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SATURDAY CLUBS

BOOK HERE from April 2026

SATURDAY MORNING CLUB

Group A: Ages 8 - 11 10am -11:30am

Group B: Ages 12+ 11:45am - 1:15pm

Cost: £35 for six sessions / Fully Funded for Pupil Premium

SATURDAY AFTERNOON CLUB

We run the same six-session course in the afternoon. This club is designed specifically for children and young people with social communication difficulties, anxiety conditions and difficulties with social engagement such as those with ASC and related conditions.

Group C: Ages 8 - 11 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Group D: Ages 12+ 3:30pm - 5:00

Cost: Fully Funded

AFTER-SCHOOL CLUBS

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Young Animators Club will be piloting After School Skills Workshops this Summer term. These sessions, unlike our Saturday Courses, will be individually bookable, so you can book them all or pick and choose, it is up to you.

These sessions will have no more than 10 participants, plenty of space and freedom and are well-suited to neurodivergent young people.

4PM - 5pm (suggested ages 7 - 11)

5PM - 6:30PM (suggested ages 12+)

£10 per session

YAP PROCTUCTIONS STUDIO SESSIONS

Wednesdays 12pm - 2pm

These workshops are designed to support teens and young adults with social communication difficulties, anxiety conditions and difficulties with social engagement, such as those with ASC and related conditions. Our YAP sessions are especially helpful for young people unable to attend education due to health, social, communication and anxiety barriers.

We provide equipment and resources to work on animation, film & illustration projects with support from animators, creative practitioners and learning support assistants. These unstructured studio sessions give you time to work on your own projects, surrounded by like-minded young people and tutors on hand to advise you on your work and chat about opportunities in the creative industries. 

This is a free course and has very limited spaces. If you'd like to apply, please register your interest below, and we will get back to you with more details.

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST

If you have difficulties with forms or would like to talk about the course with a member of our team, you can call, text or WhatsApp Lydia on: 07930357546.

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Watch your BIG DRAW films from our free Young Animators Club Workshops

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Folkestone Harbour Arm: Harbour Screen Film Festival

ANIMATION MATTERS

Eurotunnel Commission

This film was made by out Saturday Club members at Block 67.

They were given a real commission by Eurotunnel, the film was screened at Silver Screen Cinema in Folkestone and has been used by Eurotunnel as part of their marketing and education campaign which is celebrating 25 years since the opening of the tunnel.

Folkestone Museum

The Town Hall, 1-2 Guildhall Street, Folkestone, CT20 1DY

Time: 9am - 3pm

Bring a packed lunch

Snacks provided

SUMMER HOLIDAY CLUB 2018: METAMORPHOSIS

This Summer Young Animators Club are at Folkestone Museum again and we are will be creating Monstrous Morphs, Enchanting Evolutions, Transfixing Transmutations and Animated Alterations. Suitable for ages 8+

6th August: Illustration, Character Design & Book-making

Join our Illustrator Emily Martin and create Mythical books and Metamorphosing creatures.

13th August: 2D Animation

Mutate and morph with Lydia and take your drawings on shape-shifting journeys.

14th August: 3D Stop Motion

Get stuck-in to some animated, evolving 3D models and sculptures.

£24 per session

WATCH YOUR FILM

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Our Stour teamed up with Young Animators and The Riverside Centre in Ashford for this really special free family activity...

We are now taking Saturday Morning Club bookings for a new six-session course starting in September 2018

The course funded by the Creative Foundation and held at Block 67. Suitable for ages 8+

FREE

Book here

We also run a Saturday Afternoon club specifically for children and young people social communication difficulties, anxiety conditions and difficulties with social engagement such as those with ASD and related conditions.

To book a place on the Saturday Afternoon course, contact Lydia: lydia@younganimatorsclub.com (01303 680248)

Course Dates:

15th September

29th September

13th October

27th October

10th November

1st December

Dover Schools and Youth Hub Project Funded by KCC

Young Animators Club collaboration with the fantastic performing arts group Neon.

12-13 May 2018

Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone

WATCH THE FILM HERE

Seaglass Animation Family Drop-in Workshop 11th April 2018

Plastic Pollution Family Drop-in Workshop 25th March 2018

Watch your Brickfilm Buildathon Animation from our Lego® Animation Workshop at Block 67

SAFETY IN ACTION: Shepway Event 2018

Young Animators Club spent the week at the Three Hills Sports Park in Folkestone working with over 569 year-6 children as part of the SALUS 'Safety In Action' event.

The children worked in teams on this project for 'Children's Mental Health Week'.

Through designing characters in groups, we celebrated all the things which make us individual and unique. The children's characters needed to adopt characteristics and personality traits from all the members of their team. We talked about skills, likes, dislikes, beliefs favourite subject and hobbies, passions, anxieties and friendships.

Children's Mental Health Week 2018 is an initiative from Place2Be www.place2be.org.uk and this year the theme is #BeingOurselves There are some great school resources here: https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/schools-and-youth-groups/

 ... and some for parents and carers too: https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/parents-and-carers/

Thanks to the SALUS 'Safety In Action' event in Shepway, we were able to work with all these fantastic children in one week.

Thank you to all the Schools, staff, pupils and volunteers involved in this fantastic project.

Young Animators Club is a non-profit, Community Interest Company working with children and young people throughout Kent.

We deliver Animation Workshops in Schools, Youth Clubs, Community Groups, Art Festivals and Children's Parties.

Our engaging, interactive sessions are tailored to any setting, age, interests and ambitions. As a Community Interest Company ALL profits made from delivering privately funded workshops and parties goes back into our community projects. 

We are proud to be associated with Folkestone's Creative Foundation, Shepway Autism Support Group, Kent Libraries and numerous schools, children's centres and colleges around Kent. 

WE DO...

• Stop-motion Animation
• Puppet & set building
• Large-scale group cut-out animation
• Character Design
• Storyboarding
• Hand-drawn Animation
• Script writing
• Sound design

WE WORK WITH...

• Primary and Secondary Schools
• FE colleges
• Youth Organisations
• Festivals
• Children's Centres
• Arts Centres and Community Groups
• After School Clubs
• Holiday Clubs
• Children's Parties

Animation in Schools

Young Animators offer enrichment workshops, themed projects and PPA cover for schools in Kent. We promote cross-curricular, creative, collaborative idea development and encourage pupils to problem solve and learn through trial and error. We work closely with teaching staff to design projects which enhance existing topics, subjects and themes. 

We can animate scientific diagrams or mathematical patterns, recreate scenes from history or respond to a piece of music or text. The finished animations, along with supporting resources, will be accessible on your school’s own page on the Young Animators website.

Why Teach Children to Animate?

We don't. We help them figure it out for themselves. Making animated films is about problem solving, logic, communication and learning through play.

Our aim is to build confidence through experimenting and collaborating in challenging projects which require young people to apply existing knowledge and skills and encourage creative thinking.

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