Welcome to Curiosity Club!
Make 2024 full of creativity with Curiosity Club - arts, crafts, games, dance, music and drama. Inclusive and accessible activity days for children aged 5-13.
Summer holidays:
Activity runs from 10am – 3pm, on the 12th to 16th, 19th to 23rd and 27th to 30th August 2024.
Christmas holidays:
Activity runs from 10am – 3pm, on the 30th & 31st December 2024 and 2nd & 3rd January 2025.
Where:
St Patrick’s Church Hall
299 Wolverhampton Road,
WV10 0QQ (close to New Cross Hospital)
Curiosity Club is a Wolverhampton Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme, funded by City of Wolverhampton Council and the Department of Education.
Holiday Activities are free for children who receive benefits-related free school meals.
Breakfast, lunch and snacks are provided.
There are also a limited number of places at £20 per day or £26 with food included (we are unable to accept childcare vouchers or payments from the government tax-free childcare scheme – sorry!).
All facilitators are DBS checked, trained in safeguarding, health & safety, and child-led creative play. There will always be a trained first aider within the sessions.
Book your tickets on Eequ:
If you need any assistance with the online booking system please call, text or WhatsApp 07967 187822 or 07376 020819.
More information:
Access
We are committed to equity, access and inclusion and we are a neurodiverse team. We know that every person has different needs so it can usually be helpful to chat through how we can make things work for your child. Please contact us to let us know if there is anything we can do to make this opportunity accessible and comfortable for your child, or if you require more information about access provision.
email: [email protected] mobile: 07967 187822 (calls, text or WhatsApp)
Carers and/or family members are welcome to attend with the participant, but this is not a requirement for all participants and we encourage children to attend independently, as they often engage more fully in activities and with other children without family members present. We are recruiting volunteers to add capacity to our team and enable us to provide some one-to-one support for any children that may need this to enable them to fully engage in the sessions. Volunteers will receive training from Curiosity Productions in safeguarding and facilitating creative play, but will not be fully qualified carers or support staff.
At St Patrick's Church Hall there is a ground level step free entrance with a platform stairlift up to the first floor where most activities take place.
The stairlift has a seat and can also accommodate a standard size wheelchair. It may not be large enough for some powered wheelchairs so please contact us to discuss if you feel that this could be an issue for you. There is an accessible toilet on the ground floor.
There is a quiet space where participants can take time out from the main activity, which will be facilitated by a Curiosity Club activity leader.
There is a carpark with reserved accessible parking spaces.
Finding your way
Address:
St. Patrick's Church, 299 Wolverhampton Road, WV10 0QQ (close to New Cross Hospital)
Look out for the green St Patrick's signs and go down the side of the church.
The Church Hall is behind St Patrick's Church, on the left as you go into the carpark.
The sessions
We have a large space with multiple activities on offer so we will split the groups up according to age, ability or interest during the sessions.
St. Patrick's Church is next to Heath Town Park, so we will ask for parent/carer permission to take children over to the park if the weather is good. There will always be at least 2 adults with any group of children going out into the park and all trips out will be risk assessed and follow our safeguarding procedures.
Food provided
With at least 48 hours advance notice, we can cater for any dietary requirements with the lunch we provide.
We ask that all participants and team members avoid bringing nuts to the sessions.
Each day we will offer breakfast items on arrival, including:
- Fruit (apples, pears, satsumas, bananas, melon)
- Cereal
- Milk (cows milk and soya milk)
- Water and squash
- Toast (might not be available every day - dependent on staff capacity)
- Smoothies (might not be available every day - dependent on staff capacity)
At break times we will offer:
- Fruit (apples, pears, satsumas, bananas, melon, grapes)
- Raisins
- Plain biscuits (no chocolate, gluten free available)
- Water and squash
At lunch we will offer a sandwich buffet from Sainsburys:
- A selection of sandwiches (cheddar cheese, ham, egg mayo, tuna mayo, cheese & onion mayo, red leicester ploughmans, egg mayo & watercress, boiled egg & tomato)
- A selection of wraps (duck, mozzarella, chicken)
- Gluten free sandwiches (chicken mayo, cheese & tomato)
- Carrot, cucumber and pepper sticks
- At least one of the following - cocktail sausages, sausage rolls, cheese & onion rolls
- At least two of the following - coleslaw, cous cous, noodle salad, four bean salad, tabbouleh
- Fruit (apples, pears, satsumas, bananas, melon, grapes)
- Crisps (baked/ lower fat)
- Yoghurt
We are unable to provide hot food, but aim to ensure that there are plenty of healthy options, fruit and vegetables. All staff handling food have level 2 food hygiene and safety training.
What to bring
Please ensure children attending:
- Wear comfortable clothing and shoes that they can move easily in and don't mind getting messy in the arts and crafts activities.
- Bring warm and waterproof clothing in case we go outdoors.
- We will provide water, squash and fruit. You are also welcome to bring a refillable water bottle and snacks.
- If you have not booked a lunch please bring food (all children booking with a HAF code will get lunch - please see what is provided above).
- Please do not bring anything containing nuts.
- Children are welcome to bring fidget toys or anything else that will ensure they are comfortable in the sessions.
Volunteers
We're looking for volunteers to help at our next Curiosity Club!
Are you or is anyone you know looking for experience in child care or community arts?
Could you:
Assist in running activity days for children
Assist in delivering inclusive activities and games
Encourage creativity and imaginative play
Support children with additional needs
Volunteers must be DBS checked, we can arrange this for you.
Training provided.
Travel expenses covered.
You will be part of a team with experienced facilitators.
If your children are aged 5-13 they can attend the sessions with you when you are volunteering.
Go to: Curiosity Club 2024 Volunteer Callout – Curiosity Productions
Or contact [email protected] for more information.
Activity Day Information
Access
We are committed to equity, access and inclusion and we are a neurodiverse team. We know that every person has different needs so it can usually be helpful to chat through how we can make things work for your child. Please contact us to let us know if there is anything we can do to make this opportunity accessible and comfortable for your child, or if you require more information about access provision.
email: [email protected]
mobile: 07376 020819 (calls, text or WhatsApp)
Carers and/or family members are welcome to attend with the participant, but this is not a requirement for all participants and we encourage children to attend independently, as they often engage more fully in activities and with other children without family members present. We are recruiting volunteers to add capacity to our team and enable us to provide some one-to-one support for any children that may need this to enable them to fully engage in the sessions. Volunteers will receive training from Curiosity Productions in safeguarding and facilitating creative play, but will not be fully qualified carers or support staff.
HAF information
For information about other HAF activities and food in Wolverhampton during school holidays, please visit yowolves.co.uk
If you have any questions about the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme, including how to get a HAF barcode, please call the helpline – 01902 916994 (during office hours Mondays to Fridays, excluding Bank Holidays)
Complaints procedure
If you have any issues, concerns or complaints about any aspect of the Curiosity Club HAF workshop delivery please let us know as soon as possible so we can work with you to resolve it.
If you are at the venue please speak to the activity manager, this will be the person registering participants as they arrive. It is most likely to be Paige or Jenny. If the person you speak to is not able to resolve the issue they will pass your complaint onto the Creative Director of Curiosity Productions - Jenny Smith.
If you are not at the venue and wish to raise an issue or complaint please contact Jenny Smith on 07967 187822 (text, WhatsApp or call). You are also welcome to email, although we cannot guarantee that your issue will be dealt with as swiftly - [email protected].
We will do everything we can to work with you to resolve the situation and take all complaints very seriously. We have safeguarding, access & inclusion and health & safety procedures in place, but we know that things can always be improved and we welcome your feedback.
If you are not satisfied with how we have dealt with your complaint you can raise this with the City of Wolverhampton Council HAF team at [email protected]
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