Summer Activities Guide 2025
Are you stuck on what to do over the summer holidays?
The Council’s Young Hackney Summer Activities Guide 2025 is now out. The Summer Guide is packed with free activities for children and young people to get involved in throughout July and August.
The guide is specifically for young people in Hackney aged up to 19 years old (up to 25 with a special educational need and/ or a disability [SEND]) and is packed with activities like ice-skating, boxing, paddle boarding, cycling trips, animation, kayaking, carnival arts, film-making workshops, dancing classes, sports camps & more.
This year, we’re doing the guide a little differently, and it will now be available exclusively online. Click the links below to find out what’s on.
Adventure play
6-16 year olds
Create dens, make fires, climb trees, cook, paint and play at Hackney’s adventure playgrounds
Free & low cost
Up to 19 years old
Find everything from drama workshops, kayaking, music production, boxing, carnival arts, animation, cycling trips & more
Sport camps
6-16 year olds
Get the latest on what sports camps are on this summer.
Culture
Various
Take your first steps in a career in arts and culture with Discover Young Hackney, and find out what’s on at our Libraries and Hackney Museum.
Young families
0-11 years old
Discover events for young families with the Children and Family Hubs, or get advice and support from the Family Information Service.
HAF
Various
A list of providers who offer free activities and a meal as part of the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme.
SEND-friendly activities
Various
Activities have been marked SEND-friendly where providers have said they can include young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
