Youth Club Trip to see Dirty Dancing
Dragon Hall Youth Club are part of the ‘Time of Your Life Dance Academy’ and receive street dance training by Dancers from Sadlers Wells, funded by London Youth. As a treat the young people were invited to see the hit show ‘Dirty Dancing’ for free!
Showing at the Aldwich Theatre our young people met up with other groups who are also part of the programme. For some this was the first time they had been into a theatre to see a show. Many of the …

Children´s Drop In Centre at Dragon Hall
The Under 5s Drop In is being refurbished and moved to the Main Hall! There will be a re-launch session on Friday 18th June 2010 – come along to see the improvements, new toys and activities!
The Drop In will then be open during term time

Thursdays from 12:30pm to 3:00pm
Friday mornings from 9:30am to 12:30pm

The sessions will be in our large Main Hall so there will be loads more space to run around and have fun!
For more information ring 020 7404 7274 or email info@dragonhall.org.uk

The …

Street Dance at Dragon Hall
Thursdays from 5pm to 6pm.
Street Dance Back by popular demand! With Teachers from Sadlers Wells and supported by London Youth, Dragon Hall is very pleased to have a new course of street dance available to all young people aged 8 upwards.
To reserve your place please call 020 7404 7274 or email info@dragonhall.org.uk

Easter 2010 Playscheme Report
by Jasmine Roynon
A very successful and fruitful Easter Playscheme helped by our new Neighbours in Business ‘The Metro bank’. We were lucky enough to have 4 volunteers come in every Wednesday and support the young people in any shape or form.
Apart from our usual mix of indoor sports like table tennis, pool and play station comp we tried something totally new and different this time. We introduced singing and acting to the playscheme loosely based on Oliver the musical. One of our parents gave up her …

After School Club at Dragon Hall
We are launching our new after school club, every Friday during term time starting on the 23rd April 2010. The club will start at 3:30pm and go on to 6:30pm.
The club is for ages 8 to 11.
We have planned an exciting programme

Homework hour
Arts and Crafts time
Physical Activities

All these activities are FREE!!
Contact us to register your interest.
Places are limited so early booking is essential to get a place!
020 7404 7274
or email editor@dragonhall.org.uk
Whats happening!
23 April
3:30pm Homework Club
4:30pm Glass Painting
5:30pm Games and Play
30 April
3:30pm Homework Club
4:30pm Canvas …

Are you over 18?
Would you like to gain experience working with children & young people aged 8-12yrs?
Then why don’t you volunteer at our holiday play schemes? We run them every school holiday throughout the year. We try to make sure that everyone has lots of fun and gets the chance to learn new things & go to new places.
The dates when we need people are:

5th to 16th April
31st May to 7th June
5th August – 9th August
12th August – 16th August
19th August – 26th August
30th August.

This is a fantastic …

Non Contact Boxing at Dragon Hall
with former WBO champion Jason ‘the method man’ Matthews!
Every Friday from 8pm to 10pm at Dragon Hall.
What is non contact boxing?
The first impression people have with this sport is they will have to get in the ring and hit people. In reality, that is not true. Some people, when they take up the sport, are indeed training to be boxers. However, there are a growing number of new people who are taking up the sport for the health related benefits. So, we need to get …

From 29th January 2010 we will be starting Street Dance Workshops given by Sadlers Wells and supported by London Youth. The sessions will be on Fridays from 5:15pm to 6:15pm. The workshops are for ages 8 to 12 years. Places are limited so if you would like to join in please email or call to put your name down.

The girls club celebrated the success of the first new term at Dragon Hall with a party, cakes and drinks. And all the girls received awards for participation in this new project! If you want to join the girls club you must be between the age of 8 to 12. In the new year we are planning a very exciting arts and crafts workshop in partnership with Transport for London Museum in which girls will get instruction on making handbags for themselves – this is a four week course.
If you …

What did the Keyfund offer you?
Meet new people
Do something that we don’t really often do
Giving us access to money that we normally wouldn’t get
Getting to know the youth workers better
What were your experiences going through the process?
It was fun
It was rewarding
The paper work was a bit hard
We learnt a lot of new things
It allowed us to feel like young people
What are you going to do next with the help of the Keyfund?
Where are thinking about a gym project to help with our fitness
And we are in the process …