Summer activities 2025
Summer is here and we have hundreds of FREE activities to keep kids and teens busy throughout the school holidays.
Scroll down for upcoming events or view the complete schedule of activities
Whether it's a photography workshop or music production lessons, swimming, canoeing, theatre or arts and crafts, there's something for everyone.
Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme
Thousands of children who are eligible for and claiming benefits-related free school meals will be able to access a free place at a holiday activity club over the school summer holiday.
Open to eligible children and young people aged 4 to 16 years, all HAF programmes include a tasty and nutritious meal, fun and engaging activities and opportunities to learn more about food and nutrition for children and their families.
Please visit our HAF page to see our full Holiday Activities and Food club listings, including booking information.
Upcoming events
- Date
- 27/08/2025 (10:30-12:30)
- Location:
- Meath Gardens Family Hub 1 Smart Street E2 0SN
- Description
- Drop In session.
- Date
- 27/08/2025 (11:45-12:45)
- Location:
- Poplar Union 2 Cotall St Poplar London E14 6TL
- Description
- Joyful dance for families with children aged 0–5 with SEND
- Date
- 27/08/2025 (12:00-15:00)
- Location:
- Mile End Children's Park Locksley street E14 7EJ
- Description
- Come along to a community activity day with sports, play, arts and crafts activities and more.
- Date
- 27/08/2025 (13:00-14:00)
- Location:
- Poplar Union 2 Cotall St Poplar London E14 6TL
- Description
- Learn new craft skills, make friends, and take projects home.
- Date
- 27/08/2025 (13:00-17:00)
- Location:
- Spotlight 30 Hay Currie St E14 6GN
- Description
- Join our friendly Spotlight Skates crew
- Date
- 27/08/2025 (14:00-15:00)
- Location:
- Meath Gardens Family Hub 1 Smart Street E2 0SN
- Description
- Free Session, Support with introducing your baby to eating Solid foods (Weaning)
- Date
- 27/08/2025 (15:00-16:00)
- Location:
- Idea Store Watney Market 260 Commercial Road London E1 2FB
- Description
- Join us at this fun workshop where we will try to build solutions with LEGO® bricks to challenges such as climate change and protecting endangered animals.
- Date
- 27/08/2025 (16:00-17:00)
- Location:
- Spotlight 30 Hay Currie St E14 6GN
- Description
- All-inclusive boxing
- Date
- 27/08/2025 (17:00-19:00)
- Location:
- Spotlight 30 Hay Currie St E14 6GN
- Description
- Basketball 3V3
- Date
- 27/08/2025 (18:00-21:00)
- Location:
- Minerva Community Centre 10 Minerva street Bethnal Green E2 9EH
- Description
- Learn how to showcase your skills, experience, and potential with expert guidance and hands-on support
- Date
- 17/06/2025 (09:00) - 31/08/2025 (19:00)
- Location:
- Vine Street EC3
- Description
- This free public exhibition invites visitors to explore the people, places, and history that have shaped Aldgate into the iconic corner of London that it is today.
- Date
- 01 (10:00) - 29/08/2025 (12:00)
- Location:
- Meath Gardens Family Hub 1 Smart Street E2 0SN
- Description
- Drop in session
- Date
- 28/08/2025 (09:30-10:30)
- Description
- Gentle yoga and bonding for pre-walking babies with SEND and their parents/carers.
- Date
- 28/08/2025 (10:00-11:30)
- Location:
- Mile End Children and Family Centre 9 Bede Square Joseph Street E3 4GY
- Description
- Come and meet other parents/cares with babies, share knowledge and stories
- Date
- 28/08/2025 (10:00-11:30)
- Location:
- Meath Gardens Family Hub 1 Smart Street E2 0SN
- Description
- Come and get active in the Garden
- Date
- 28/08/2025 (10:00-11:30)
- Location:
- Mowlem CFC Wadeson Street E2 9DL
- Description
- Drop in session
- Date
- 28/08/2025 (10:00-12:00)
- Location:
- Overland Family Hub 60 Parnell Road E3 2RU
- Description
- Come and have fun, activities for all age groups
- Date
- 28/08/2025 (11:00-12:00)
- Location:
- Bethnal Green Library Cambridge Heath Rd Bethnal Green London E2 0HL All ages
- Description
- Birth–5 children with SEND, and their families
- Date
- 28/08/2025 (12:00-13:00)
- Location:
- Poplar Union 2 Cotall St Poplar London E14 6TL
- Description
- Birth–5 children with SEND, and their families
- Date
- 28/08/2025 (13:30-15:00)
- Location:
- Marner Children and Family Centre Devas Street E3 3LL
- Description
- play session