{"id":7904,"date":"2022-10-07T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolverhamptonlabour.com\/?p=7904"},"modified":"2023-02-23T16:25:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T16:25:30","slug":"yo-summer-enjoyed-by-thousands-more-across-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/news\/yo-summer-enjoyed-by-thousands-more-across-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Yo! Summer enjoyed by thousands more across the city<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This year\u2019s Yo! Summer activity programme was bigger and better than ever before, with thousands of children and young people taking part in a wide range of fun days, sporting activities and holiday clubs across Wolverhampton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Held throughout the summer holidays, over 32,000 children, young people and their families enjoyed a wide range of activities, up from 12,000 the year before.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlights included athletics and multi sports at WV Active, where over 1,700 youngsters got involved over the six-week break, while nearly 1,900 young bookworms joined activities at the city\u2019s libraries. Other events included martial arts with Wolverhampton Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, a popular summer camp at The Way, drama days with the Central Youth Theatre, a Rock School with WV10 Consortium and Tech Play with LearnPlay Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 500 children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) also enjoyed a variety of events organised by charities such as Let Us Play, which provided a huge range of activities over the holidays for five to 19-year-olds with SEND.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillor Beverley Momenabadi, the City of Wolverhampton Council’s Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, said: \u201cThis year\u2019s Yo! Summer programme was designed to bring children and young people of Wolverhampton together through an exciting programme of events throughout the summer holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the combined help of over 45 partners and funding from the council and Department of Education, we certainly delivered a fantastic summer for our young people, and it was encouraging to see so many getting involved and making the most of the opportunities we created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe participation figures are very pleasing and shows that our Yo! Wolves school holiday programme is going from strength to strength. Plans for October half-term and the Christmas holidays are well underway to ensure we continue to provide activities and opportunities for a young people across the city.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For full details of events for October half-term, keep an eye on the website, www.yowolves.co.uk<\/a> or follow the council on social media at www.twitter.com\/wolvescouncil<\/a> and www.facebook.com\/wolverhamptontoday<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Yo! Wolves website, www.yowolves.co.uk<\/a>, also offers children, young people and families support, advice and information on everything from mental health and wellbeing to education and careers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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