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Activities for children & young people
South Staffordshire Council's leisure centres provide a range of activities available for children and young people to take part in during school holidays.
Active Youth Scheme
Discounted gym access for young people
Young people aged 13-16 years can enjoy discounted and supervised gym access as part of the Active Youth scheme. (This scheme is available all year round including term-time). Advanced booking is required.
- Young people can attend the gyms unaccompanied, during any of the dedicated ‘Active Youth’ times – these sessions are all supervised by a qualified gym instructor
- Young people will be required to undergo a free gym induction during their first ‘Active Youth’ session – this must be booked in advance
- A parent/guardian will be required to sign a declaration giving permission for their child to participate
- Young people can attend the gyms at any time when accompanied by a participating parent/guardian
Active Youth Gym times
| Codsall Leisure Centre | Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays | 3.15-4.15pm |
| Penkridge Leisure Centre | Tuesdays and Thursdays | 3.45-4.45pm |
| Wombourne Leisure Centre | Tuesdays | 3-4pm and 4-5pm |
| Wombourne Leisure Centre | Wednesdays and Fridays | 4-5pm |
Visit the website to view the gym timetables:
Cheslyn Hay Leisure Centre gym
Discounted Fitness Memberships for Students and Apprentices
Young people aged 16 years+ and who are in full time education or training through an apprenticeship are eligible to join the leisure centres with a discounted membership package. For full details, click here.
Wolves Soccer Schools
Wolves Soccer School is holding indoor soccer sessions at our leisure centres for children aged from Year reception to year 7.
| Leisure Centre | Dates | Book Here |
| Cheslyn Hay | Fridays (10th January - 14th February 2025) |
Goal keeper course are for reception to year 3 from 6-7pm at a cost of £42 - to book click here. Gaol keeper course from 7-8pm for year 4-7 at a cost of £42. To book, click here. |
| Penkridge | Thursdays (9th January - 13th February 2025) |
Indoor soccer development for reception to year 3, £42, from 6-7pm. To book click here. Indoor soccer development for years 4 and 5, £42, from 7-8pm. To book click here. |
| Wombourne | Tuesdays (14th January - 11th February 2025) |
Indoor soccer development for reception to year 7, £35, from 5.30-6.30pm. To book click here. Indoor soccer development for girls aged year 4-7, £35, from 6.30-7.30pm. To book, click here. |
For more information email footballdevelopment@wolves.co.uk or to make a booking, click here
School holiday Activity Camps
Children's Active Camps will be on offer at Codsall and Wombourne Leisure Centres throughout the school holidays.
- Sports-based camps
- For 5-14 year olds
- Half day and full day sessions (8am-4pm)
- Early bird and sibling discounts available
- Discounts for emergency service workers
- Loyalty scheme allowing you to earn points
- Halloween activities, inflatables, nurf showdowns and tourament days!
For full details, to access the parents guide and to book, click here.
Training Courses
The South Staffordshire Training Academy operates various courses throughout the year which are delivered at the council’s leisure centres. Courses provided include National Pool Lifeguard Qualification courses, Swimming teacher award and certificate courses and aquatic helper courses. For full details click here.
You can also earn UCAS points for completing the National Pool Lifeguard Qualification.
The leisure centres are also regularly recruiting and available jobs can be found here.
Swimming
The leisure centres all provide additional public and fun time swimming sessions during the school holidays. School holiday swimming timetables will be available on the swimming webpages.
Cheslyn Hay Leisure Centre Swimming
Codsall Leisure Centre Swimming
Penkridge Leisure Centre Swimming
Wombourne Leisure Centre Swimming
Swimming Lessons
Swimming lessons are also available as part of the South Staffordshire Swimming Academy. Find out more here.
Clubs
The leisure centre are all host to a variety of clubs which operate at the leisure centres on a weekly basis. For details, click on the links below:
Save 10% with the Leisure Advantage Card
The leisure centres now offer an advantage card for children and adults which give users 10% off individual activities. Find out more here.