Holiday activities
May half-term 2026
We are running two free holiday youth club sessions for ages 5-11 on Wednesday 27th May. Choose either a morning or afternoon session. Fun activities and a hot lunch are included. Sign up here:
Easter holidays 2026
Join RHJYC and local artist Mani for a fun community art event at The Oval, Rose Hill!
We will be spray painting the shutters on the corner shop on The Oval on Wednesday, 8th April, between 11am and 2pm.
Come along and get involved, plus sow some sunflower seeds to take home! 
There will also be free sandwiches and refreshments 
This is a drop-in event; everyone is welcome. Small children must be accompanied by an adult.
Wear old clothes! 
Supported by Oxford City Council (Cllr Ed Turner), The National Lottery Community Fund, and Oxfordshire Community Foundation
Free pizza-making session for ages 11+ at Rose Hill Community Centre!
Thursday 2nd April, 12pm – 2pm, sign up below:
Supported by Good Food Oxford, Oxfordshire County Council, and The National Lottery Community Fund.
October half-term 2025
Want to be part of a youth film crew, learn new skills and have fun?
Sign up for our free filmmaking club, and help us capture our wonderful Creative Lights Festival activities!
Monday 27th – Wednesday 29th October, 10am-3pm, with lunch included!
Click the button below to sign up. Places are limited:
Free activities for families
Monday 27th October, 11am-2pm
– Make insect-inspired prints with Helen Edwards 
– Make your own small lantern! 
– Build our feature lantern, a giant moth, with Mani! 
– Design a mural, make a badge and other crafts with RHILC 
– Balloon modelling with Jodie! 
Tuesday 28th October, 11am-2pm
– Make a bug headdress with Groovy Su! 
– Make your own small lantern!
– Build our feature lantern, a giant moth, with Mani!
– Arts and crafts with RHILC
Summer holidays – 2024
Funded & supported by EMBS, Oxford City Council and Well Together.
97 children joined us during the summer holidays for lots of fun activities including, arts and crafts, outdoor play, games, LEGO, animation, sports, cooking and more!
A big thanks to Oxford Brookes for also arranging an indoor climbing session for our young people!
Summer holidays – 2023
Funded & supported by EMBS, Oxford City Council, Oxfordshire Cricket Association (Dynamos), Film Oxford + The National Lottery Community Fund, The Henry Smith Charity, the Dragon School Oxford, Feltham Construction and Naturehood.
Over 100 children and young people attended our free summer holiday provision during August. We provided a film club, cricket club, sports, arts and crafts, cooking, nature activities and free play activities, with healthy snacks and a hot lunch. We also took families to Bournemouth beach!
Read our full report and view our video below:
Summer holidays – 2022
Funded & supported by EMBS, Oxfordshire Cricket Association (All Stars) and Oxford City Council.
Over 125 children and young people attended our free summer holiday provision during August. We provided sports, arts and crafts, cooking and free play activities, with healthy snacks and a hot lunch.
Read our full report and view our gallery below:
“Highly recommended to others, very grateful for this provision being provided over the summer.”
– Parent
“I enjoyed playing with other children. I want to come every day.”
– Child
Easter 2021 activities – Play:Full
Funded by Good Food Oxford
Read, steady cook – Food boxes
During this two week holiday, families received two home-delivered boxes containing simple, fun and engaging cooking and baking activities. Our team pre-measured the ingredients and made recipe cards and video tutorials for each dish, so that families could easily follow along. We also included a bag of surplus fruit and vegetables from Oxford Food Hub, with each delivery.
“My 11 year old son, who has Autism, made the pizza recipe and with the ingredients you kindly sent, he had a lot of fun making it. He was tasting the vegetables while making it which was a huge achievement for him as he is limited in what he eats. A very big thank you for your generosity.”
– Parent
“I learned new ways to eat easily and cheaply by following the video step by step. We loved the frittata and the children enjoyed the pancake with strawberries. Thank you for helping us to use healthy food in such a practical and tasty way.”
– Parent
“The fruit recipes were amazing and my daughter who doesn’t eat fruits enjoyed it. We are not from the UK and were able to make such lovely dishes. Thanks a lot for the support during COVID and Easter holiday season .”
– Parent
Allotment activities
We invited children to our allotment where they did activities such as moving soil, preparing raised beds, planting strawberries and flowers, decorating signs and suncatchers. When we returned to the community centre, we made our own fruit salad pots and the children were given their own strawberry plant to take home.
Cooking activities
During the Easter holiday, we taught the children how to make pizza using tortilla wraps. The ingredients were laid out on a table and included: mushrooms, peppers, sweetcorn, tuna, tomato, veggie sauce, pineapple, onion and cheese. They were taught how to make frittata using eggs, cheese and spring onions. The group also made fruity faces using a wide variety of fruit offered and fruit crumble using muesli.
Our older girl group also took part in cooking activities by making meals they wanted to learn how to make. They prepared vegetables and chicken to make a vegetable curry and chicken biriyani. Each girl got the opportunity to chop and peel the veg, learn about the spices used and how to cook the meat. They also made spaghetti bolognese and chicken fajitas. The girls ate together after the meal was cooked and they took a takeaway container home with them with what they had made.
