Providers
Here are some of the The MedwayGo Team who deliver a great range of activities for young people across Medway.
Monkey Bizz
We enjoyed entertaining up to 60 children per day through the school holidays. Monkey Bizz offers 2 1⁄2 hours of play in our multi-level play frame and role play area as well as craft and cooking activities. The children enjoyed a nutritious meal as part of their session.
Partner website: www.monkeybizzmedway.co.uk
Icon Theatre
Icon Theatre is an award-winning Medway-based theatre and participatory arts charity each year producing large-scale productions where professional theatre-makers collaborate with the Medway community, Theatre31 is Icon Theatre’s arts programme – by young people for young people. Theatre31 projects include youth theatres, workshops in schools, holiday programmes and performance projects.
Partner website: icontheatre.org.uk
ROCC Rivermead
We are a respite provision that provides care for young people with various special needs in the school holidays from primary aged children all way through to adulthood (25).
ROCC provides respite both with on-site activities at our hub and taking young people out into the wider community to enjoy many experiences. Our primary focus is supporting each individual ensuring that they are able to develop their self-esteem and have enjoyable experiences with peers and trusted adults. We endeavour to be a support to our families and go above and beyond in our care for each individual child.
Partner website: www.rivermead.org.uk
Jam Coding
Jam Coding Holiday Clubs are where Computing, Activities and Healthy Eating all meet!
During our course we look at all areas of Digital Skills, not just Coding! This includes Stop Motion Animation, Minecraft Challenges, Game building, 3D Design and much more. Of course, children can’t be online for more than an hour at a time which is why our club also include activities and crafts. We have a sports coach that brings our offline games together and crafting challenges to ensure the week is well-rounded and fun for children of all ages and interests.
We will also show children how to make a food based computer game for them to bring home and challenge people!
Partner website: www.jamcoding.co.uk
Strive
Strive PE and Sport run school holiday and after school clubs aimed at young people in year 1-6. These holiday activity camps offer packed sporting adventures that help children make new friends and improve sporting ability while having lots of fun! Activities are timetabled daily and run by qualified, DBS checked PE teachers and sports coaches.
Partner website: strivepeandsport.co.uk
Fuzion Active
Fuzion Active is a local sports and education organisation with many years of experience in delivering activities to children of all ages. With fun and energetic staff, the children they work with are looked after, cared for and given opportunities to try many different activities; and supported fully along the way. The Fuzion Active staff range from qualified teachers, sports coaches and experienced holiday club staff.
Partner website: www.fuzion-active.co.uk
Pixie Magic Kids
Pixie Magic creates activities that are fun-filled, engaging and energetic, designed to develop personal growth and social skills to make your child flourish, think, explore and grow in exciting new directions. Their activities including arts and crafts, coding club, music and drama, baking and cooking and even offer waters sports in the summer too.
Partner website: www.pixiemagickids.com
Hoo Sports
Hoo Sport offers fun and exciting holiday clubs during each school holiday, providing multiple sporting opportunities and activities in a fun, safe environment and familiar setting. Our clubs look to get children playing sports, improving confidence, socially interacting, having fun whilst making new friends. Children will play a variety of activities including football, hockey, basketball, gymnastics, dodgeball, handball, archery, table tennis, kwik-cricket, swimming, trampolining, inflatables and many more.
Partner website: www.hoosportacademy.co.uk
Jimmy's Tennis
From their base at Frindsbury Lawn Tennis Club and satellite clubs at local schools, Jimmy’s
Tennis provide a comprehensive range of fun activities based around tennis, for children, families and those that need the extra help. Games based around wellbeing and mental health are also included within the activities. Well known within Medway for SEN and Disability support.Partner website: www.jimmystennis.com
Great Leaps
Great Leaps provides outdoor activities that the whole family can get stuck in with. We are able to offer activities designed to teach you new skills about surviving in the outdoors, cooking, making things, using tools all while have a huge amount of fun under our parachute in the woods.
Come and join us for your next holiday adventure.
Partner website: www.greatleaps.org.uk
Little Yoga Warriors
Set in the beautiful Kent countryside, our activity is a calming and memorable experience joining Lower Bush Alpacas. We aim to create a relaxing and inviting environment where children feel at ease. Little Yoga Warriors explores yoga through imaginative play and adventure helping them build strength, balance and confidence, empowering young minds and giving them a sense of calm.
Partner website: www.littleyogawarriors.co.uk
SENDTIVATE
SENDTIVATE is set up to provide unique inclusive support to children with SEND. Their programme consists of activities tailored to disabled children’s needs including art and craft sessions and multisport. Support will be provided on a 1:1 or 1:2 basis depending on level of need.
Partner website: sendtivate.co.uk
Lower Bush Alpaca
We are a Lower Bush Alpacas, a small, family-run alpaca experience business with a focus on health and well-being. We offer a variety of experiences to the general public including Meet the Alpacas and Walking with Alpacas. Alongside this, we offer a variety of experiences specifically designed to promote emotional well-being including yoga retreats with the alpacas. Our summer holiday offering combines a wonderful storytime yoga experience with the benefits of being outdoors and spending time with alpacas. We offer a variety of other activities including crafting and an obstacle course so ensure there is something for everyone. We have a special interest in supporting those with additional needs.
Partner website: www.lowerbushalpacas.co.uk
Medway Sport
Medway Sport is the sport and leisure service at Medway Council, responsible for delivering a wide range of sports participation and development activities within the community and at Medway’s sports centres.
The team has extensive experience delivering a wide range of activities for young people, including sporting activities for the Fit and Fed holiday hunger programme, and multi-sport Mini Youth Sports camps for 7–11-year-olds at Medway Park and Strood Sports Centres. We also support high-quality community sports clubs and organisations to widen the offer of sport and physical activity opportunities with the MedwayGo programme.
Partner website: www.medway.gov.uk/sport
Challenger Troop
Challenger Troop’s award-winning team has been working with a variety of young people for over 17 years, delivering programmes across Kent and Sussex to develop the personal and life skills of the participants.
The programme consists of a variety of team building and adventurous activities designed to raise self-esteem, build resilience and to be fun for all.
Partner website: www.challengertroop.org
Elite Pathways in Sport and Training
Elite pathways are a sports and education organisation with years of experience working with children and young people. Their HAF programme consists of multi sports and physical including dodgeball, football, and many other fantastic activities!
Partner website: www.elitepathways.co.uk
City Way Nursery
City Way Nursery and Pre-school are a family run nursery based in Rochester, Kent and is the longest running day nursery in the Medway area having been established in 1963. Their holiday club is jam packed with lots of different activities from baking to arts and crafts. With outdoor time in the garden daily and fun, welcoming staff, it will be a fantastic experience for your child.
Partner website: www.citywaynursery.co.uk
Medway Youth Service
Medway Youth Service works with young people 8–19 years old (25 for young people with additional needs) offering somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk to in their leisure time. It delivers a range of social, sports, creative and fun activities, supporting young people to learn new skills and socialise in a safe, positive way.
Partner website: www.medway.gov.uk/youth
MFSE
MFSE multi-sports club consist of lots of sporting activities such as football, basketball, dodgeball, gymnastics, rounders, bench ball, tennis and so many more! We will be running competitions for children to get involved with and the chance to win lots of prizes!
Not only are we running our multi sports club, but we are delighted to be offering Forest School for all children to join every Wednesday and Thursday which is run by 2 qualified leaders.
Children will have lots of fun making new friends, keeping active, and developing new skill in different sports.
Partner website: www.mfse.org.uk
Raising Youth
Raising youth are a charity that works with children, young people and families. Their programme consists of activity sessions designed to support your child’s development, including physical Activity such as dance, team games and outdoor activities, art and craft, role play and messy/sensory activities. All children will receive a hot meal at lunchtime.
Partner website: www.raisingyouth.org.uk
London Gospel Music Company
London Gospel Music Company are a music and dance organisation working with children and young people. Their programme consists of learning instruments, song writing, dance and much more! Join us for an extraordinary holiday club project that combines the magic of musicals with meaningful themes of identity, confidence, positive thinking, and caring for one another.
Partner website: www.logomuco.com
Team Theme
Team Theme have a range of stimulating and energetic sports camps run in a safe environment where children with a wide range of sporting abilities can enjoy being active, making friends and have fun.
Partner website: www.teamthemekent.co.uk
St Francis
St Francis is a vibrant multigenerational church in South Strood. Their HAF programme provides a range of sports and enrichment activities, including sharing and preparing food.
Partner website: stfrancisstrood.org
Olympia Boxing
Olympia Boxing engages the community in physical activity and creates a pathway for children to get into sports. During the session their coaches provide a variety of sports and create a positive and engaging set of activities to keep children entertained in a safe environment.
Partner website: www.olympiaboxing.co.uk
Little Voices
Does your child sometimes feel a little shy? Have they lost their confidence? Perhaps they just need a little motivational boost. Or do they dream of being a star one day?
Whether they love taking centre stage, or need a bit of encouragement to come out of their shell a little, our singing & drama classes will help your child be the best that they can be.
Our summer theatre weeks allow your children to thrive and make friends and experience performing arts through singing, drama and dance. Each day we will focus on a different musical theatre show! Classes are led by experienced tutors and performers who are experts in their field. We can’t wait to meet your children!
Partner website: www.littlevoices.org.uk
Ninja Warrior UK Chatham
Ninja Warrior UK offers an activity and fitness venue inspired by ITV’s hit TV show. Test your Ninja skills whilst climbing, balancing, and swinging across obstacles or bouncing across their inflatables.
Partner website: www.ninjawarrioruk.co.uk
Sport on your doorstep
Fit and Fed commits to delivering activities that provide positive experiences for young people to thrive and develop with a range of activities.
Partner website: sportonyourDS
Loveland
Looking for an extraordinary summer experience for your kids? We’re here to turn your child’s summer break into an unforgettable adventure filled with fun, learning, and endless smiles. Endless Fun Activities: At Loveland, we believe that summer should be a time for exploration and excitement. Our expert team has crafted a diverse range of activities to keep your children engaged and entertained. From thrilling outdoor adventures to creative arts and crafts, sports, games, and more, there’s never a dull moment at Loveland.
Partner website: www.lovelandchildcare.co.uk
Anchorians Football Club
Anchorians Football Club is a FA 3* accredited club, which is the highest rating on the FA’s accreditation scheme. This allows the club to deliver planned sessions in a controlled and safe environment, utilising the latest facilities at Watling Park Football Centre, that will enhance the players experience, creating fun and enjoyable sessions, allowing the participants to express themselves, create new friends and develop their skill sets both on and off the pitch.
Partner website: www.anchoriansfc.co.uk
Body Buddies
Body Buddies are a team of superheroes who do their work around the body to keep you fit and healthy. These vital organs are crucial to the health and well-being of every child. We believe for every individual to understand and care for their own Body Buddies is the first and most important step to improve on the health and happiness of our children.
Partner website: www.bodybuddiesnutrition.com
The Future of Sport
The Future of Sport provide holiday activities for children aged 7 to 16 to have a place to have fun and learn. They provide a variety of activities including football for children to play and develop their skills.
Partner website: www.thefutureofsport.co.uk
Busy Bodies
Busy Bodies offers fun, games and activities including obstacle races, arts and crafts and so much more. Join busy bodies for your children to engage in physical activities whilst having fun and learning about fitness.
Partner website: busybodieswithjess
Paramount Foundation
The Paramount Foundation provide an eclectic mix of enrichment activities for children designed to challenge their minds and build team relationships. Using a mixture of drama and music techniques as well as sports and physical activity games, The Paramount Foundation’s HAF sessions are dynamic and engaging.
Partner website: theparamountfoundation.org
Mid Kent College
Pavilion Events and Glassbox Theatre, at MidKent College offers a variety of activities for Medway Go within our facilities at Medway. From venue hire for local providers running programmes, to running our own provisions including film days, animal care, Esports and more we are proud to work with Medway Go.
Partner website: www.midkent.ac.uk
Medway Adult Education
Medway Adult Education run a Family Learning programme across Medway-offering a diverse range of subjects.
These are for families to enjoy and learn together, as the grown-up stays with their children through the sessions.
For Medway Go, they hold sessions at several primary schools running gardening, painting, printing, puppet-making, yoga, gardening and more.
Partner website: www.medwayadulteducation.co.uk
Street Soccer Foundation
The Street Soccer Foundation is a sport-for-change charity which uses the global no.1 sport as a catalyst to improve the lives of vulnerable and homeless young people across the country. Our nationally acclaimed flagship programme, the Street Soccer Academy, is viewed as the no.1 football-led project tackling youth homelessness in England providing a learning and development opportunity for 18–25-year-olds.
We also run a Street Soccer Schools’ programme for Primary Schools, providing vulnerable and disengaged children a combination of Football Coaching for physical and mental health and wellbeing, with facilitated workshops on mindset coaching and mentoring support, targeting social, emotional, behaviour and resilience training.
Partner website: streetsoccerfoundation.org.uk
Riverside Country Park
Riverside Country Park holds events throughout the year. Through fun and creative sessions, our educational focus links them back to nature. Here children can benefit from not only spending time in the great outdoors, but getting hands on and developing their understanding and interest in nature.
Partner website: www.medway.gov.uk
Wham Theatre Schools
WHAM Theatre Schools is a brand new Performing Arts Network, offering affordable triple-threat Musical Theatre classes in Dance, Drama and Singing! Their ethos is to keep our young performers enthusiastic, happy and content within our unique training system. Their HAF programme consists of performing arts training with their amazingly talented tutors.
Partner website: www.whamtheatreschools.com
