Holiday Activities!
Summer 
Parcs Scheme
The PARCS Scheme is a FREE
recreation programme run by Allerdale Borough Council for
children and young people aged 6 - 14 years of age.
The Scheme takes place during the school summer holidays at a
variety of park and recreation sites around the Allerdale Borough.
Each session is run by qualified staff delivering a mixture of fun
games and sports
The PARCS Scheme is funded and supported by
Allerdale Borough Council, Town and Parish
Councils.
Parcs 2008!
Another summer over and another successful Parcs
scheme taken place. Although we went down to only 40 sessions
this summer, we still had over 650 young people participating in
sports and recreational activities in the open spaces in
Allerdale and we were lucky enough to have two sunny
weeks at the beginning of the holidays.
Most busiest sites were Hunters Drive in Seaton,
followed by Harris Park in Cockermouth and Silloth Green which all
had over 30 attending their open sessions. Popular activities this
year included Dodgeball, football and giant connect four!
Feedback from parents showed that 80% of them thought that
everything about the scheme was excellent.
For more information contact Rebecca Stamper on 01900
702711
Parcs 2007!!
The wet weather didn't dampen the spirits of the young people in
Allerdale this summer! In total we visited over 30 different sites
outdoors and held over 70 sessions and although there were times
were the rain had us beaten there were over 730 young
people that took part in the Parcs scheme enjoying sports like
rounders, cricket, football and tennis as well as
parachute games!
If anyone has any comments they would like to share about our
summer programmes give Rebecca Stamper a call on 01900 702711
or email sports.recreation@allerdale.gov.uk.
Some of the young people let us know how they
felt about the scheme;
Abigail Aitken, aged 9 from Vulcans
Park thought "Parcs Sport is Awesome!"
and Daniel Martin age 11 from Dearham said "the staff were the
best".
"The games were great" Cameron Aitken, Vulcan Park, aged 8.
"I wish i was here more times than once a week"
Zenan Ligertwood, Keswick, aged 8.
"It's good to keep you healthy and have fun" Kieren Gray,
Cockermouth, aged 9.
"I liked the activities and the guys were great!" Luke Johnson,
Aspatria, aged 10.
Allerdale Borough Council
