Here Comes The Summer (programme)!

Summer is nearly over, however it is questionable if we actually had one in the first place! The kids are back at school and so we say a sad goodbye to our 2011 Summer Programme at With Kids. We had an action packed 4 weeks of activities, trips and events for our families to ensure that summer breezed by effortlessly. The kids and everyone involved had fantastic days out at Kelburne Country Park, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Pollok Park and Millport when we were lucky enough to be joined by some Scottish sunshine (who'd have thought it!). We joined the Glasgow Science Center for their 10th Birthday celebrations, where there was so much to do that it took us 3 hours just to get up the stairs!

We've also had some great days in with our Cinema Club and arts/games days where we made clay models and puppets, played games and ate loads of popcorn. We finished our Summer Programme with a party at Calton Fire Station where the kids got to have a go of the Fire Fighters equipment as well as making balloon models, they had their faces painted and we even cranked up the karaoke for some disco diva singing - and some very bad singing on the side of the staff.  We are naming no names but you know who you are.

We'd like to say a massive thank you to everyone that helped, assisted and supported us. And of course to our lovely families without whom there would be no Summer Programme. We have added some photos from the Summer Programme to our facebook page, so take a minute to take a look at all the fun we had!

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Secret East End venue that hosts the most important cinema night in Scotland

If today’s cinema goer is use to Multiplexes and the proud presentations at the start of movies that boast of the latest technology in sound and vision they might be surprised to hear about a rather unusual cinema hidden away in the East End of Glasgow, that offers a very low-tech viewing of movies.

It’s exactly one year since the East End charity With Kids opened the doors for their weekly cinema club. The idea was to reach out to families who struggle to afford to go to the cinema and for just £1 a family can watch a movie together in a basement at the With Kids offices.

For With Kids this is just one part of their intervention programme that reaches out to some of the poorest families in Scotland. These cinema nights help to bring families together and also encourage them to reach out to other families which has in turn has developed a strong support network

The cinema nights are voluntary but incredibly popular in the community and have resulted in several spin offs including an animation workshop for children at Wellshot Primary. The children on this workshop wrote, story boarded, produced and directed an animation film that has been made into a DVD.

With Kids is a very special charity designed to break the cycle of children growing up without the opportunity to go into work or extended study. This cinema night has shown that movies can bring people together and build and unite communities.



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