Earlier this month, the Scottish Government published 'Summer Holiday Childcare and Food: Celebrating Good Practice Case studies from Summer 2022' featuring Renfrewshire Council's 2022 summer programme in partnership with Street Stuff.
School holiday clubs are nothing new in the Renfrewshire Council area. However, this year the council wanted to use funding received from the Scottish Government to extend the reach of existing programmes and target more youngsters from priority family groups.
The 2022 Summer Programme was led by Renfrewshire Council's Community Learning and Development Service in collaboration with Youth Services, Adult and Family Learning and the Street Stuff Partnership. Street Stuff is a partnership between Renfrewshire Council, St Mirren Football Club, Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue and Engage Renfrewshire.
To ensure that the planning of the summer programme ran smoothly, Street Stuff and the council teams began discussing ideas at the start of the year and worked closely throughout until delivery. Starting the planning process this far in advance, enabled staff to learn about the partnership as well as forging and building relationships.
A considerable challenge for the scheme involved a lack of staffing in council venues. Street Stuff were ambitious in their approach, planning to run holiday programmes at six different locations across the council area. They were forced to rethink their strategy. To ensure that none of the targeted communities lost out, the decision was taken to stagger services and run part-time instead.
Providing a hot meal for participants was a key part of the holiday programme. However, the difficulty was finding suitable amenities for making meals. The best solution was to use school kitchens but managing to gain access to kitchens outwith contracted hours presented a problem. The resolution involved the Council working closely with Amey, which delivers facilities services for schools in the region. The Council negotiated with Amey to gain access to kitchens outwith hours. These negotiations were successful and the Council were able to provide hot meals and packed lunches for day trips.
Despite these difficulties faced by the programme, the partners overcame obstacles by building on their collaboration with existing partners and successfully developing and cementing new partnerships leading to another fantastic summer holiday programme.
Street Stuff Festive Timetable
Thursday 22nd December 2022 – 6:30pm-9:30pm
Gallowhill Community Centre (Youth Bus)
Shortroods (Youth Bus)
Foxbar Youth Drop In
Thursday 22nd December 2022 – 6:30pm-9:30pm
Gallowhill Community Centre (Youth Bus)
Shortroods (Youth Bus)
Foxbar Youth Drop In
Friday 23rd December 2022 - 6:30pm-9:30pm
Bargarran Square (Youth Bus)
Foxbar Youth Drop In
Saturday 24th December 2022 - 11:30am-2:30pm
St Mirren v Aberdeen (Young People trip to SMiSA Stadium)
Sunday 25th December 2022
Christmas Day/No Activities
Monday 26th December 2022 - 6:30pm-8:30pm
Our Lady of Peace (Youth Bus)
Shortroods (Youth Bus)
Tuesday 27th December 2022 – 6:30pm-9:30pm
McMaster Centre (Football)
Gallowhill Community Centre (Youth Bus)
Wednesday 28th December 2022 – 6:30pm-9:30pm
Glenburn Community Centre (Youth bus)
Thursday 29th December 2022 – 6:30pm-9:30pm
Gallowhill Community Centre (Youth Bus)
Shortroods (Youth Bus)
Foxbar Youth Drop In
Friday 30th December 2022 – 6:30pm-9:30pm
Bargarran Square (Youth Bus)
Morar Drive (Youth Bus)
Saturday 31st December 2022 - 12noon-5:00pm
Our Lady of Peace PS (Youth Bus)
McMaster Centre (Youth Bus)
Sunday 1st January 2023
New Year’s Day/No Activities
Monday 2nd January 2023 - 6:30pm-8:30pm
Our Lady of Peace PS (Youth Bus)
Shortroods (Youth Bus)
Tuesday 3rd January 2023 - 6:30pm-9:30pm
McMaster Centre (Football)
Gallowhill Community Centre (Youth Bus)
Wednesday 4th January 2023 6:30pm-9pm
Glenburn Community Centre (Youth Bus)
Planned trips
Saturday 24th December (St Mirren v Aberdeen)
Tuesday 27th December (TBC)
Thursday 29th December (TBC)
Saturday 31st December (TBC)
Tuesday 3rd January (TBC)
Wednesday 4th January (TBC)
Food Provision
Thursday 22nd December – Renfrewshire Council
Friday 23rd December – Renfrewshire Council
Saturday 24th December – St Mirren FC (Pie Sports)
Monday 26th December – Treat Night (McDonalds or KFC)
Tuesday 27th December – Treat Night (McDonalds or KFC or Pizza
Wednesday 28th December – Renfrewshire Council
Thursday 29th December – Renfrewshire Council
Friday 30th December – Renfrewshire Council
Saturday 31st December – Treat day (McDonalds/KFC/Pizza)
Monday 2nd January – Treat night (McDonalds/KFC/Pizza)
Tuesday 3rd January – Treat Night (McDonalds/KFC/Pizza)
Wednesday 4th January – Treat Night (McDonalds/KFC/Pizza)
