Spring has officially sprung, and what a wonderful month we have had, celebrating our Naval Children during the Month of the Military Child!

The Month of the Military Child

 A HUGE thank you to the National Museum of the Royal Navy who very kindly gifted us tickets to the Historic Dockyard for our Month of the Military Child celebrations on 8th April; in partnership with NFF.

 Families enjoyed full access to the Dockyard as well as activities and refreshments, with the opportunity to meet a host of Charities including, RNSA, Reading Force and Aggie’s. On top of all that, there was even a lucky dip, which turned out to be big success!

 “We just wanted to say a massive thank you for a truly wonderful day at the Historic Dockyard. The activities in the NMRN event room, all the charities coming together to support and the games and treats all went down well!  Two of my children are now signed up to a National Lifesaving qualification courtesy of Swim Free and they received beautiful books from Reading Force, glitter tattoos from Aggie’s and they really loved NCC’s Lucky Dip and Jackspeak games – I couldn’t get them away! 

 **We would be very grateful if those of you who have received a feedback questionnaire about the event, could please complete and return to us by the 5th May. This helps us to continue organising free events for our families**

We still have some downloadable MotMC resource packs available to request via our website, and we will soon be offering the paper-based activities and information sheets as a downloadable resource for everyone. Please keep a look out on our website!

 https://www.navalchildrenscharity.org.uk/month-of-the-military-child/

 Purple Up! Day

Team NCC celebrated Military children and young people this April by wearing our finest purple on Purple Up! Day.

 Life Chances News

Calling all Plymouth Theatre kids, singers and dancers!

We have a new Life Changing, Life Chances opportunity with the Theatre Royal Plymouth – Young Company.

In partnership we are offering FULLY FUNDED term time opportunities for young Naval people who want to learn or develop their performance skills across a variety of theatre disciplines including Performance, Singing, Dance, Backstage and Create workshops. The Create Workshops are designed specifically for young people aged 11-18 with disabilities. 

Places are filling up fast! Please apply via our website:

https://www.navalchildrenscharity.org.uk/life-chances/

Coming Soon!!

Craft and Making workshops:with our new partner, Making Space, in Havant and offering a wide range of craft workshops. You’ll be able to have fun with pottery, jewellery making, papercraft, and Macramé (to name just a few!) and we’ll be giving you the opportunity for you to apply for up to three workshops for your child(ren).  The pinch pot workshop will let you get hands on with clay with this fun (and probably messy!) workshop. Learn how to make pinch pots which can then be decorated to your own style!

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Places are still available on some of our Sporty Stars Day Camps in Lympstone and Plymouth Marjon for the Summer holidays.

These are award winning day-camps offering a variety of multi- sports, arts & crafts and inflatable activities – all fully funded!

Check out our website for more information:

https://www.navalchildrenscharity.org.uk/life-chances/

 A massive well done to our March Tall Ships youth Trust Portsmouth Crew!

Please check out our website as we have a few spaces left on other voyages.

Go Learn

Go Learn is now LIVE!

Greenwich Hospital, in partnership with The Naval Children’s Charity, has launched a major new pilot initiative designed to strengthen educational support for children and young people from serving Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Fleet Auxiliary families.

About the Go Learn offer

The pilot will provide:

Up to 16 hours of one‑to‑one tutoring per academic year per child

Sessions tailored to GCSE/A Level, Nationals/Highers or additional learning needs

Support in core subjects only: English, Maths and Science

Flexible scheduling, including after‑school, in‑school, weekends and holidays

UK‑wide access, including families posted overseas but following UK curricula

Our wonderful team of Triage Caseworkers (Education) will serve as the first point of contact for families.

For further information visit our website:  https://www.navalchildrenscharity.org.uk/go-learn-free-one-to-one-online-tutoring-for-royal-navy-royal-marines-and-royal-fleet-auxiliary-families/

 or email [email protected]