17/08/2026
End of Summer at Pennyburn Youth Club 🌞💛
What a summer it has been at Pennyburn Youth Club! 💙💛
Over the past seven and a half weeks, we have welcomed over 3,000 young people through our doors, Monday to Friday from 8.30am–2pm, alongside our additional evening universal services.
Despite a very limited summer budget, our young people have had an incredible summer filled with opportunities to build confidence, meet new friends, set themselves challenges, overcome obstacles, develop healthy relationships and learn to self-advocate.
And importantly… they did it without their phones and devices! 📵👏
The club has been full of laughter, creativity, fresh air and activity. Young people have enjoyed walks to the play trail and Bay Road, bowling, ice cream trips to McDonald's, Extreme Jump, Lock & Load and an amazing engineering day at Northwest Regional College in Springtown.
Our arts and crafts room was one of the most popular spaces, with photo frames covered in buttons, thread and absolutely anything that could be glued on! 😂 There were hairbands, crafts and creations everywhere.
The hairdressing suite was also a huge hit, with curling wands being used every day! And nearly 100 bottles of nail polish were used throughout the summer with boys and girls of all ages joining in, including our little ones helping to paint the nails of the older children. 💅
There were dodgeball competitions, hot seat, hula hoop challenges, storytelling, baking, helping prepare lunch and the ever-popular stick game, where concentration was essential to grab the stick before it hit the ground!
And most days, the field was alive with young people playing football, skipping, using the space hoppers and simply socialising enjoying being outdoors not a device in sight! 🌳⚽
Community members even commented on the number of young people using the club and how bright, colourful and full of life it looked as they passed by. That makes us incredibly proud.
Throughout the summer, our young people had opportunities that supported their physical health, mental health, confidence, communication and overall wellbeing often without even realising that they were taking part in wellbeing programmes. They were simply having fun, being active, making friends and being themselves. ❤️
A massive THANK YOU must also go to our incredible team of almost 20 volunteers. 🙌
They gave up their summer to get out of bed every morning, arrive at the club ready for the day and stay until the last child was safely home. We genuinely could not have delivered this programme without you. You are a credit to Pennyburn Youth Club to yourselves and to your families.
And then came our grand finale… our fun day and our end of year residential. Our fun day saw young people bouncing for hours on bouncy castles, trying new challenges on the various resources from heights on slide ones to obstacle course ones. Even with the Derry holiday upon us we still had 100 young people through the doors.🚌❤️
Our two main youth committees finished the summer with a residential at Corrymeela in Ballycastle, where they took part in programmes on healthy relationships, social skills and self-regulation, developing the skills they need as young leaders and committee members.
These programmes were part of our planned youth work delivery and, importantly, were co-designed with our young people. The residential was funded by and
From September, these young people will continue to have a voice in helping us shape the programmes planned for the next quarter, from September to December.
📢 Registration will begin in September for young people who want to get involved in our upcoming courses and programmes.
If your child is a member, is over nine years of age and attends our Intermediate or Senior Club, and you would like them to take part in programmes that develop confidence, wellbeing, communication skills, relationships and leadership, send them along in September.
And if you've been away from the club for a while come back! 💙
Whether you're a new member or a familiar face, Pennyburn Youth Club will be delighted to welcome you.
Thank you to every young person, parent, volunteer, staff member and member of our community who helped make this summer so special.
Here's to an amazing summer and an even bigger year ahead! 🌞💙💛
of Summer at Pennyburn Youth Club 🌞💛
What a summer it has been at Pennyburn Youth Club! 💙💛
Over the past seven and a half weeks, we have welcomed over 3,000 young people through our doors, Monday to Friday from 8.30am–2pm, alongside our additional evening universal services.
Despite a very limited summer budget, our young people have had an incredible summer filled with opportunities to build confidence, meet new friends, set themselves challenges, overcome obstacles, develop healthy relationships and learn to self-advocate.
And importantly… they did it without their phones and devices! 📵👏
The club has been full of laughter, creativity, fresh air and activity. Young people have enjoyed walks to the play trail and Bay Road, bowling, ice cream trips to McDonald's, Extreme Jump, Lock & Load and an amazing engineering day at Northwest Regional College in Springtown.
Our arts and crafts room was one of the most popular spaces, with photo frames covered in buttons, thread and absolutely anything that could be glued on! 😂 There were hairbands, crafts and creations everywhere.
The hairdressing suite was also a huge hit, with curling wands being used every day! And nearly 100 bottles of nail polish were used throughout the summer with boys and girls of all ages joining in, including our little ones helping to paint the nails of the older children. 💅
There were dodgeball competitions, hot seat, hula hoop challenges, storytelling, baking, helping prepare lunch and the ever-popular stick game, where concentration was essential to grab the stick before it hit the ground!
And most days, the field was alive with young people playing football, skipping, using the space hoppers and simply socialising enjoying being outdoors not a device in sight! 🌳⚽
Community members even commented on the number of young people using the club and how bright, colourful and full of life it looked as they passed by. That makes us incredibly proud.
Throughout the summer, our young people had opportunities that supported their physical health, mental health, confidence, communication and overall wellbeing often without even realising that they were taking part in wellbeing programmes. They were simply having fun, being active, making friends and being themselves. ❤️
A massive THANK YOU must also go to our incredible team of almost 20 volunteers. 🙌
They gave up their summer to get out of bed every morning, arrive at the club ready for the day and stay until the last child was safely home. We genuinely could not have delivered this programme without you. You are a credit to Pennyburn Youth Club to yourselves and to your families.
And then came our grand finale… our fun day and our end of year residential. Our fun day saw young people bouncing for hours on bouncy castles, trying new challenges on the various resources from heights on slide ones to obstacle course ones. Even with the Derry holiday upon us we still had 100 young people through the doors.🚌❤️
Our two main youth committees finished the summer with a residential at Corrymeela in Ballycastle, where they took part in programmes on healthy relationships, social skills and self-regulation, developing the skills they need as young leaders and committee members.
These programmes were part of our planned youth work delivery and, importantly, were co-designed with our young people. The residential was funded by and
From September, these young people will continue to have a voice in helping us shape the programmes planned for the next quarter, from September to December.
📢 Registration will begin in September for young people who want to get involved in our upcoming courses and programmes.
If your child is a member, is over nine years of age and attends our Intermediate or Senior Club, and you would like them to take part in programmes that develop confidence, wellbeing, communication skills, relationships and leadership, send them along in September.
And if you've been away from the club for a while — come back! 💙
Whether you're a new member or a familiar face, Pennyburn Youth Club will be delighted to welcome you.
Thank you to every young person, parent, volunteer, staff member and member of our community who helped make this summer so special.
Here's to an amazing summer and an even bigger year ahead! 🌞💙💛
