young adults through community and school partnerships.
• Inspire excellence and achieve integrated services.
• Develop outstanding services to build young people and young adults’ resilience.
• Deliver innovative programmes to meet the needs of vulnerable young people and young adults.
Place2Be’s Art Room provision offers creative wellbeing resources and sessions in schools.
The Art Room’s collection of free art projects are for primary aged children to make at home or school together with parents, carers or teachers. The creative activities can help adults and children to nurture their relationship whilst having fun making art together. Each project offers space to explore an engaging wellbeing theme through stories, art and conversation. The activities provided can be adapted to a range of settings with children of different abilities and ages.
Place2Be’s Art Room team can also deliver classroom workshops, creative peer mentoring training or staff training in your school. If you would like more information about their in-school delivery, please email [email protected].
The Art Room’s collection of free art projects are for primary aged children to make at home or school together with parents, carers or teachers. The creative activities can help adults and children to nurture their relationship whilst having fun making art together. Each project offers space to explore an engaging wellbeing theme through stories, art and conversation. The activities provided can be adapted to a range of settings with children of different abilities and ages.
Place2Be’s Art Room team can also deliver classroom workshops, creative peer mentoring training or staff training in your school. If you would like more information about their in-school delivery, please email [email protected].
The 7C’s Foundation are essential life skills; Creativity, Communication, Confidence, Cooperation, Coordination, Commitment and Constructive Critical Thinking. They have a profound positive effect on individuals and families improving relationships at home, at work and at school.
Thame Youth Projects is a group of engaged volunteers that employed a full-time youth worker in September 2019. They exist with the express aim of supporting the young people of Thame. They meet on a regular basis and also communicate with the town council, school and other interested parties to ensure that the work they are doing is focused in the right areas and they are able to support as many young people as possible.
Synolos works with the following people:
• Those with learning difficulties and autism
• Those who are NEET (Not in Education, Training or Employment)
• Those with low or no qualifications
• Struggling at school in years 7-11
• Those who are young and unemployed
• Dealing with mental health issues
• Long-term unemployed, aged 24 – 50+
• On long-term sick leave, who are seeking to get closer to employment.
Sylva Foundation is an environmental charity helping trees and people grow together. They work across Britain and are active under four main programmes: science, education, forestry and wood.
Youth Centre running youth clubs and outreach in the community. The Sweatbox venue consists of an American style diner space with a pool table, table football and a coffee bar selling snacks and drinks, along with a stage room featuring a lighting and sound system and a wide range of musical instruments. The stage room is used for live bands and Friday night Karaoke.
During Open Access sessions on Fridays Sweatbox puts on a range of activities such as Bouncy Castle, Gladiator Joust, Beanbag Cinema, Nintendo Switch gaming, Sumo Wrestling, Go Karts, and Portable Skate Ramps amongst other things.
Monday night Youth Club is based at Wantage Primary Academy on Kingsgrove, Wantage, and includes sports coaching, craft activities, board games and chill out area.
With experienced Youth Workers and Volunteer Youth Support Workers, we support young people in our community.
Standlake Youth Club offers lots of activities, including sports, art and crafts, swimming, ice-skating, water sports. Club activities include air hockey, games, quizzes, fundraising events, TUCK SHOP and lots more.
For further information and to arrange a visit please call.