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Waterthorpe Kids Club

Young People

We want to run a project that builds children's life skills and supports the local community. Money would be spent on necessary resources.

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About this cause

We are a not-for-profit organisation that provides after school care for children from Waterthorpe Nursery Infant School and Emmanuel Junior Academy. Our aim is to make all our families feel welcome and to give children a fun, safe place to play at the end of school with friendly qualified staff that get to know them well. We liaise regularly with the local schools to ensure that we continue the themes and topics that children are learning about, but make sure that we do this through play based activities that are chosen by the children. We know that our service is valuable to many working families that use us for their childcare needs but we also provide support for parents that see us as a home-school link. Our relationship with our children and families has always been very positive.

How this cause brings people in the community together

The responses we received from parents when planning showed that they are keen for their children to learn skills such as team work and problem solving but also gave us an insight to their thoughts on the local area. We found that they felt a lack of community spirit and concerns about children's safety. We feel that this project will encourage children into the community to help make it better.