Restarting October 2022

Zoom Cook Along & Crafts

Zoom Cook-Along 6:30pm

For all the SWAY families.

Please register by emailing Catherine at swayoffice1@gmail.com with your name so we can deliver the box of ingredients to your door and send you the Zoom Link and recipe in time to cook along with friends.

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Participants of Online events will need to complete a one time only Online SWAY Contact parental permission form.

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7th-11th August 2022

Lake District Residential Trip

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Interested in going on a SWAY Residential Trip from 7th to 11th August 2022? 

In School Year 6 and above?

For more details please click on this link to read the attached letter with a booking form.

If you are interested in booking a place, please take the time to complete the reply booking form and either email your details back to me, hand the completed booking form to your Youth Worker or post to SWAY, c/o The Exchange, New Road, Brighstone, PO30 4BB. If you need a hardcopy of this letter and booking form, please email or phone 07880951243  I'll send one to you.

Andy Dorning (Project Lead Youth Worker) can be contacted on 07552236067 for any queries about the trip.

Thursday, 2nd- Sunday, 5th June 2022

Royal Geo-Caching Challenge

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The Queen’s Jubilee is a once in lifetime celebration and SWAY aims to mark it with a very special Geo-caching to give your minds and legs something to do during the 4-day national holiday to mark this momentous occasion. There may well be lots of exciting events taking place. We aim to give you one more that will get you out in the glorious South Wight, looking for clues.

To tie in with the national Jubilee Celebrations, SWAY decided to design a Geo-caching challenge with the theme of royalty. Some of the clues have royal connections. With the Queen’s desire to establish a green canopy as part of her Jubilee year, we have also located some of the clues in rarely visited wooded areas. The symbols for you to locate have royal themes emblazoned on them – crowns, sceptres and palaces.

We have tried to make this challenge stretch out over the whole area, including Ventnor and taking you to places you may not have visited before. We have thought hard about the clues and we hope you enjoy unravelling them and finding the symbols.

The rules:
1)        You need to register with Catherine, our trusty Administrator by emailing at swayoffice1@gmail.com before Thursday, 2nd June.

2)        The Challenge is a group activity, consisting of at least 3, whether that is a friendship group or a family group. Make sure you give Catherine a contact email for your team.

3)        When you register you may want to give your group a name and list your team members.

4)        On Thursday, 2nd June at 9am Catherine will email out the clues with ordnance survey grid references for you to start the challenge.

5)        As each symbol is found you will need to send Catherine a selfie of your team with the symbol clearly visible. This is the evidence that you have found the symbol. Catherine will keep a record of the progress of each group and their timings, so that by Monday morning, we shall be able to announce the winning group.

There is a special prize waiting for the first group to complete all 20 clues – suitably it is an afternoon tea at the Royal Hotel in Ventnor.

Term Time 2022

SWAY Youth Groups

Visit What We Do 

We have weekly term time Youth Groups for different ages.

Meet face to face or online via Zoom depending on Covid Government restrictions

Mondays: Rock Solid youth group School Year 6 & 7 (ages 10-12 yrs) Niton Methodist Church @ 7-8:30pm. £1 admission
Thursdays: Roots youth group School Year 8+ (ages 12-18yrs) Niton Methodist Church @ 7-8:30pm. £1 admission

Weekends/Fridays: (Dates to be Confirmed): General Youth Group Activities outside weather permitting and  restricted numbers.
 

Participants of Online events will need to complete a one time only Online SWAY Contact parental permission form.

If you would like to participate please email Catherine on swayoffice1@gmail.com for more info.

Sunday,16th Jan , 20th March, 29th May 2022

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Harbour Church, Portsmouth

For School Years 9+

Portsmouth: Harbour Church 3:30pm to 8:45pm  Youth Service at Gunwarf. Subsidised travel.

If you would like more information or to join in, please contact Catherine by email at swayoffice1@gmail.com.

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2022

Activities/Events

Thurs 2nd-Sunday 5th June Royal Platinum Jubilee Celebrations:

Geocaching fun for all the family-FREE

SWAY will presenting a special Royal Geo-caching challenge with a special royal prize on offer. There will be 20 symbols to find, all with a royal theme, with royal connections or clues. We are working hard to make this challenge fun, testing and a great reason to get out and explore the South Wight. Sign up and find places that you never knew were there.

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Thurs 2nd & Fri 3rd June Niton  Platinum Celebration Weekend: SWAY helping  Wellie Throwing Stall at the Mackerel Fair and carparking. If you wish to be involved please contact the office.

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Saturday, 18th June  Shorwell Midsummer Fair: Stalls and  funds raising for charities including SWAY. Support and help would be appreciated.

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If you would like to join in, please contact Catherine by email at swayoffice1@gmail.com.

If you are under 18 years and coming without a parent please bring a completed SWAY Parental   Consent  & Agreement Form April 2022 if you have not already completed one since Sept 2021.  This form is available to download from the website https://www.southwightyouth.org/events or if you require a hard blank copy please ask.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Friday 20th- Sunday 22nd May 2022

Corf Camp Weekend: Camping & Activities for Young People & Families

SWAY Corf Camp Weekend  Friday, 20th May – Sunday, 22nd  May

You are invited to the following activities in May at Corf Camp.

Please note that Friday 20th May camping is only open to the Over 14 year age group (to help with setting up camp).

Friday 20th May 14+ yrs only

Dinner provided by SWAY. Campfire.

Bring a sleeping bag and own/shared tent.

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Saturday 21st May: Activities Day: Open to Families and SWAY Young People

• Bug Hunt/ Nature Trail morning for families

• Team Building Games/ Challenges for the young people

 

1pm  lunch/picnic (SWAY will provide drinks and cakes)

2-7pm Kayaking Groups and Raft Building

7.30pmBBQ Supper (Families & donations welcome)

8.30pm Campfire & Music (Families)

Sunday, 22nd May: All families and Young People. 

SWAY celebration at Newtown Church. 

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Please book by emailing Catherine at swayoffice1@gmail.com. Any questions please email Catherine or contact Andy on 07552236067.

It will be a great opportunity for young people and families to meet with friends and have fun.