{"id":1653,"date":"2011-07-12T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79.170.44.80\/livingwithkids.co.uk\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/"},"modified":"2019-01-04T12:21:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T12:21:26","slug":"kids-sports-for-free-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids Sports For Free This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"
As the summer holidays cometh you\u2019re probably wondering how to keep the kids entertained while keeping your bank account happy. The good news is there are a number of free (yes you read that right FREE!) activities your kids can do, here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/div>\r\n
ASDA has thousands of free school holiday sessions available in a variety of sports thanks to their ASDA sporting chance<\/a>\u00a0initiative. Choose from basketball, football, martial arts, dancing, and many more. All you have to do is;<\/div>\r\n
\u2022Pick up vouchers in store<\/div>\r\n
\u2022Use the search engine to see what’s available near you.<\/div>\r\n
\u2022Book early to secure your place.<\/div>\r\n
\u2022Advance bookings can be made from now for Scotland and Northern Ireland, and from 16 July for England and Wales.<\/div>\r\n
\u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/div>\r\n
Tesco is offering football for all 5 to 11 year olds with their FA Tesco Skills programme<\/a>.<\/div>\r\n
During the holidays the programme will run across 26 counties giving kids the chance to keep fit through football. You don’t need to buy anything, just go to\u00a0http:\/\/tescoskills.thefa.com\/FindSession<\/a>\u00a0and book online in advance. Each session lasts two hours.<\/div>\r\n
Swim\u00a0 <\/strong><\/div>\r\n
You can also get free swims\u00a0courtesy of Schweppes Abbey Well water bottle tops, Mon-Fri at 400 UK pools. All 500ml\/750ml bottle tops are valid for your free swim; just take the bottle top (it should say Sch..wim on the top) to your nearest pool during the free swim sessions.<\/div>\r\n
If you live in Wales, all youngsters in Wales can swim free at local pools throughout the school holidays thanks to Sports Wales. Public leisure centres will offer at least 14 hours of free swimming per week, including a minimum of seven hours of aquatic activities such as snorkeling, life saving and water discos to under-16s.<\/div>\r\n
Anita<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Things to keep your kids busy this summer – FOR FREE!","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3502],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-great-family-life-tips","category-holidays-and-day-out-ideas"],"yoast_head":"\r\nKids Sports For Free This Summer - KidStart Magazine<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kids Sports For Free This Summer - KidStart Magazine\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Things to keep your kids busy this summer - FOR FREE!\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"KidStart Magazine\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-07-12T09:16:00+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-01-04T12:21:26+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/football.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"701\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"472\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anita\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anita\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/\",\"name\":\"Kids Sports For Free This Summer - KidStart Magazine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/football.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-12T09:16:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-04T12:21:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0f892175d96fe3714b565dc5da94471b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/football.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/football.jpg\",\"width\":701,\"height\":472},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kids Sports For Free This Summer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"KidStart Magazine\",\"description\":\"KidStart - a little help along the way\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0f892175d96fe3714b565dc5da94471b\",\"name\":\"Anita\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ed254c55b7b84fc4ac5b27299652760?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ed254c55b7b84fc4ac5b27299652760?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Anita\"},\"description\":\"I\u2019m Anita, a mum to two under 5s, a blogger, journalist and author. I\u2019ll be blogging about all things family related whether that\u2019s ranting about legislation, or a general heads up about something to make family life happier and less stressful.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/author\/anita\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kids Sports For Free This Summer - KidStart Magazine","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kids Sports For Free This Summer - KidStart Magazine","og_description":"Things to keep your kids busy this summer - FOR FREE!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/","og_site_name":"KidStart Magazine","article_published_time":"2011-07-12T09:16:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-01-04T12:21:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":701,"height":472,"url":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/football.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Anita","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Anita","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/","name":"Kids Sports For Free This Summer - KidStart Magazine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/football.jpg","datePublished":"2011-07-12T09:16:00+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-04T12:21:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0f892175d96fe3714b565dc5da94471b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/football.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/football.jpg","width":701,"height":472},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/kids-sports-for-free-this-summer\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kids Sports For Free This Summer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"KidStart Magazine","description":"KidStart - a little help along the way","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0f892175d96fe3714b565dc5da94471b","name":"Anita","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ed254c55b7b84fc4ac5b27299652760?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ed254c55b7b84fc4ac5b27299652760?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Anita"},"description":"I\u2019m Anita, a mum to two under 5s, a blogger, journalist and author. I\u2019ll be blogging about all things family related whether that\u2019s ranting about legislation, or a general heads up about something to make family life happier and less stressful.","url":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/author\/anita\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15945,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653\/revisions\/15945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}