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The Essential Guide to Children’s Activities Gets Pop Star Treatment
Photo Opportunity: Lauren Waterworth will be
delivering ‘What’s On For Kids’ to Castle Hill, St. Philip’s C.E.
Primary School at 11.15am on Friday 13th October. Contact Chris Dunbar
on 01942 486937 or Jennifer Cockram on 01942 486935.
A free guide to all children’s activities taking place across Wigan
Borough is getting a special delivery this week. ‘What’s On For Kids’,
which is designed to encourage young children and their families to get
physically, mentally and creatively active across the borough, is being
re-launched with the help of pop star Lauren Waterworth.
Lauren will be on hand to make a special delivery of the re-vamped guide
(formerly known as Kids Festival) to her old school Castle Hill, St
Philips C.E. Primary School in Hindley.
What’s On For Kids is produced by Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust (WLCT)
and lists a whole range of fun activities for children to do during
their holidays. The guide is written in a fun style that appeals to
children and lists activities ranging from art to play. It is delivered
three times a year to all 29,500 primary school age children via their
schools.
Pete Gascoigne, WLCT’s Executive Director for Policy and Regeneration,
said, “We are very pleased that What’s On For Kids has reached its
fourteenth edition. The guide promotes all kinds of fun, inspiring and
healthy activities that Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust and our partners
organise during school holiday periods. It is becoming increasingly
popular with children and parents and we want to keep building on the
success story and get more and more young children active.”
Lauren Waterworth is overjoyed to be returning to her old school to
personally deliver the latest edition, she said, “I love coming back to
my old school – it has a really family atmosphere. I am delighted to
have been asked here to deliver the latest edition of What’s On For
Kids. It is a great guide, packed with lots of things for children.
There is everything in there from sports activities to special events
like Halloween. There is no excuse for them to say that they’re bored
with so many different things listed – what’s more it’s free!”
Jill Brennan, Head Teacher at Castle Hill, said, “It’s great to have
Lauren back at the school. She is a wonderful girl from a great family
with her feet firmly on the ground and she is the ideal to promote the
guide. What’s On For Kids is a very important tool for all parents and
gives them an opportunity to get their children involved in lots of fun
activities that have both educational and health benefits. We are
delighted to support it.”
For further information about ‘What’s On For Kids’ contact Jennifer
Cockram on 01942 486935. The guide is delivered to all 120 primary
schools in the Wigan Borough and is available at all WLCT-managed
libraries and sports centres. What’s On For Kids is also available
online at
www.wlct.org/whatson.
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NOTES TO EDITORS: For further information on this News Release please
contact Chris Dunbar, Public Relations Officer, Wigan Leisure and
Culture Trust on 01942 486937 or at
c.dunbar@wlct.org.
Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust: Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust is a
charitable trust working on behalf of Wigan Council to manage and
support leisure and cultural facilities, initiatives and events for over
300,000 residents in the Wigan Borough. See
www.wlct.org.
Getting Wigan Active: Getting Wigan Active is Wigan Leisure and Culture
Trust’s vision to ensure that people across the Wigan Borough have the
opportunity to become more physically, mentally and creatively active.
It also aims to increase community activity and to encourage good
citizenship.
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