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 …

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.

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 …

On Friday 6th Nov, Dragon Hall hosted the official launch of the Keyfund in association with London Youth. This fund put the control of young people’s services directly in their own hands. The event was sold out, attended by a wide range of people including no less than five London Mayors. 11 young people from Dragon Hall presented 3 funding ideas to a panel of Keyfund facilitators.
The Keyfund helps groups of young people recognise and develop transferable skills whilst at the same time accessing up to £3,750 to spend on …

The October half term Playscheme at Dragon Hall was sold out and with a waiting list of eager young people who wanted to take part!
Thanks to the Playscheme Co-ordinator Jasmine Roynon and Fathia Abdulrahman (other playscheme worker) for working tirelessly to improve the holiday programmes. They were supported by Junel Ahmed, Samiur Rahman (both senior volunteers) and Jacob
Activities included a trip to the Clink Museum and the Transport Museum, bowling and football, a street dance session and the halloween party.
The next Playscheme is from Feb 15th to 19th 2010, 10am …