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Summer of Fun for Sandwell's children and young people
There's a huge range of exciting activities lined up across Sandwell for children, young people and families over the school summer holidays (some flyers attached).
The page-turner and downloadable PDFs of the Summer of Fun guide are now available at www.sandwell.gov.uk/herald and at Summer 2024 - Just Youth below are URL’s that will take you directly to the documents:
www.sandwell.gov.uk/summerfundownload
Sandwell Holiday Activities have something for everyone, whether it’s sports, music, dance, art, drama, cooking or thrilling day trips.
Our Youth Service will be running activity days for young people aged 11-19 (up to 25 for those with SEND) in each of our six towns, check out activity days in parks. Regular youth club sessions and activities will still be running throughout the summer and our detached teams will still be working with young people in key locations in each town, visit our activity calendar to find out what’s happening near you.
Go Play Sandwell will be running free activities for children aged 5-12 at various locations, plus the National Play Day Summer Tour free events.
With bostin fun in our libraries, museums and leisure centres too, there's lots to discover this summer in Sandwell.
You can also check a range of events for all ages on our Visit Sandwell website and more information for families with our Family Information Service. Plus, the guide signposts advice on exam results, employment and training, and emotional wellbeing support, with further advice and support available on our Just Youth website.
And, coming up before the holidays, don’t miss the SHAPE Summer Youth Fest on Saturday 13 July at Sandwell Valley, Summer Fayre at Dorothy Parkes Centre on the 13th July 10am-2pm and a Charity family Fun day at Brasshouse Community Centre on the 14th of July 1pm-5.30pm (posters attached)!!
Summer Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) bookings are now LIVE. Looking for exciting activities to do in the Holidays? Holiday Activities are a brilliant way to try new things, make new friends and learn new skills. There is plenty of choice including sports, music, dance, art, drama, cooking, days out and much more. Check out our website to see what activities are in your area!! https://holidayactivities.sandwell.gov.uk/.
- Please see attached the Summer Holiday and Food (HAF) activities taking place across Smethwick/Sandwell and the Go Play provision which is a free universal offer.
- Sandwell Holiday Activities offer exciting opportunities for children who live or go to school in Sandwell. There is lots of choice with different activities happening in each town.
- Summer HAF activities will run from Saturday 20th July until Sunday 1st September (excluding bank holidays).
Registrations for families to book onto HAF provision are now live. If your child is eligible for HAF then you will have received an email or text with a HAF activity voucher containing unique HAF codes for your child and a link that enables you to book activities (eligible families will have received codes assigned by their children’s schools).
Not eligible but still looking for FREE activities in the holidays? If a child does not meet the eligibility criteria, you can find other activities and how to book via the HAF website (some activities may have a charge attached) and there is the Go Play provision, which is a FREE universal offer. The Go Play Summer activities start from Tuesday 23rd July until Wednesday 28th August, across various Smethwick/Sandwell locations. Please see attached Smethwick activities or visit the website for a full calendar of events across Sandwell – www.goplaysandwell.co.uk
- For a list of Frequently Asked Questions regarding the HAF programme please visit https://holidayactivities.sandwell.gov.uk/general-registration-faq/
- HAF Website https://holidayactivities.sandwell.gov.uk/
- HAF Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SandwellHAF
- HAF Twitter https://twitter.com/SandwellHAF
- Contact Email for the HAF team HAF_Sandwell@sandwell.gov.uk
- Go Play Sandwell Website https://goplaysandwell.co.uk/
- Go Play Sandwell Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GoPlaySandwell/
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Safer 6: Help keep children safe online with a free Online Safety (Extremism) and Prevent webinar for parents and adult community members
If you are a parent or carer, do you know what your children are doing online?
Sandwell Council’s Prevent Team are taking part in Sandwell’s Safer 6 campaign by offering free online safety (Extremism) and Prevent sessions. Parents/carers and adult members of the community can join the free online session on 1st December 2022 and receive tips and advice to keep young people safe online.
Top tips include:
- Turn on filters/parent control settings
- Set accounts on private and report any issues through the apps
- Be ‘share aware’
- Keep up to date with online safety – the online world changes quickly
- Know where to access further support
Parents are encouraged to talk openly to their children about their online activity and help them understand what is safe and unsafe. The internet is a great tool, but can also be a tricky place to navigate with some misleading information.
The sessions will be delivered on Microsoft Teams and will provide key information on popular apps and social media, as well as links for further advice and support. If you need help to get onto Microsoft Teams, please email prevent_inbox@sandwell.gov.uk or call 07717 427057.
Sandwell Council’s Prevent team, which works with partners and communities to stop people being drawn into extremism and terrorism, will also be explaining what Prevent is and how to report concerns.
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- Thursday 1st December 9:30 – 10:30am
For more information and to join at one of the times above, please visit -> https://bit.ly/sandwellprevent
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