From first steps to gold awards

Everything the Centre runs. For nights and times, start here.

Running now

Term time programme

Four nights a week through the school year. Times, activities and registration by age group.

See this term → Finished for 2026

Summer programme

Six weeks of mornings, afternoons, evenings and trips out. Back next July.

Look back at the summer →
What age is your child?

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Primary, ages 4 to 11

Mondays · ages 4 to 7

Dance & Drama

Confidence building disguised as showing off.

Mondays · age 8 to P7

Monday evening club

Arts and crafts, sports, board games, Xbox and media.

Tuesdays · age 8 upwards

Production Drama

Patrician Youth Theatre's weekly rehearsal night.

Mon to Thu afternoons · P1 to P7

After Schools Clubs

With Our Lady and St Patrick PS: dance, drama, media, art, cookery, movie making, sports and themed play.

Moving On Club: Thursdays, 6.30pm to 8.30pm, for P7 and Year 8. Help with the move to big school and settling in.
Members playing Xbox and Just Dance in the games zone

Youth, ages 11 to 18

A refurbished media centre, a games zone with four 55 inch TVs, pool and snooker, plus football, basketball, cricket, table tennis, badminton and dodgeball.

Awards that open doors

Accredited programmes that look brilliant on a CV.

Ages 14+

Youth Achievement Award

Accredited recognition for planning, running and reviewing your own projects.

Ages 13+

Volunteer Now Impact Awards

Our young leaders pathway: volunteer alongside staff and train as a youth leader.

Patrician Youth Theatre cast performing on stage

Patrician Youth Theatre

Our performing arts tradition goes back to the early 1980s: casts of 50 or more, and a full musical plus an abridged showcase every year.

Members aged 15+ have performed original scripts at the Lyric in Belfast through National Theatre Connections. Singing, dancing, acting, backstage: a place for everyone.

Trips, exchanges and full plates

Travel & exchange

See somewhere new

Residentials and day trips to outdoor centres, swimming, bowling and adventure parks, plus youth exchanges with Cooperation Ireland.

Food programme

Food at every session

With Children in NI and Finnebrogue Artisan, our Holiday Hunger programme has served over 12,800 meals and suppers in a single year, plus thousands of snacks and hundreds of food bags for local families.

Cross community

Amplify

Bringing young people together across schools and traditions. CRED programmes connect our members with Lecale, Trinity Grammar and Blackwater Integrated. Recent work includes a community photography project with a local photographer.

Digital inclusion

Media centre & games zone

Every member gets access to tech, tackling digital poverty in the Downpatrick area head on.

Not sure where to start?

Tell us your age and what you're into, and we'll find the right club. Or see the term time nights and drop in.

See the timetable →