South Staffordshire Council's leisure centres provide a range of activities available for children and young people to take part in during school holidays.
Aspire Activity Camps
Children's Active Camps will be on offer at Codsall and Wombourne Leisure Centres throughout the summer holidays.
- Sports-based camps
- For 5-14 year olds
- Half day and full day sessions
- Early bird and sibling discounts available
- Discounts for emergency service workers
- Loyalty scheme allowing you to earn points
For full details, to access the parents guide and to book, click here.
The Space Scheme
This summer, the leisure centres are providing discounted access into swimming, the gym and 3G pitch hire for young people aged 8-17 years old. Discounts are available thanks to funding from the Office of Police and Crime Commissioner.
- Discounts available from Monday, July 29th - Friday, August 30th
- Available for 8-17 year olds living in South Staffordshire
- Swim for £1
- Gym for £1
- 3G pitch hire for £10
Find out more here.
Wolves
Wolves Soccer School are holding sessions on Tuesday evenings at Wombourne Leisure Centre; Thursday evenings at Penkridge Leisure Centre; and Friday evenings at Cheslyn Hay Leisure Centre. For more information email footballdevelopment@wolves.co.uk or to make a booking, click here
Leisure Centre |
Dates |
Penkridge |
July 22nd - 26th |
Penkridge |
August 5th - 7th |
Penkridge |
August 19th - 21st |
Penkridge |
September 2nd |
Penkridge |
October 31st & November 1st |
Leisure Centre |
Dates |
Cheslyn Hay |
July 29th - August 2nd |
Cheslyn Hay |
August 15th - 16th |
Cheslyn Hay |
August 27th-30th |
Cheslyn Hay |
October 28th - 30th |
Cheslyn Hay |
January 2nd - 3rd, 2025 |
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. For the summer school holiday swimming times, click on the links below:
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.
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
Cheslyn Hay Leisure Centre |
Wednesdays |
7.15-8.15pm |
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
Codsall Leisure Centre gym
Penkridge Leisure Centre gym
Wombourne Leisure Centre gym
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:
Cheslyn Hay clubs
Codsall clubs
Penkridge clubs
Wombourne clubs
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.
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.