Our Great Little Kids Club will return to Truro this summer, featuring an exciting programme of activities organised by Truro City Council in partnership with Visit Truro, Cornwall Museum & Art Gallery and Swamp Circus.
The programme will run from Monday 3rd – Friday 28th August, and will host a variety of activities every weekday afternoon between 2pm – 3pm in the Bandstand at Victoria Gardens (except Tuesday sessions, which will be held at the Cornwall Museum & Art Gallery on River Street).
The weekly programme is as follows:
- Monday – Swamp Circus will host interactive circus skills sessions featuring comedy acrobatics, plate spinning, diablo, and much more.
- Tuesday – Cornwall Museum & Art Gallery will host themed sessions on their Cornish Myths and Legends exhibition. (Please note that this session will be held in the Learning Room at the museum, which is located on River Street.)
- Wednesday – Story time & crafts with Truro Community Library.
- Thursday – Jules The Ventriloquist will bring her puppet friends for fun activities, interactive magic, and many new surprises.
- Friday – Truro’s Countryside Rangers will help you discover the wildlife in Truro’s Wild Spaces.
All sessions are free and are designed for primary school aged children.
The Mayor of Truro, Councillor Chris Wells, said, “I am pleased that Truro City Council is supporting Our Great Little Kids Club again, providing good partnerships with key businesses in Truro, and a great opportunity for children of Truro to enjoy such a wide variety of activities.”
An exciting addition to this year’s line up is Swamp Circus, who will bring a variety of interactive circus skills activities for children, including comedy acrobatics, plate spinning, diablo, and juggling. They will also showcase stilts, trick bikes, skipping, human pyramids, and much more. With 30 years of experience, they have taught children all over the world, especially in Cornwall.
A representative from Swamp Circus said, “Swamp Circus Trust is a charity dedicated to the health and wellbeing of children, using dance, circus, yoga and outdoor play to inspire confidence, fitness and teamwork. The new partnership with Truro City Council brings fitness, fun and friends together at Our Great Little Kids Club on Mondays. There will be lots of opportunities for children to develop their skills and link to other sessions in the programme.”
Free activity packs will also be available, featuring the popular Denzel the Hedgehog Trail, along with fun colouring activities, word searches, and more.
Denzel is a well known hedgehog from Trafalgar Roundabout, who has been hidden around the city in the displays of several city centre shops as well as several of Truro’s attractions. The self-led free trail will run daily from Saturday 25th July until Monday 31st August.
Children are invited to search for the hedgehogs scattered around the city. Each hedgehog will have a letter that will spell a phrase once completed. Children can return to Truro Community Library or the Visitor Information Centre on Boscawen Street to enter a prize draw.
This year’s trail has received a fantastic response from Truro’s business community, with many returning favourites joined by a number of new businesses taking part for the first time.
Free stickers will also be available for children to collect after completing each activity throughout the programme, as well as the “I Love Denzel” sticker on completion of the trail.
The activity packs will also contain information about summer events taking place at Cornwall Museum & Art Gallery, Truro Cathedral, Truro Community Library, and other venues. These packs can be collected at Truro Community Library and Truro Visitor Information Centre.
For updates on changes due to weather, please check Truro City Council and/or Visit Truro’s Facebook page – @visittruro
To find out more, go to Visit Truro’s website at: www.visittruro.org.uk
Our Great Little Kids Club supports the delivery of Objectives 1 – Our Communities and 4 – Our Economy within Truro City Council’s 2026–2030 Strategy. By providing free, inclusive activities throughout the summer holidays, the programme brings families together, strengthens community connections and encourages more people to visit and enjoy Truro.