Youngsters at the Endeavour youth club in Stone had a takeaway party on Good Friday to mark the end of the spring term. Ruth Tinsley, one of the founders of the Endeavour youth club – for children with special needs up to the age of 14 – explains more about the club and how local parents can get their children involved…
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e set up Endeavour last year because we were struggling to find anything for our special needs daughter to do outside of school hours to make friends. We figured if we were struggling, then others were too. We meet every Friday at the Frank Jordan Centre from 5.30pm to 7.30pm. Each week the children learn to cook (and eat) a simple recipe as well as taking part in different craft activities. We also have sports and team games going on. We charge £2 per night for each child and siblings pay £1.
The children really enjoy this time and have formed some great friendships. Many of the parents stay and have also become friends. Parents have the option to stay or leave their child with us. At the end of each term we hold a party. On Good Friday we chose a takeaway theme and were helped with a large donation of pizzas, fruit shoots and creme eggs from Aly Davidson.
If anyone would like any more information, we have a Facebook page and also can be contacted via e mail to endeavourclub@outlook.com. Our phone numbers are: Ruth – 07710466888; Peter – 07801551629; Sarah – 07988246320.
All the photographs are from the takeaway party on Good Friday.
