Cumulus Outdoors Supports Summer in Dorset Programme
August 12th, 2021
Cumulus Outdoors is supporting Dorset Council by helping children and young people enjoy a happy and healthy school break this summer.
Cumulus Outdoors is supporting Dorset Council by helping children and young people enjoy a happy and healthy school break this summer.
We’re delighted to be part of the Summer in Dorset initiative, which has been designed to bring high-quality, accessible and affordable holiday activities to families across Dorset. Over the course of the school holidays we’ve delivered an exciting activity programme which has included team games, coasteering, tag archery and climbing.
Nutritious and tasty food
The Summer in Dorset programme is funded from the Department of Education’s Holiday Activity and Food programme. This funding provides free activities for children who receive benefit-related free school meals. All participants that take part in the programme receive a nutritious, tasty and balanced meal during the session.
Summer in Dorset programme
More than 50 locations are offering a total 18,000 funded places and thousands of families who receive free school meals have already signed up. Summer in Dorset also benefits the wider community as the majority of activities are also available for fee-paying families, with sessions suitable for a wide variety of abilities and ages
Cllr Andrew Parry, Dorset Council Portfolio Holder for Children, Education and Early Help said:
‘Yet again I’m delighted that we are able to offer such a fun and vibrant collection of activities to our families. We take some of the pressure off many parents, so they can also make the most of the summer holidays.’
Cumulus Outdoors MD Sam Thompson said:
‘We are delighted to be part of such a beneficial programme and we are thoroughly enjoying seeing the children having so much fun with the range of activities in and around our residential centre”