Meeting older teenagers in the area

[JJ00501]

I wonder if anyone can help.  My age 16 child has been forced to leave school due to prolonged ill health, onset after Covid. 
It’s incredibly isolating and I was wondering if there are any local clubs (art perhaps) for her age group, or just meet ups in the area with other children out of school/ home educated who would be keen to meet. 

Anything very active is out of the question- so sports wouldn’t be possible. 

I’d be very interested in speaking to other parents in my position about how they manage.

 

Edited June 19, 2025 by JJ00501
Correcting typo i

[Pugwash]

Not sure what the age range is but Woodcraft Folk meet at the East Dulwich Community Centre in Darrell Road on a Tuesday evening.

[JJ00501]

Thank you @pugwash. I’ll check that out. 

Edited June 18, 2025 by JJ00501

[Sue]

On 18/06/2025 at 00:27, Pugwash said:

Not sure what the age range is but Woodcraft Folk meet at the East Dulwich Community Centre in Darrell Road on a Tuesday evening.

Woodcraft Folk have groups for all ages.

My daughter and (now teenage) granddaughters are all very involved, but not in this area.

It's a very friendly community.

However they do have camps sometimes, so some of the activities may not be suitable. 

[JJ00501]

Thanks so much for this. It sounds lovely. I’ll look to see if they have something for her age group. 🙏

[beansprout]

Kingswood Community have things going on… not sure for this age group.

 

 

 

[Vik]

Another vote for Woodcraft. Locally they meet at Darrell Road, Alleyns and Nunhead/Peckham dependent on age

My 14 year old has been involved for a few years. If you Google Woodcraft Southwark, it should throw up more details.

[PeckhamNicola]

Hi 

I really thought I'd seen a more recent post on the forum about home education meet ups. I can't find it though. Hope some of these might provide leads.

https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/137603-home-schooling-advice-anyone-wants-to-do-it-together/#comment-1092093

Very old post but group seems still to exist:

https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/92044-home-education-local-group/#comment-954837

You could try contacting this forum member:

https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/325368-classroom-support-for-home-education-community/#comment-1621064

Two of these left for right now:

https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/events/event/1025-🌟-teens-11-try-painting-sculpture-street-art-at-holiday-workshops/