Holiday fun for South Wairarapa teens

Alan Maxwell, South Wairarapa Anglican Parish youth worker, designed a school holiday programme for teens as there was not a lot on offer in the region for that age group during school holidays.

Featherston youth worker Alan Maxwell is running a school holiday programme for Year 9 and older children, which starts today.

Mr Maxwell, South Wairarapa Anglican Parish youth worker, designed the programme because there was not a lot on offer in South Wairarapa for youth during the school break.

"There's always been catering for 5-12 year olds and not for teenagers, so I was just plugging a gap," he said.

The free holiday programme will be held this week and next, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am to noon.

Tuesdays will be a cooking workshop run from Featherston School, where teenagers will learn to prepare, cook and then get to eat a meal.

Thursdays will be a multi-sports day at the Featherston Stadium, where there will be a barbecue lunch provided.

To attend next Tuesday's cooking workshop, contact Alan on 027 809 2615 by 5pm next Monday. Register on the day for multi-sports Thursdays.