Our annual report for 2015-16 is now available to view online as a low res PDF document – please click the link below.

New Ark Annual Report 2015-16.compressed

If you wish to receive a printed copy, please contact us on 01733 340605

New Ark’s Christmas Raffle £1 a ticket, on sale now. Available to buy from New Ark’s main building

Prizes include:
• Luxury food hamper, kindly donated by staff and volunteers of New Ark
• Peter Pan pantomime gift set, pantomime tickets kindly donated by The Cresset
• Little Tikes Pirate Shipmates toy, kindly donated by Preschool parents
• Laserforce membership & 2 x games for 2, kindly donated by Laserforce
• 2 x 1 hour admission for Bounce Trampoline Park, kindly donated by Bounce
• 2 x free entry to Activity World/Toddler World, kindly donated by Activity World
• Family day pass, 2 x adults/2 x children for Big Sky, kindly donated by Big Sky
• Admission to Burghley House & Gardens, kindly donated by Burghley
• Disney Frozen Elisa and Anna musical book, kindly donated by Preschool parents
• Spaceship 3 in 1;-book, play mat, spaceship, kindly donated by Preschool parents
• Photo frame glass wall clock
• Box of chocolates
• Bottle of red wine
• Nike football
• Toiletry set

Bring new/as good as new items to swap something you don’t wear for something you will

Tickets cost £5 including buffet and a drink. All tickets to be purchased in advance due to catering arrangements. Ask in the office or call Charlotte on 01733 340605.

Guests can bring 3-10 items of clothing or accessories.

Doors open at 7pm and then browsing starts.
Buffet is at 8pm
Swishing starts from 8.30pm
There will be a tombola and raffle.
The evening draws to a close at 10pm.

All proceeds raised will be spent on new playground equipment for New Ark during 2016/17

We are delighted to announce that our popular Forest School Eco Sessions will run again this summer holidays. The sessions will run 9.30am-12noon, every Tuesday and Thursday morning between 2 August and 25 August.

Our Forest School trained staff will supervise children attending these sessions in our Eco Centre. Staff from local charity Froglife will run the sessions on 16th and 23rd August.

As well as exploring and playing in the forest, organised activities will include:

• Natural crafts
• Shelter building
• Charcoal making
• Bug hunts
• Pond dipping
• Outdoor cooking
• Volcano building

Priority will be given to school-aged children under 8 years old who have registered for New Ark’s playground holiday sessions. There will be some places available for children up to age 11.

The charge is £3 a session per child, including a snack. Payment at time of booking is essential as places are limited and these sessions are normally over subscribed. Forms are available at New Ark now – please book early!

** UPDATE ** The New Ark Trustee Board would like to invite you to attend New Ark Play Association’s Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 19th July at 6pm for tea/coffee with a 6.30 start.  Please ring to let us know that you are coming.

Do you have a passion for children’s play? Would you like to see New Ark stay open and accessible to all in the future? Would you like to help a charity organisation that has worked with children and their families for over 40 years?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes, we would love you to join our Management Committee.

All we ask is a few hours of your time each week to fit around your personal commitments, to attend our monthly Committee Meeting, and to help out at occasional fundraising events. If you have a little more time you can work on some of our development and planning projects.

What you can gain from being part of the New Ark Management Committee

• Learn skills: Management, Finance, Childcare, Farm, Funding and Fundraising.
• Gain experience to add to your CV, increasing your job prospects.
• Socialise and work with like-minded people.
• Ability to put forward your views on how New Ark develops in the future.

Roles we are currently recruiting for:

• Vice Chair – deputises Committee meeting in the absence of the Chair.
• Treasurer – to oversee the financial operation at New Ark.
• Secretary – minute taking at monthly meetings, plus issuing agenda/minutes.
• Funding/Fundraising – planning and organising to help New Ark.
• General Committee Members – helping to make informed decisions at monthly meetings.

Our AGM will be taking place on Tuesday 19th July from 6pm – so now is the perfect time to find out more about having your say in the future of New Ark

For more information, please speak to a manager at New Ark.
Newark Play Association Ltd
Hill Close
Peterborough
PE1 5LZ
Registered charity: 1026751

The New Ark Play Management Committee recently wrote to current members of Afterschool and Holiday Playground to explain why it has become necessary to increase charges for our Playground sessions.

For current Holiday members the changes apply from July 2016; for new families registering for Holiday sessions the changes are immediate. Afterschool families are already paying the new charges.

The letter explains that, in the present economic climate with rising costs, we have made these changes in order to maintain our current level of care given to your child/children. Some of the circumstances that have affected us include the Government introducing the living wage, and further limitations on the funding we are able to obtain from Government sources,

It is unfortunate that we have had to increase our charges. We have made every effort to ensure that they are as modest as practicable to reduce the effect it has on family budgets.

Further details about the pricing structure can be found at the below links

Playground school holiday sessions

Playground afterschool sessions

The below document has details of our 2016 term dates and closures.

Term Dates 2016

Please note the following closures for our Repairs and Maintenance weeks.