Family Support

15 July 2025

Bike Right will be running some fantastic FREE bike riding courses over Summer for Year 5 &Year 6 children, called Ride to Road.

These courses aim to teach riders to be confident on the roads. They offer a range of sessions for children who are new to riding a bike, mixed ability and confident riders. Each session will last for 1hr 45 minutes each day, spread over 5 days. And they are FREE to register your child!

Courses will be held at Wythenshawe Park (South Manchester) and Boggart Whole Clough (in north Manchester, 4 miles from Unity).

To find out more and sign up, visit the BikeRight website

Parktastic Summer 2025!

There are some amazing FREE children’s events happening in parks across Manchester- including in North Manchester (Cheetham and Crumpsall).

It is a great programme for children to have fun and play outdoors in the sun over their summer holidays. Scan the QR code to find out more information about free events that are taking place in local parks, or visit Parktastic – Child Friendly City Manchester

School holidays are coming!

And there are thousands of FREE places for children’s activities over the school holidays through MCRActive! PLUS each booked session will include a FREE meal.

It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3 to get involved:
1. Register for FREE benefits-related school meals
2. Create a family ‘MCRactive Go’ account
3. Find and book your sessions on the Activity Finder.

To find out whether your child is eligible to take part, or to book activities, visit MCR ACTIVE

Manchester Libraries are inviting all children (0 – 11) to join their Summer Reading Challenge this summer. It’s a FREE and exciting way to keep children reading over the holidays!

It’s available in all Manchester Libraries from 01 July – 13 September. The theme for the Summer Reading Challenge 2025 is Story Garden.

How it works:
1. Set a reading goal
2. Read whatever they like
3. Earn stickers, rewards & even a medal / certificate

Find out more on the Manchester Libraries website. Happy reading!!