Maidenhead & Windsor

With school holidays about to kick off, Maidenhead young people won't have time to get bored, thanks to a packed programme of places to go and things to do in the council's summer scheme for 13-19-year-olds.

For five weeks from Monday July 31 the message is : Get Out…Get Active…Go to… literally hundreds of events, sports and activities across the borough in leisure centres, youth clubs parks and open spaces – and for young people living in Windsor and the southern parishes there will be no excuse for missing out on the fun because of the FREE summer holiday activities bus running on 11 different days during the scheme.

The bigger-than-ever 13-19 programme will see everything from football and fishing to canoeing and kayaking, taking in swimming, basketball, skateboarding, archery, fencing, trampolining and go-karting, fun days and the opportunity to get fit using the borough's mobile gym.

Maidenhead Cllr Richard Fagence said his only regret was that he was marginally over the age limit for joining in!

Cllr Fagence added: "This is one of the best summer programmes I've seen. The council's youth and leisure staff have brought together a fantastic range of activities to suit young people's interests, talents and energy and give them the opportunity to improve their fitness and health at the same time. Young people taking part just won't have time to be bored during the long summer break and I think parents too will reap the benefits of having tired and happy children at the end of each day."

For young people in the Windsor and Ascot areas – and all points in between – there will be new opportunities for taking part in the full range of summer activities, thanks to the free bus service running from Eton Wick to Sunningdale on Mondays August 7,14 and 21, Wednesdays August 9, 16,23 and 30, and Fridays August 11, 18 and 25 and September 1.

Starting at Eton Wick Youth Club, the bus will stop at Datchet Youth Centre, Windsor Leisure Centre, Alma Road (at the police station for the Vansittart skatepark and Windsor Youth Centre), Old Windsor (outside the Toby Inn, Straight Road) and Sunningdale (for Charters Leisure Centre and Charters Youth Centre).

The bus is available to all residents (not just 13-19-year-olds) and is free for everyone.

The summer programme includes swimming at the Magnet and Windsor leisure centres for just 50 pence (for all yellow Advantage card holders) and £1 access to the BodyZone gyms at the Magnet, Windsor and Charters.

The borough's two skateparks – at Kidwells Park in Maidenhead and Vansittart Road in Windsor – will be staffed every day from 11am to 8pm and football and basketball sessions will be held at the new hard play courts at Desborough Park (Maidenhead) and Foster Avenue (Windsor).

Full details of the programme are available on the council's website at
http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/13-19_summer_activities.htm>

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead