Youth Centre Holiday Program

Cockburn Youth Centre's Holiday Program is packed with social, recreational and educational programs for young people aged 10-17.

Find our Summer holiday program below. To book into programs, you can come into the Centre or call us on 08 9411 3888.

Date	Activity	Time	Cost
Monday 21 December	Crafty Christmas Learn how to wrap presents, write cards or make a small gift for Christmas Day.	midday-4pm	FREE
Tuesday 22 December	Crafty Christmas Learn how to wrap presents, write cards or make a small gift for Christmas Day.	midday-4pm	FREE
Wednesday 23 December	Crafty Christmas Learn how to wrap presents, write cards or make a small gift for Christmas Day.	midday-4pm	FREE
Thursday 24 December	Christmas Eve Pavlova-Off The age old quest to create the best Pavlova is on!	midday-2pm	FREE
Monday 4 January	Mindful Mondays Join Aidan and start the week with relaxing activities like rock stacking, balancing and more.	2-4pm	FREE
Tuesday 5 January	Drama Incubator Rehearsal	10am-midday	FREE
Tuesday 5 January	Smash Bros Tournament Have a SMASHING time against your friends with our Smash Bros Competition. A new competition prize has appeared! ​Open to all skill levels in a Round Robin format!	11am-3pm	$5
Tuesday 5 January	Florescence Art and Wellbeing Workshop (Ages 10-14) Take some time out for yourself, get creative, and relax into the healing nature of flowers. Connect with your inner wildflower and celebrate your uniqueness, in a confidential and non-judgmental space. Art mediums include watercolours, sculpture, collage, nature mandalas and more!	midday-2pm	FREE
Tuesday 5 January	Advanced Drama Academy Rehearsal	1-4pm	FREE
Wednesday 6 January	Drama Incubator Rehearsal	10am-midday	FREE
Wednesday 6 January	Hero Foundry Grab your dice and forge your hero for our Pathfinder 2e Holiday trilogy. Learn the basics of how to play this awesome tabletop RPG with the CYC Game Master and prepare to dive into our Wednesday three-part holiday RPG adventure The Slithering.	10am-3pm	$8
Wednesday 6 January	Advanced Drama Academy Rehearsal	1-4pm	FREE
Thursday 7 January	Through the Breach RPG Journey to the Wyrd West as a group of fated adventurers attend a science expo in order to witness the next great wonder of the world, but instead find more than a few small problems to deal with.	10am-3pm	$8
Thursday 7 January	Advanced Drama Academy Rehearsal	1-4pm	FREE
Thursday 7 January	Florescence Art and Wellbeing Workshop (ages 15-24) Take some time out for yourself, get creative, and relax into the healing nature of flowers. Connect with your inner wildflower and celebrate your uniqueness, in a confidential and non-judgmental space. Art mediums include watercolours, sculpture, collage, nature mandalas and more!	3-5pm	FREE
Friday 8 January	Drama Incubator Rehearsal	10am-midday	FREE
Friday 8 January	Cockburn Trails Bike Hike Discover Cockburn by bike. Use your own or one of ours. Bring a helmet, water bottle, snacks and riding skills. Weather permitting.	1-4pm	$5
Friday 8 January	Advanced Drama Academy Rehearsal	1-4pm	FREE
Saturday 8 January	Tabletop Guild!   Dice! Cards! Meeples! What more can you ask for? Games such as Ultimate Werewolf, Rising Sun, Dead of Winter and many more are going to be played!	midday-4pm	FREE
Monday 11 January	Drama Incubator Rehearsal	10am-midday	FREE
Monday 11 January	Advanced Drama Academy Rehearsal	1-4pm	FREE
Monday 11 January	Mindful Mondays Join Aidan and start the week with relaxing activities like rock stacking, balancing and more.	2-4pm	FREE
Monday 11 January	Darts Junior Darts Practice. Beginners welcome.	3-5.30pm	FREE
Tuesday 12 January	Drama Incubator Rehearsal	10am-midday	FREE
Tuesday 12 January	Smash Bros Tournament Have a SMASHING time against your friends with our Smash Bros Competition. A new competition prize has appeared! ​Open to all skill levels in a Round Robin format!	11am-3pm	$5
Tuesday 12 January	Florescence Art and Wellbeing Workshop (ages 10-14)          Take some time out for yourself, get creative, and relax into the healing nature of flowers. Connect with your inner wildflower and celebrate your uniqueness, in a confidential and non-judgmental space. Art mediums include watercolours, sculpture, collage, nature mandalas and more!	midday-2pm	FREE
Tuesday 12 January	Advanced Drama Academy Rehearsal	1-4pm	FREE
Wednesday 13 January	The Slithering Part 1 “Tracing the Curse” - Save the city of Kibwe from a terrifying curse turning humans into malevolent oozes. Join our band of heroes as they uncover the secret behind the deadly curse known as the slithering. A Pathfinder 2nd ed. Adventure for 5th level non-human characters	10am-3pm	$8
Thursday 14 January	Drama Incubator Rehearsal	10am-3pm	FREE
Thursday 14 January	Advanced Drama Academy Rehearsal	10am-3pm	FREE
Thursday 14 January	Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition We return to the hallowed halls of the Cinderfang Academy as our students of magic and might find an unexpected guest arriving on school grounds. Will they find their elusive quarry or will a terrible fate meet our beloved school? Join us for Part 1 of this level 3 D&D 5th ed. adventure.	10am-3pm	$8
Thursday 14 January	Florescence Art and Wellbeing Workshop (ages 15-24) Take some time out for yourself, get creative, and relax into the healing nature of flowers. Connect with your inner wildflower and celebrate your uniqueness, in a confidential and non-judgmental space. Art mediums include watercolours, sculpture, collage, nature mandalas and more!	3-5pm	FREE
Friday 15 January	Circus Workshop Join us for a fantastic skills workshop with the world famous Ricochet circus.	1-3pm	$5
Friday 15 January	Free BBQ for members	1pm	FREE
Monday 18 January	Krav Ma Ga Self-defence seminar for girls	10-midday	FREE
Monday 18 January	Krav Ma Ga Self-defence seminar for boys	midday-2pm	FREE
Monday 18 January	Darts Junior Darts Practice. Beginners welcome.	3-5.30pm	FREE
Tuesday 19 January	Mario Kart 8 Tourney Race away with GREAT prizes with our competitive Mario Kart competition! Compete with friends across all the favourite tracks of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Nintendo Switch. Open to all skill levels in a Round Robin format!	11-3pm	$5
Tuesday 19 January	Florescence Art and Wellbeing Workshop (ages 10-14) Take some time out for yourself, get creative, and relax into the healing nature of flowers. Connect with your inner wildflower and celebrate your uniqueness, in a confidential and non-judgmental space. Art mediums include watercolours, sculpture, collage, nature mandalas and more!	FREE	midday-2pm
Wednesday 20 January	Keys 4 Life (bookings essential) Keys 4 Life is an evidence based, comprehensive pre-driver education program that gives young people with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to be safer and informed road users. Participants who pass the test will receive a Learner’s Permit Exemption Certificate, recognised by the Department of Transport.	9.30am-2.30pm	FREE
Wednesday 20 January	The Slithering Part 2   “Journey to Holy Xatramba” – Plunge into the darkest jungles of the Mwangi Expanse to recover an ancient relic to save the people of Kibwe from a friend-ridden city. A Pathfinder 2nd ed. Adventure for 6th level non-human characters.	10am-3pm	$8
Thursday 21 January	Keys 4 Life (bookings essential)  Keys 4 Life is a comprehensive, evidence based pre-driver education program that gives young people with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to be safer and informed road users. Participants who pass the test will receive a Learner’s Permit Exemption Certificate, recognised by the Department of Transport.	9.30am-2.30pm	FREE
Thursday 21 January	Maximum Apocalypse The weather is frightful as a frigid storm-front has iced over most of the southern hemisphere. Join the last survivors of humanity as they try to outrun both the cold and the creatures that howl beneath the snow. A ‘Maximum Apocalypse’ RPG adventure.	10am-3pm	$8
Thursday 21 January	Florescence Art and Wellbeing Workshop (ages 15-24) Take some time out for yourself, get creative, and relax into the healing nature of flowers. Connect with your inner wildflower and celebrate your uniqueness, in a confidential and non-judgmental space. Art mediums include watercolours, sculpture, collage, nature mandalas and more!	3-5pm	FREE
Friday 22 January	Laser Corps Players using our safe combat military simulation system fire a harmless infrared beam to try to eliminate opposing players. No projectiles are fired.  It’s like playing in a live computer game, only OUTDOORS!	midday-4pm	$5
Saturday 23 January	Tabletop Guild! Dice! Cards! Meeples! What more can you ask for? Games such as Ultimate Werewolf, Rising Sun, Dead of Winter and many more are going to be played!	midday-4pm	FREE
Monday 25 January	Mindful Mondays Join Aidan and start the week with relaxing activities like rock stacking, balancing and more.	2-4pm	FREE
Tuesday 26 January	Public Holiday. Centre closed
Wednesday 27 January	The Slithering Part 3 “Against the Aspis” – Our heroes must journey to the archives of Kibwe that has been overtaken by the evil agents of the Aspis Consortium. Will they be able to rid the city of the curse once and for all? A Pathfinder 2nd ed. Adventure for 7th level non-human characters.	10am-3pm	FREE
Wednesday 27 January	Florescence Art and Wellbeing Workshop (ages 10-14) Take some time out for yourself, get creative, and relax into the healing nature of flowers. Connect with your inner wildflower and celebrate your uniqueness, in a confidential and non-judgmental space. Art mediums include watercolours, sculpture, collage, nature mandalas and more!	midday-2pm	FREE
Thursday 28 January	Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition The students of Cinderfang Academy are sent on a mission of peace to the dreaded isle of Eclipse, there they must meet with the mysterious Obsidian Sage to try and establish a new off-site campus. Join us for Part 2 of this level 3 D&D 5th ed. adventure.	10am-3pm	$8
Thursday 28 January	Florescence Art and Wellbeing Workshop (ages 15-24)  Take some time out for yourself, get creative, and relax into the healing nature of flowers. Connect with your inner wildflower and celebrate your uniqueness, in a confidential and non-judgmental space. Art mediums include watercolours, sculpture, collage, nature mandalas and more!	3-5pm	FREE
Friday 29 January	Dodgeball play-off Can you create a team and win it all??	midday-4pm	FREE
Saturday 30 January	Tabletop Guild! Dice! Cards! Meeples! What more can you ask for? Games such as Ultimate Werewolf, Rising Sun, Dead of Winter and many more are going to be played!	midday-4	FREE

 

Age and Programs

The Cockburn Youth Centre is open to young people aged 10–24 (the month they turn 10 but not earlier). 
Holiday programs, part from the Youth Diversity Inc. programs, are you 10–17 year olds. 

Memberships

Our Youth Centre memberships are free but are mandatory for anyone using the Centre. You can become a member by filling out a membership form in person at the Youth Centre or complete the below form.

Complete Youth Centre Membership Form

 

Program Bookings

For programs with a cost, bookings can be made in person at the Youth Centre or by calling 9411 3888.
Spaces may be limited and we recommend calling ahead and checking if spaces are available. If you are experiencing financial hardship, speak to a staff member and we can work something out for you. 
 

Personal Belongings and Food

During the school holidays we may provide lunch; however it is best to come prepared. We have a fridge and secure lockers for storing personal belongings. Each person must be responsible for their own belongings.
 

Hang Out

Our free program and hangout spaces are open to everyone. Equipment incudes X-box, PlayStation, pool table, ping pong, slackline and Foozball.
 

Program rules

Please abide by the following rules and do not:

• Behave or speak in a racist or sexist manner
• Verbally abuse or threaten anyone
• Behave in a violent or aggressive way
• Carry any weapons at any time
• Deliberately damage any property
• Take any drugs, drink or smoke. Please note that anyone under the influence of drugs or alcohol will not be allowed to attend

You may be removed from the Youth Centre if you breach the rules. 
 

More Information

For more information about our programs and events, call the Cockburn Youth Centre on 08 9411 3888 or email us.

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