During August, the Youth Active team at St.James parish, organised a week of trips for members of our Youth Active club – it was great to get back to being able to do this again!
The club had re-commenced in June, and we hoped that this week would not only be an enjoyable week for our current youth club members, but may also serve to encourage more local young people to join in the fun.
The week commenced with a day in Croxteth Park, playing games, visiting the farm and being together. We followed that by a full day in Crocky trails, near Chester, exploring and completing the nature trail walk and then having a great time on all the slides and activities in the adventure playground. Great fun was had by all. We then moved on to a day at the seaside and visited New Brighton. The group really enjoyed the time on the beach, making sandcastles, and digging moats to be filled by water that was gone in a second. We were not very successful at crab fishing, but we tried, and the day ended with some time on the fair.
We had been blessed by beautiful weather for the start of our adventures.
Thursday, the rain was coming, but it didn’t matter – we were going to Flip Out for party fun at the trampoline park. We were also able to celebrate the birthday of one of our members that day.
We had planned to finish the week with a celebration day on the lawn at St.James Church however the weather had other ideas, and the thunder storms meant we had to change the date. Fortunately our re-arranged day was a great success and we had a day full of craft, games, football, a bouncy castle and an inflatable assault course.
The children and volunteers really enjoyed the week – having fun together, sharing stories, jokes, and packed lunches! It was also gave some well needed respite time for families. We will still be able to offer a further trip for Bowling, thanks to the support we have received, and are looking to create more opportunities for teenage members.
We would like to thank the Salesians for their generous grant towards our trip week.
We would also like to thank Fr Brian and the community for their on-going support of Youth Active since we resumed, on the church lawn, in June, and their support for the week of trips; and to Mr Costello at Savio Salesian College for use of their mini-buses.
It has been a true parish, church, and school venture.
Here’s to many more youth sessions!
Youth Active Team
St.James Church
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