Children of families supported by Action for Children’s NPT Swansea community short breaks and positive outcome play services (POPS) have enjoyed a well-deserved break at Llangrannog’s Urdd Gobaith Cymru holiday camp.
The Covid-19 pandemic has greatly inhibited many children so as lockdown has been gradually eased the team have been increasingly able to get their children and young people back out in the fresh air, having fun with a variety of activities.
At Llangrannog, the children enjoyed tobogganing, go-carting, horse riding and taking turns on the zip-wire as well as beach walks along the Ceredigion coast.
Daniel, (15) from Port Talbot said: ‘I enjoyed the go-carting with my brothers even though they were slow. During lockdown, I’ve spent a lot of time in my room so its been really good to get out. I’ve been here before but there have been a lot of changes and it’s great fun.’
His brother, Madoc, (8) added: ‘If it was up to me, from one to a hundred, the go-carting and tobogganing would both be a hundred. I’ve had so much fun I’d rate it as a thousand!’
Caroline Lewis, practice manager for NPT Swansea Community Short Breaks said: ‘With Covid, it’s been very difficult to get the children to do things and we’ve been dependent on the weather too. Children need access to activities to improve their life skills so it’s been really important to get out in the fresh air and have new experiences. In the Covid lockdown, they’ve had a lot of time confined to home so to build that energy and to release that energy improves their behaviour and homelife too.
‘It’s been absolutely fantastic to get back to Llangrannog as we didn’t think we’d be able to get to this stage. It’s really nice to see how much the children have developed. We also had a day trip here last week and the parents had never seen them so tired because they could get rid of that energy. The amount the parents said they got out of it was unbelievable. Any new experience is important but after being confined for so long, it’s been life-changing for them.’
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