THE Northern Echo is promoting activities for children and teenagers throughout the summer holidays as part of its No Messin' campaign. The campaign aims to highlight the dangers of messing about on railways, and promote alternative activities. Every week, we are publishing a column listing activities.
COUNTY DURHAM
Today: Football training for eight to 11-year-olds at Woodhouse Recreation Ground, near Kwik Save, 10.30am to noon.
Today: Youth club and mixed sports for 11 to 18-year-olds at Auckland Youth and Community Centre, Woodhouse Close, 1pm to 4pm.
Tomorrow: Football and mixed sports for eight to 12-year-olds on Henknowle playing fields, 1pm to 3pm.
Tomorrow: Football night at Jane Armstrong Park for under 12s, 4pm to 5pm, and under 16s, 5pm to 6.30pm, and at Bishop Auckland College field for 16-plus, 7pm to 9pm.
Wednesday: Football at St Helen Auckland sports field, eight to 11-year-olds, 11am to 12.30pm; 11 to 16-year-olds, 1pm to 3pm; 16 to 21-year-olds, 5pm to 7pm
Thursday: Football at St Helen Auckland sports field, eight to 11-year-olds, noon to 1.30pm; 12 to 18-year-olds, 1.30pm to 3pm; Youth club at Henknowle Community Centre for under 12s, 5.15pm to 6.45pm and over 12s, 7pm to 9pm, admission 50p; Henknowle sports court, five-a-side football, 7pm to 8.30pm. Call 0776 613 3491.
Brandon
Thursday: Crafts at Brandon Library, Lowland Road, 2pm to 3pm. Call 0191-378 0527.
Chilton
Today to Friday: Football coaching at Community College, 10am to noon.
Thursday: Dance for under-fives at Community College, 1pm to 3pm.
Today: Kite-making for eight to 12-year-olds, Library, Victoria Road, 10am to noon. Admission £1.
Coundon
Today until Thursday: Wellness on Wheels Trailer at Primary School, 1.15pm to 3.15pm, and Friday August 19, 10am to 11.30am.
Wednesday: Coundon v Crook football match at Coundon, 2pm.
Crook
Today: Multi-sports at Hill Top Villages, Tow Law, 1.30pm to 3.30pm.
Tomorrow: Girls' football coaching at Peases West sports ground, noon to 3pm.
Durham City
Monday to Saturday: Youngsters and adults are invited to explore Durham Cathedral. Short tours cost £1 and longer tours cost £3.50.
Ferryhill
Today: Splash play scheme, 10am to noon, and 1pm to 3pm, 60p; art zone, 11am to 12.30pm, 60p; penalty shoot out, 1.30pm to 3pm, 90p.
Tomorrow and Thursday: Toddler Time for under-fours, 9.30am to 12.30pm, £1.85; Splash activities, 11am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3pm, 90p; keepy-ups competition, 1.30pm to 3pm, 90p; art zone for four to seven-year-olds, 1.30pm to 3pm, 90p.
Wednesday: Splash play scheme, 10am to noon and 1pm to 3pm, 60p; Airtime for under 10s, 11am to 12.30pm, 50p; netball coaching, 4.30pm to 5.30pm, £1.25.
Friday: Girls' football, 11am to 12.30pm; Football, 1pm to 3pm; Pool party, 6.15pm to 7.15pm. All activities at Ferryhill Leisure Centre.
Leeholme
Today: Netball, 3.30pm to 5pm, football match, 6pm to 8pm.
Tomorrow: Football, 11am to 12.30pm and 4pm to 6pm.
Wednesday: Girls' football, 11am to 1pm, football 4pm 5pm, New Age curling, 5.15pm to 6.15pm.
Thursday: Junior football, 4pm to 6pm, football match, 6.30pm.
Friday: Football coaching from Newcastle United, 11am to 1pm, football tournament, 1.15pm to 4pm, basketball, 4.30pm to 6pm, all at Leeholme Recreation Ground. Call 0779 986 0628.
Today: Sports fun session, 1.30pm to 3pm, £1.
Tomorrow and Thursday: Toddler Time for under-fours, 9.30am to 11.30pm, £1.85; art zone, 10am to noon, £1; Football fun, 10.30am to noon, £1; roller-skating, 1.30pm to 3pm. Swim, 3pm to 4pm, £1.
Wednesday: Sport fun session, 1.30pm to 3pm, £1; trampoline coaching, 5.30pm to 7.30pm, £2.10.
Friday: Football, 1.30pm to 3pm, £1; Girls' football, 2.30pm to 4pm, £1. All at Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre.
Newton Hall
Thursday: Magic Show at Alnwick Road library, 10am to 11am. Call 0191-386 7695.
Tuesday and Friday: Tennis coaching for under-eights, 10am to 11.30am, and under-12s, 1pm to 3pm, at Community College £4 a session. Call (01740) 621097.
Tuesday: Taekwondo coaching, 5.30pm to 6.30pm at Community College.
Today: Splash Active, 11am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3pm; penalty shoot-out, 1.30pm to 3pm.
Tomorrow: Splash Active, 11am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3pm; penalty shoot-out, 1.30pm to 3pm; art zone, 1.30pm to 3.30pm.
Wednesday: Splash Active, 11am to 12.30pm; free multi-sports, 1.30pm to 3pm.
Thursday: Splash Active, 11am to 12.30pm, art zone, 1.30pm to 3.30pm; free indoor athletics, 1.30pm to 3pm; toddler time for under-fives, 1pm to 3pm.
Friday: Splash Active, 11am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3pm; Girls' football, 11am to 12.30pm; Football, 1.30pm to 3pm; Keepy-ups competition, 1.30pm to 3pm. All activities at Sunnydale Leisure Centre.
Today to Friday: Swimming crash course for over-fours, 9am to 10.30am, £12 for the week, call (01388) 815627.
Monday: Fitness challenge for 14 to 16-year-olds, 10am to 11.30am, £2; art zone, 1.30pm to 3.30pm, taekwondo, 2.30pm to 4.30pm, £2; netball coaching, 4.30pm to 5.30pm.
Tuesday: Football fun, 1.30pm to 3.30pm; art zone for under-eights, 1.30pm to 3pm; dodgeball, 1.30pm to 3pm; parent and child up to five years swimming, 9.30am to 10.30am; basketball coaching, 2pm to 4pm.
Tomorrow and Thursday: Swim with Nessie obstacle course, 1pm to 2.30pm
Wednesday: Toddler time for under-fives, 10am to 11.30am, £1.85; art zone, 1.30pm to 3.30pm.
Thursday: Football fun, 1.30pm to 3.30pm; art zone for under-eights, 1.30pm to 3pm;
Friday: Girls' football, 11am to 12.30pm; Football, 1.30pm to 3pm; pool party, 6.15pm to 7.15pm. All activities at Spennymoor Leisure Centre.
Trimdon
Today to Friday: Football coaching at Community College, 1pm to 3pm.
Today: Tennis coaching at Wolsingham School and Community College. 11am to 1pm for eight to 13-year-olds, 1.30pm to 3pm for 13+.
Mini tennis at Ashcroft Playground, Stanhope, 3.30pm to 5pm.
Football and mixed sport at Frosterley, 5.30pm to 7pm, 8+ years.
Tomorrow: Netball coaching at Ashcroft playground, 10.30am to 11.30am, under-14s; Bouncy castle and face painting at Stanhope Open Air Pool, noon to 2pm; Bouncy castle and face painting at Wolsingham Recreation Ground, 2.30pm to 4.30pm; Football at Wolsingham Recreation Ground, 5pm to 6pm; under 16s Weardale Boxing Academy for over-eights at Frosterley Village Hall, 5pm to 6.30pm; Matches for over-16s at Wolsingham Recreation Ground, 6.30pm onwards.
Wednesday: Football for eight to 14-year-olds at Wearhead Recreation Ground, 10am to 11.30am; Girls' dance for eight to 13-year-olds at Stanhope Barrington School, 10am to 11.30am; Football at Rookhope School Field, noon to 1.30pm, Football for under-16s at Stanhope Barrington School, 4pm to 6pm.
Thursday: Weardale Boxing Academy for over-eights at Frosterley Village Hall, 6pm to 7.30pm.
Friday: Under-11s football at Stanhope Barrington School, 10am to noon. All activities free. Call 0776 613 3493.
West Cornforth
Tomorrow and Thursday: Free playscheme run by Cornforth Partnership at Primary School, 1.30pm to 4pm. Call (01740) 652000.
Willington
Friday: Coaching at Willington Cricket Club, 10am to noon ; under-16s football competition at Peases West sports ground, noon to 4pm.
DARLINGTON
Today: Blitz Bus in Heighington village, 7pm to 9pm.
Today: Boccia and new age curling at Dolphin Centre, under-11s 1pm to 2.30pm, over-11s 2.30pm to 4pm, £2 a session.
Wednesday: Children's guided walk looking for wildlife, 2.30pm to 4.30pm. Children must be accompanied by adults. Meet Broken Scar picnic area, Coniscliffe Road.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday: Junior Neighbourhood Watch at Hummersknott and Skerne Park schools, ages eight to 11, free. Call (01325) 246471.
Tuesday and Thursday: Youth club at Skerne Park Community Centre, 6.30pm to 8.30pm, admission 30p.
Wednesday: Skate park at rear of Hummersknott School, free.
Friday: Blitz Bus at Lascelles estate, 7pm to 9pm.
Saturday: Blitz Bus at Longfield area, from 7pm to 9pm.
Sunday: Blitz Bus at Hurworth Grange Community Centre, 7pm to 9pm.
NORTH YORKSHIRE
Arkengarthdale
Wednesday: Multi-sports at Arkengarthdale School from 10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm for eight to 14-year-olds. Cost £2.50 a session.
Barton
Tuesday: Multi-sports at Village Hall and Green from 10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm for eight to 14-year-olds. Cost £2.50 a session.
Brompton-on-Swale
Friday: Multi-sports at Community Hall from 10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm for eight to 14-year-olds. Cost £2.50 a session.
Catterick Garrison
Tuesday: Street dance workshop at Risedale Community College Sports Hall from 10am to 1pm. Call (01748) 850161.
Catterick Village
Wednesday: Climbing wall at Sports Pavilion from 10am to 4pm. Call (01748) 850161.
Colburn
Monday: Basketball from 10am to noon for over-eights, rounders, kwik cricket and football, from 1pm to 4pm, for over-eights and a youth caf, from 6pm to 9pm, for over-tens, all at sports centre and sports field. Call (01748) 850161.
Tuesday: Fitball from 10am to noon and art sessions from 1pm to 4pm, for over-eights at Sports Centre. Call (01748) 850161.
Wednesday: Cricket from 10am to noon for over-eights, gym session from 1pm to 3pm for over-eights and bingo/quiz from 6pm to 9pm, for over-tens, all at Sports Centre and Sports Field. Call (01748) 850161.
Thursday: Circuit training from 10am to noon for over-eights, ready steady cook from 1pm to 4pm for over-eights, and youth caf from 6pm to 9pm for over-tens, all at Sports Centre. Call (01748) 850161.
Friday: Hockey from 10am to noon for over-eights, production rehearsals from 1pm to 4pm, for over-eights and youth caf from 6pm to 9pm for over-tens. Call (01748) 850161.
Croft-on-Tees
Thursday: Multi-sports at Primary School from 10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm for eight to 14-year-olds. Cost £2.50 a session.
Harmby
Thursday: Multi-sports at Village Hall and Sports Field from 10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm for eight to 14-year-olds. Cost £2.50 a session.
Wednesday: Multi-sports at Market House and Football Field from 10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm for eight to 14-year-olds. Cost £2.50 a session.
Melsonby
Friday: Multi-sports at Football Field from 10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm for eight to 14-year-olds. Cost £2.50 a session.
Newsham
Tuesday: Multi-sports at Village Hall from 10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm for eight to 14-year-olds. Cost £2.50 a session.
Monday: Rugby at Richmond School for eight to 14-year-olds. Call (01748) 829100.
Monday to Friday: Summer camp from 9am to 5pm for children aged eight to 14. Cost £14 per day or £52.60 for the week. Call (01748) 824581.
TEESSIDE
Tomorrow: Make rafts from natural and recycled materials and race them down the beck at Saltburn Valley Woodland Centre at 1.30pm. Prizes for the winning designs. Cost £1. Call (01287) 622408.
Normanby
Thursday: Flatts Lane treasure trail with prizes, 1.30pm to 3.30pm. Cost £1 a child. Call (01642) 459629.
Thursday, Friday: Illyria performs Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors at Gisborough Priory. Doors open 6.30pm for 7.30pm start. Bring seats and picnic. Tickets £8.50 for adults and £5 for children and concessions.
Saltburn
Sunday: Aesop's Fables at Community Hall at 2pm. The 80-minute performance is suitable for four to 11-year-olds. Tickets £4 on (01287) 622422.
TYNE AND WEAR
Every Tuesday from tomorrow for three weeks: Washington Leisure Centre. Junior aquafit sessions for eight to 16-year-olds. Cost £1.85. Call 0191-219 3400.
Wednesday: Soccer coaching sessions at Washington Leisure Centre for five to seven-year-olds, 1pm to 2.30pm, and eight to 12-year-olds, 2.30pm to 4pm. Admission £2.50. Call 0191-219 3400.
Sunderland
Every Sunderland home game: Sunderland Football Club's Saturday Soccer Club for six to 14-year-olds. Call 0191-551 5191.
Every Thursday afternoon during school holidays: Soft play fun days at Crowtree Leisure Centre, 1pm to 3pm. For under-eights. Cost £2.50. Call 0191-553 2600.
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