After Schools Summer 2021 - Remember That?

Invigorating, fun, rewarding, enjoyable were some of the words used by volunteers to describe their experience this year at The Club’s Summer Project.

While Summer feels like a long time ago we always like to look back and mark the great times we had.

The trips over the 6 weeks in July and August 2021 ranged from education to pure adventure! We had perfect beach weather for our trip to Howth and Sports day the first week. Topped off with ice creams for all!

Curiosity was sparked at Dublin zoo as the children discovered some animals for the first time. EPIC museum gave the children an insight into Irish history. We also had more of this at Croke park stadium, and Dublinia.

Kildare maze was a challenge as well as rock climbing. The children showed resilience in persevering even when it got tough. All the hard work of hiking up mountains was usually met with awe at the tiny city below us.

Finally, we got to lounge back and take a breather at the cinema to see Space Jam in week 4!

Newbridge farm was a learning experience where children got to see the source of food products and enjoy the animals. 

We had a bit of rain at Clara Lara on week 3 which just meant we could fully immerse ourselves in the water on the slides and in the kayaks.

Days often ended up with heads flopping and snoozing on the bus on the way home.

Fort Lucan, a new experience this year was the all round favourite and finale in the final week.

“I had so much fun in Fort Lucan, I’m so happy that we got to go. Hopefully we can go next year.”

Finally, a massive thank you to our incredible team of volunteers. Many who joined the team just for the summer. We couldn’t have done it without you!

I really enjoyed chatting to the children every day and getting to know their different personalities as they warmed to the volunteers