HOLIDAY schemes for Sheffield youngsters are under way with one of the busiest summer programmes yet set to make the most of the six week's break.
Sports, arts, days out and weekends-away are all part of this year's programme from Sheffield Futures, the youth support charity.
No less than 800 sessions of activities are due to take place in all parts of the city.
Sporting action will inclu
de BMX trails, football and go-karting, while there will also be also arts, dance, media and photography classes.
There will also be sessions for young mums and disabled young people, and days out to theme parks and the seaside.
The Right Step programme will provide a fortnight of activities for young disabled people on the theme of health and wellbeing, including physical activities such as yoga, dance and pilates.
It will run on two sites - Upperzone in Crookesmoor, for the north of the city, and The Lodge centre in Hackenthorpe for the south. Trips to Flamingo Land and Rother Valley Country Park will be part of the programme.
Parson Cross and Ecclesfield will see the three-week Blastoff programme taking place in local parks and open spaces.
Based on a five-a-side football tournament, Blastoff will also provide information and other activities to young people. It all leads up to a final at Concord Park, on August 22.
In Broomhall, Nether Edge and Sharrow, there will be a media and photography programme for young people. Broomhall Community Centre, on Broomspring Lane, will host a weekly programme of outdoor cinema throughout the summer.
Teenage parents from the Greenhill and Bradway centre can take their children to the Pets Corner theme park for the under-fives, near Rampton.
There is a serious side to the summer programme too.
A two-day residential in Cumbria will be looking at conflict resolution, while Somali young people from Broomhall will join Asian young people from Nether Edge in learning how to break down barriers between their communities.
In Mosborough and Handsworth, the Stay Safe programme will be looking at personal safety and crime.
The week long programme, run with South Yorkshire Police, will look at gun and knife crime, drugs and alcohol, car and bike crime and internet safety.
There will also be a Steer Clear project to teach young people how to be safe in cars and on bikes, and to deter joy-riding.
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