Charity launches fun workshops for children in Wolverhampton
A charity has launched fun workshops for vulnerable children amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Base 25, which operates in Wolverhampton, began holding the activity sessions in some of the city's parks last week.
Youngsters have enjoyed taking part in things like soft archery, magnet fishing and art workshops - all with social-distancing in place.
Alan Jarvis, manager at the charity, said: "This is to get young people involved in something throughout the summer.
"I suppose the main difference from last year is, where we were having 40 to 50 people taking part in these activities, because of social-distancing guidelines, we have had to cut it down to 15 participants on each activity.
"What we have tried to do this summer is double the amount of activities - but they are a smaller scale activities - so we can try and get as many people involved as we possibly can."
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Mr Jarvis said 30 people turned up to take part in soft archery at East Park on Wednesday, meaning the charity has had to organise another event.
He continued: "Kids have been locked up for so long. It has got to be said, in terms of adhering to the pandemic, it seems the young people have done a lot better than the adults.
"I think it is nice to see young people out enjoying themselves and it is nice to see young families take part in our activities as well."
The charity has been working throughout the pandemic to help support some of the city's most vulnerable youngsters.
Food parcels have been delivered to children while online activities have been held on the internet.
Mr Jarvis added: "Since lockdown, we have been running a detached programme - street-based youth work - contacting young people and vulnerable who are on their own, and a lot of young people where home isn't a safe place to be.
"We have been delivering food parcels and activity packs to take place on our twice weekly drop-ins, which are done online, so we have kept those activities going."
