LLS Youth Club

Hallmark August 2022. LLS Youth Club report by Natasha Kann, Youth Club Leader

After a short break due to Covid, Lacey Green, Loosely Row and Speen Youth Club is back!

We have welcomed lots of new members; many Year 6 pupils and some Year 7/8 pupils; who did not get the opportunity to join when they were Year 6, have been coming regularly since we restarted in April.

It has been great to see the children and young adults having fun and socialising together again. The pool table, table football, table tennis, volleyball net, badminton net and air hockey; have all been back out again and the children have really enjoyed playing together.

We have had a few exciting events already; Father’s Day crafting, team games night, a summer themed disco with some professional dance teaching from Zoe at ‘All Access Dance, Drama and Fitness’, as well as an extremely fun ‘Laser Tag’ session, held on the St John’s school field.

The children have been coming up with suggestions of events and activities they would like to do and we are working on making these happen from the Autumn term. Already lots planned, including a Minecraft coding course and possibly another Laser Tag event too, as this seemed to prove very popular and lots of fun!

The tuck shop is obviously a huge success and the children love being able to spend their money. Although, you may be surprised to hear that lots of the children do also opt to choose the free fruit and veg on offer each week!

We will be back again after the summer holidays, fortnightly from Friday 9th September with all this excitement for just £3 a session, at the Millennium Hall, 7:30pm-9pm. All children Year 6-9, who live in Lacey Green, Loosely Row or Speen are welcome to attend; as well as those who attended St John’s School.

As with all volunteer run organisations, we are always looking for helpers and volunteers who would like to join us; or any locals that may have particular skills or hobbies that they would like to share with our young people.

Hallmark November 2022. Report by Natasha Kann. After a summer break, Lacey Green, Loosley Row and Speen Youth Club is back for another term.

We have welcomed lots of new members from the current Year 6 and are really glad to see that the Year 7s have continued coming after starting at their new secondary schools, as a way of keeping in touch with old friends. The Youth Club has been a really popular social event for our local youngsters with over 50 attendees on the current register!

We have had a few exciting events already this term; Halloween Pottery, Pumpkin Painting, Minecraft Coding workshops delivered by local teenager Elliott O’Connor and Fun Splash at Risborough Springs. The children are still contributing to the timetable and are enjoying making the decisions about which activities the youth club runs each fortnight.

The tuck shop is a huge success and the children love being able to spend their pocket money. Although, you may be surprised to hear that lots of the children do also opt to choose the free fruit and veg on offer each week!

We are currently raising funds to improve the facilities and resources for the children with a new Air Hockey table, new pool table and more comfy bean bags top of the list! If you have any bean bags that you longer need or use; or any other games equipment that are taking up space at home and would like to donate to the youth club, please get in touch.

Our last meeting of the year will be on Friday 9th December which will be our Christmas Party, with games, decorations and present making.

We will be back again after the Christmas holidays, fortnightly from Friday 6th January 2023 for just £3 a session, at the Millennium Hall, 7:309m-9pm. All children Year 6-9, who live in Lacey Green, Loosely Row or Speen are welcome to attend; as well as those who attended St John’s School.

As with all volunteer run organisations, we are always looking for helpers and volunteers who would like to join us; or any locals that may have particular skills or hobbies that they would like to share with our young people.

Thank you so much to all the parents who have been helping out this term and last term. Without these helpers we would not be able to offer this fabulous club to our youngsters.

We are now at the point where we are looking to set up a small committee, so that we have a group of helpers who are committed to supporting LLS Youth Club and ensure it continues to run well into the future. If you are interested in joining the team as a committee member, please get in touch.

If you would like more information about the LLS Youth Club, please visit the Lacey Green website www.laceygreen.com or email directly to natashakann@gmail.com