Free summer fun across our six localities

Are you looking for some FREE and fun activities for children and teens near you? Well look no further than our Summer Fun Events Programme 2025!

For everything happening this week, stay tuned to our weekly social media post that will give the round-up of everything happening for children, families and young people across North Ayrshire.

Running alongside this summer’s busy schedule at the Harbour Arts Centre and Eglinton Country Park, a series of locality-based and leisure events will be run each week throughout the summer.

With the summer holidays now officially here, our Locality teams have been planning a host of free sessions, and they start this July! Highlights this summer include arts and crafts, active games, bouncy castle fun, cookery lessons, drama classes, gardening sessions, free swim and skate sessions, virtual gaming and more delivered by our Community Learning and Development team. See the Virtual Community Centre for updates on these.

For anyone looking to keep active this summer, North Ayrshire Council has also teamed up with KA: Leisure to provide free swimming and skating sessions for children and young people up to the age of 17. Check out K:A Leisure for their wide range of sports and creative summer activities.

North Ayrshire Active Schools will also part of the action delivering events to school pupils who have already registered throughout the area. Limited spaces are still available for Three Towns pupils - register online for their sessions between 15 and 17 July. Then, North Ayrshire Council’s Corporate Parenting team will be running a host of summer drop-ins for care experienced children and young people. Full details via their Facebook feed.

Over at North Ayrshire Libraries, there’s a host of free, fun activities as well as the provision of free packed lunches for families who currently receive free school meals (low income) – eligibility, pick up times and locations here.

North Ayrshire Youth Services will also be back on the road with the Mobile Youth Centre visiting Irvine Harbourside every Friday afternoon from 3pm as part of the wider Safer Shores campaign. The Take Time youth work team are also running gardening for wellbeing taster sessions, an Eglinton summer camp and week-long HAC drama programme – all with a mental health and wellbeing focus - throughout the summer break (now fully booked).

Finally, our Arts and Culture team alongside North Ayrshire Ranger Service have a host of creative and family friendly events to spark curiosity this summer at the Harbour Arts Centre and Eglinton Country Park - see the schedule and book now via the Ticketsource website.

Councillor Alan Hill, Cabinet Member for Communities, Housing and Islands is encouraging everyone to get involved.

Check out our website for details on larger events and festivals including Marymass and Largs Viking Festival.

Published: 11 July 2025