Activities

Take a residential course in a language, an art or a skill with people you have not met.

Visit, study and write about art and buildings that interest you.

Play at a club or a sports hall and build speed and accuracy.

Play in a team, learning to bat, field and pitch.

Improve your shooting, passing and teamwork on the court.

Feed, walk and look after animals waiting for a home.

Keep a park, a beach or a river bank clean, and record what you find.

Climb on an indoor wall or on rock, and learn to belay.

Help to coach or referee a team of younger players.

Write programs, build a website or make a game.

Restore paths, plant trees or protect wildlife habitats.

Learn to plan, cook and share healthy meals.

Ride on the road or on trails and learn to look after your bike.

Learn a style you enjoy, from ballet to hip hop, and perform it.

Learn the technique of the throw and measure your progress.

Plan, shoot and edit short films with friends.

Train in first aid and help at events as a first aider.

Train and play football with a team, at any level.

Follow a training plan for strength or fitness, with guidance.

Help neighbours who need it, with shopping, gardening or errands.

Play field or ice hockey with a club or a school team.

Learn to ride and to care for a horse at a riding school.

Learn to paddle, steer and stay safe on rivers and lakes.

Learn a new language and use it with people who speak it.

Train in judo, karate, taekwondo or another martial art.

Take part in karting or motocross with a club, safely and with training.

Develop your own style in pencil, ink, watercolour or paint.

Learn to take, edit and share photographs that tell a story.

Learn an instrument or get better at one, with a teacher or on your own.

Shape, glaze and fire your own pieces in clay.

Run with a club or on your own, from short sprints to long distances.

Live and work as crew on a tall ship for five days at sea.

Crew or helm a dinghy and learn to read the wind.

Make or mend clothes, knit, embroider or design fabric.

Sing in a choir or a band, or take singing lessons.

Improve your strokes, your stamina or your times in the pool.

Take lessons or play matches, singles or doubles.

Help younger pupils with reading, maths or homework.

Spend time with older people who live alone or in a care home.

Play indoor or beach volleyball and work on your serve.

Spend five days on a volunteer project, such as a summer camp or a restoration project.

Sort donations, serve customers and help raise money for a cause.

Build strength, balance and calm with regular practice.