CLUB ZONE ONE
Trapped in Zone One - After-School Youth Programme and School Holidays, Activities and Food Programme.
Family friendly provision for young people in Tower Hamlets.
Autumn After-School Provision - Art Club
Every Saturday, 13:00-15:00
Our after-school programme takes places every Saturday for young people to engage with creative enrichment activities, open to 10-16-year-olds from Tower Hamlets.
The sessions will provide an opportunity to join, our:
Youth Board
Creative Activities
Youth Excursions
Social Action Projects
Training and Development Workshops
Work Experience Placement (16-18-year-olds)
Jack Petchey Achievement Award Scheme
Arts Award
We aligned our summer programme with Skills Builder Partnership which is a global movement of employers, educators, and impact organisations working together to ensure that one day, everyone builds the essential skills to succeed.
Essential skills unlock learning in the classroom, boosting academic outcomes, perseverance, and self-belief. They halve the likelihood of being out of work and increase earnings across a lifetime. They even boost wellbeing and life satisfaction.
These skills underpin an individual’s success at each stage in life and support all young people in developing their independence. We will focus on four essential skills day during our summer programme:
Speaking - The oral transmission of information or ideas.
Listening - The receiving, retaining and processing of information or ideas.
Teamwork - Working cooperatively with others towards achieving a shared goal.
Creativity - The use of imagination and the generation of new ideas.
We collated feedback from activities with Reflection Sessions.
What is Arts Award?
Support young people to grow their creativity and gain 21st century skills
Arts Award takes children and young people on a creative journey, exploring the arts world, discovering their potential as artists, developing leadership skills – and gaining a recognised qualification along the way. Open to anyone aged 25 or under, this unique set of arts qualifications builds skills essential for success in the 21st century: Creativity and communication, along with problem-solving, reflective-thinking and confidence.
Young people can achieve Arts Award in any art form, through the five levels – Discover, Explore, Bronze, Silver and Gold – young people:
Enjoy creating and participating in arts activities.
Through Arts Award, young people get actively involved in creative activities and produce their own art work . Those working towards the higher levels collaborate with artists to try a genre or art form new to them too.
Experience arts events and explore the work of artists.
Arts Award connects young people with the arts world – as the audience or visitor, behind the scenes, learning from creative professionals, or researching the work of artists and arts organisations. At higher levels, participants review and share their experiences, gaining critical-thinking and organisational skills.
DATE: Every Saturday (September-October 2025)
TIME: 13:00-15:00
VENUE: Island Point Community Centre, 51 Sark Mews, Isle of Dogs, London, E14 3PW
Attending our after-school provision will make a young person eligible to register to our half-term programme in October.
October Half-Term Programme Plan
Dates - 28, 29 & 30 Oct 2025
A creative programme at Island Point Community Centre during half-term with off-site trips to various locations across London, with creative activities exploring culture and nature sketching on the move.
28 October - Off-site trip to Barbican Centre Art Gallery - 10 places available, £5 per person reservation fee.
29 October - Off-site trip to London Zoo - 10 places available, £5 per person reservation fee.
30 October - Off-site trip to Sadlers Wells for a theatre show - 10 places available, £5 per person reservation fee.
Work Experience Placement
We are committed to providing work-based learning placements for young people interested in gaining experience working in community setting.
We offer work placement opportunity to young people aged 16-18-year-olds with term-long weekly session placements and school holidays placements. If you are interested in a placement, get in touch.
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Help us open up the arts to everyone by making a one-off or a recurring donation.
Summer Holiday ’25 Programme Plan in Aberfeldy, Poplar
As part of youth provision in Tower Hamlets, we hosted a 4-week programme in Poplar from the 28th July to 21st August 2024 for young people aged 7-14 from Tower Hamlets, providing enrichment and physical activities sessions during the summer school holidays. FREE lunchtime meals for eligible participants with council issued HAF code or proof of benefit to receive school meals.
We are able accommodate a maximum of 30 young people per day, with the activities consisting of multi-sport and creative workshops for young people, with an end of project awards ceremony on the final day to conclude the summer programme.
The sessions provide an opportunity for:
Creative Activities
Youth Excursions
Essential Skills Training and Development Workshops
Work Experience Placement (16-18-year-olds)
We aligned our summer programme with Skills Builder Partnership. Essential skills unlock learning in the sessions, boosting academic outcomes, perseverance, self-belief, and even boost wellbeing and life satisfaction.
These skills underpin an individual’s success at each stage in life and support all young people in developing their independence. We will focus on four essential skills day during our summer programme:
Speaking - The oral transmission of information or ideas.
Listening - The receiving, retaining and processing of information or ideas.
Teamwork - Working cooperatively with others towards achieving a shared goal.
Creativity - The use of imagination and the generation of new ideas.
We collated feedback from activities with Reflection Sessions.
Week 1 (28-31 July)
Activities across the first week included a creative workshop as a team bonding activity to create your own version of a Henri Matisse work, a trip to Frameless exhibition in Marble Arch, a drama workshop to build confidence and learn about acting and lastly an off-site trip to Cody Dock for a River Lea inspired printing workshop, learning how to screen print, by taking inspiration from the River Lea and the urban wildlife found at Cody Dock to personalise tote bags.
Week 2 (4-7 Aug)
In Week Two activities consisted a workshop at Tower of London learning about nature in and around the histroic site, a trip to see the theatre performace of Hamilton at Victoria Theatre, a drama workshop as a follow-up activity as a team bonding exercise from Week One and lastly another theatre trip to conclude the week with a visit to Greenwich Theatre to see the new production of The 3 Musketeers.
Week 3 (11-14 Aug)
In Week 3 we were joined by Middlesex Cricket Club, hosting a variety of fun activities in keeping young people enagged using the sport of cricket.
Week 4 (18-21 Aug)
In our final week we took an off-site trip to All Points East Festival in Victoria Park, followed by youth excersion to Go Ape in Battersea, took part in Sports Day in collaboration with a local youth group and and to mark the final day we went to a fun day at Aberfeldy, followed by an awards ceremony for young people and staff members for their contribution in this year’s summer programme.
April Easter Holiday and May Half-Term Programme
Easter and half-term holiday provision with enrichment activities, which included creative workshops and trips to Young V&A Museum, Canary Wharf Big Egg Hunt, Greenwich Maritime Museum, Royal Naval College, Tower of London, Guildhall Gallery, Flip-Out and Tate Modern.
We accommodated on a first come basis to registered participants, activities consisting of physical and creative workshops, and a end of project awards ceremony on the final day to conclude the programme.
Winter ‘24 School Holiday Programme
Dates - 23, 24 & 27 Dec 2024
A week-long programme from the 23rd to 27th December 2024 (excluding Christmas Day & Boxing Day) for young people aged 5-16 from Tower Hamlets, providing enrichment activities during the school holidays with FREE refreshment for eligible participants. Workshop consisted a nature workshop to create bug hotels. Bug hotels are to help to encourage pollination and biodiversity as they attract an array of insects such as bees and butterflies. By creating your own bug hotel, you are helping to improve your local ecosystem. They are a fantastic way for young people to connect with nature. We will be making our own DIY bug hotels from items that you can find at home and in your local outdoor areas.
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