Activities for children & young people

South Staffordshire Council's leisure centres provide a range of activities available for children and young people to take part in during school holidays. 

Aspire Activity Camps

Children's Active Camps will be on offer at Codsall and Wombourne Leisure Centres from Tuesday, May 28th to Friday, May 31st. 

  • Sports-based camps
  • For 5-14 year olds
  • Half day and full day sessions
  • Early bird and sibling discounts available
  • Discounts for emergency service workers
  • Loyalty scheme allowing you to earn points

For full details, to access the parents guide and to book, click here

Wolves

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Wolves will be delivering Soccer Schools throughout the year. 

  For more information and to book, click here

Leisure Centre Dates
Penkridge  May 30th & 31st 
Penkridge  July 22nd - 26th 
Penkridge  August 5th - 7th
Penkridge  August 19th - 21st
Penkridge  September 2nd
Penkridge  October 31st & November 1st

  

Leisure Centre Dates
Cheslyn Hay May 28th - 29th 
Cheslyn Hay July 29th - August 2nd
Cheslyn Hay August 15th - 16th 
Cheslyn Hay August 27th-30th
Cheslyn Hay October 28th - 30th 
Cheslyn Hay January 2nd - 3rd, 2025

Training Courses 

The South Staffordshire Training Academy operates various courses throughout the year which are delivered at the council’s leisure centres. Courses provided include National Pool Lifeguard Qualification courses, Swimming teacher award and certificate courses and aquatic helper courses. For full details click here

The leisure centres are also regularly recruiting and available jobs can be found here

Swimming

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The leisure centres all provide additional public and fun time swimming sessions during the school holidays.

Cheslyn Hay Leisure Centre Swimming

Codsall Leisure Centre Swimming

Penkridge Leisure Centre Swimming

Wombourne Leisure Centre Swimming 

 

Swimming Lessons

Swimming lessons are also available as part of the South Staffordshire Swimming Academy. Find out more here

Active Youth Scheme

Discounted gym access for young people

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Young people aged 13-16 years can enjoy discounted and supervised gym access as part of the Active Youth scheme. (This scheme is available all year round including term-time).

  • Young people can attend the gyms unaccompanied, during any of the dedicated ‘Active Youth’ times – these sessions are all supervised by a qualified gym instructor
  • Young people will be required to undergo a free gym induction during their first ‘Active Youth’ session – this must be booked in advance
  • A parent/guardian will be required to sign a declaration giving permission for their child to participate
  • Young people can attend the gyms at any time when accompanied by a participating parent/guardian

Visit the website to view the gym timetables:

Cheslyn Hay Leisure Centre gym 

Codsall Leisure Centre gym 

Penkridge Leisure Centre gym 

Wombourne Leisure Centre gym 

Clubs

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The leisure centre are all host to a variety of clubs which operate at the leisure centres on a weekly basis. For details, click on the links below:

Cheslyn Hay clubs

Codsall clubs

Penkridge clubs

Wombourne clubs

 

Discounted Fitness Memberships for Students and Apprentices

Young people aged 16 years+ and who are in full time education or training through an apprenticeship are eligible to join the leisure centres with a discounted membership package. For full details, click here

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