MIDSOMER NORTON LIFE
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WANSDYKE PLAY ASSOCIATION
WINTER PLAY
application form and more information. WPA staff have filled every minute of their time planning, prepping and delivering play projects in and around the Midsomer Norton area and when they are not ‘playing’ they are attending training and skill workshops to bring themselves right up-to-date with all things current. THRIVE, Public Health and Child Protection being some.
Mission: to inspire, challenge and empower children, families and young people through play. Vision: to create positive change and improved communities. A welcome winter break at WPA’s ‘Cinema and Soup’ Christmas event rounded off the year’s activities and saw families gather to watch the film ‘Polar Express’ and enjoy hot soup and drinks on a cold winter’s day. Special thanks to Midsomer Norton Town Council for funding this great event and to the Community Trust for their volunteered support in running it. Also to the naming of our soup ‘Reindeer’ because it contained fresh healthy fruit and vegetables of pumpkin, carrot and apple that, of course, all reindeer like! Since November our Saturday Club have enjoyed a round of fun sessions and look forward to a swimming trip, visit to a farm, gift making and cream tea, interests and hobbies, flower design, sports and games and an Easter Egg Hunt in the run up to Easter. Each session provides an opportunity to learn new skills and enjoy some social downtime. Anyone wishing to find out more about joining our targeted, B&NES funded, Saturday Club can contact WPA office for an
Norton Youth Club, (NYC) funded by Midsomer Norton Town Council, look forward to a schedule of social activities each Thursday evening at 6pm, term-time only for 11-17 years. Come along and find out more, quiz night entrants needed, pool competition and most importantly, meet with friends. To check out programmes and play sessions within WPA’s busy calendar, please see www.wpa-play. com or email admin@wpa-play.com for further information.