City parents need not worry about how to keep their children entertained during the upcoming school holidays. The City of Cape Town’s Community Services Directorate will host a range of activities at many of its community centres, multi-purpose centres, sports fields, and libraries during the spring school holidays.
“Each of the six districts within the Library and Information Services Department; the Sport, Recreation and Amenities Department; and the City Parks Department will present various programmes. They will enlist the services of volunteers to ensure that all of the programmes are effectively implemented. Our goal with these programmes is to encourage children from communities throughout the city to participate in sport, recreation and special events during the holiday period,” said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services, Councillor Tandeka Gqada.
The volunteer programme standardises volunteer recruitment and management procedures across departments and also makes volunteers feel valued in the organisation.
Library programmes
The Library and Information Services Department will host a range of activities at many of its public libraries as part of its annual holiday programmes to be held during the upcoming school holidays.
Programmes include games (computer, board, outdoor), puzzles, art and craft activities, story-telling, DVD shows, face-painting, art classes, painting, reading clubs and informative talks, amongst others. Public libraries will be presenting these programmes in collaboration with Safeline, Blue Ribbon, Wally 107, the Sport, Recreation and Amenities Department, and the City’s Fire and Rescue Services.
Members of the public are encouraged to visit the public libraries in their communities for further details. Click here for more information on the complete list of holiday programmes and facilities.
Parks programmes
The City’s Parks Department will host its first City Parks Festival in Khayelitsha over the upcoming school holidays. The festival will take place on Tuesday 2 October 2012 at the Khayelitsha Wetlands in Makhaza and on Thursday 4 October 2012 at the Mawisa Park, Eyethu. On both days the programmes will run from 10:00 until 14:00.
Festival highlights include recreation activities presented by the Sport, Recreation and Amenities Department, live entertainment, social activities, mini-soccer and rugby, games, jumping castles, a treasure hunt, a litter collection competition and a colouring-in competition, amongst others.
Entry to the event is free. For more information, please contact Xolelwa Lusithi or Shepard Mdoda on 021 364 1660 or visit the Khayelitsha City Parks Office in Makabeni Road, Khayelitsha.
Sport and recreation programmes
The Sport, Recreation and Amenities Department have planned approximately 200 holiday programmes which will run from 1 – 5 October 2012.
Indoor programmes at community centres include board games, gymnastics, rope-skipping, karate, pool, poetry and drama, concerts, indigenous games, cultural dances and fitness training, Hip-Hop dancing, sports and fitness activities, talent shows, and arts and crafts.
Outdoor programmes include five-a-side soccer, mini-netball, basketball, cricket, hockey, sport against crime, big walks, fun runs, jumping castles, face-painting, trampolines, touch rugby, and various recreational activities and family festivals.
Members of the public are encouraged to visit the centres in their communities. Below is the list of facilities and contact details where daily programmes will be run:
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
Click here for more information on the complete list of holiday programmes and facilities.
