Child’s Play - Summer in Swansea for Student Parents
*This blog focuses on what’s on in Swansea and the surrounding area, but if you simply Google “what’s on in…” followed by your home town or city, plenty of websites will come up.*
Summer holidays have just begun and are you already wishing your beloveds are back in school?? You are not alone. Thankfully, there are free activities going on all over which will keep your little monsters entertained throughout the holiday period.
Park Lives
Park Lives is an initiative set-up by Coca-Cola and partners. They want the public to get the most of their local parks by bringing a wide range of activities for people of all ages and abilities to enjoy. In Swansea and Neath Port Talbot, there are activities ranging from tai chi to mountain boarding to Nordic walking – and it’s all FREE! Check out the following website to find what’s on near you https://www.parklives.com/councils/swansea
Waterfront Museum
Forming part of the National Museum Wales, the Waterfront Museum in Wales is bursting with activities all year round and summer puts the fun into high gear. Get up close and personal to the mini world of the crawly and slimy by taking part in the minibeasts workshop, learn some Welsh with your little ones through play and nursery rhymes or just sit back and relax with a family film. The museum also operate a quiet hour for some events for those who enjoy a calmer and quieter time with less stimuli. Many activities are free and some hold a small fee, check out the website for details https://museum.wales/swansea/whatson/
Glynn Vivian Gallery
Fancy getting creative? The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea hosts a daily workshop for children to get involved with self-led activities, such as making their contribution to a 3-D ‘EPIC GEOGRAPHY’ project and entering a competition for drawing themselves as a dog! There are also film clubs and family workshops on offer. See the website for more info https://www.swansea.gov.uk/glynnvivianevents
Dylan Thomas Centre
For the more literary amongst you, do not go gentle in to summer - the Dylan Thomas Centre are operating free self-led workshops involving poetry, making comics, story-making and reading. For more see: http://www.dylanthomas.com/events/holiday-memory-self-led-activities-23/
Margam Park
Set in 500 acres of Parkland with an imposing Castle at it’s centre, you can get lost in the beauty and history of Margam Park without the added bells and whistles. But if it’s bells and whistles you’re looking for, then the park has them a-plenty over the holidays! There are wildlife walks, historical tours with a theatrical edge and even an Italian food festival! Situated just off the M4, it’s a magical place that’s easy to get to but harder to leave shttp://www.margamcountrypark.co.uk/2002?date=-1&p=2
International@CampusLife
Our very own International team at Swansea University are putting on family friendly trips over the summer holidays. There is a small fee to secure coach seats, but children under three are free. Book your tickets here - https://www.fatsoma.com/campus-life
And there’s more…
This is just the tip of the iceberg of what you and your family can get involved in over the summer from cooking to space academies! For more, check out the Swansea and Neath Port Talbot council websites to find something for you and, as we say Swansea “JOIO!”
https://www.npt.gov.uk/1411
