Carryduff Parish J Club & J Club Plus Groups
Dear Parents/Guardians
Welcome to J Club and J Club Plus Groups 2025/2026
REOPENING NIGHT – FRIDAY 12TH SEPT
( MEMBERSHIP FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE )
AGE GROUPS
J CLUB – P2 TO P5
J CLUB PLUS – P6 AND UP
J Club and J Club Plus typical monthly pattern will run 3 Friday evenings and on the 4th week we are open on the Sunday morning.
( subject to change )
J CLUB ACTIVITIES IN HALLS
TIMES : DOORS OPEN 6.45PM TO 8.15PM
Arts/Crafts,
Baking
Games
Special hired in workshops
Sports activities by DM Grassroots Coaching
Children Praise/teaching time
J CLUB SUNDAYS IS FOR BOTH GROUPS
J Club Sundays have always been a monthly highlight, when the children and leaders come together with our parish family, for All Age Worship, refreshments and a special children’s activity in the hall.
Times : 9.45am to 12noon.
Your whole family is always very welcome to join us on JClub Sundays.
ATTENDANCE
This year we will be putting in place a booking system every Monday morning where you will be able to book your child/ren on. We shall be limiting our weekly members intake to 40 J Club juniors. The J Club plus group members will NOT need to be booked in. Once we reach the required number on our booking line it will automatically close and we will be unable to accept any further children that week.
Unfortunately due to new safeguarding trust regulations, children will not be able to just turn up on the night, therefore it is advisable to book on our booking line from each Monday.
PARENTS’ SUPPORT
As you are aware we have a small but very dedicated team who attend very faithfully each Friday or Sunday, but if one/two of the team is ill or are unable to attend it puts a huge strain on the rest of the team this will result at having to cancel J Club at short notice.
To ensure this doesn’t happen we will now require one parent per household to help ONE Friday night for the duration of the year, along side the team as a helper. Please let either myself or Liz know which Friday evening you will be able to attend.
No safeguarding checks will be required.
OUTINGS
This year, unfortunately, we are going to be very strict regarding our group outings.
All outings will be for members who attend regularly on a Friday evening or on our monthly JClub Sundays only.
JCLUB SUNDAYS
Our JClub Sunday is held on the fourth Sunday of every month where the children will meet for all age worship, afterwards they will go into the hall for refreshments and a special fun activity. We would encourage ALL children to attend as MANY of these Sundays as possible as a lot of planning and finance gets invested to make them an important monthly event.
Please ensure your children attend when they have been signed up.
All children must attend the whole morning, if any children arrive for the activity only, they will be sent home.
MEMBERSHIP AND WEEKLY FEES
There will be no change to our weekly fee or yearly membership this year.
We are very aware the prices of almost everything has increased significantly in the last few years and the running of J Club Groups is financially very demanding with limited financials.
As normal, the yearly membership fee will remain at £10 per child or £20 per family of 2 or more.
This money subsidises outings, equipment, hiring of sport coaches, office printing, private hire equipment and also contributes towards special children’s evenings and J Club Sundays activities.
Our weekly fee is £3 per child, this includes all evening activities and treats.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING TRIP TO DUBLIN
To help boost our finances we run a yearly fundraiser which is a Christmas Shopping Trip to Dublin for adults each November time all money raised from this along with ballots kindly donated by our local business go towards the running of the groups.
J CLUB GROUPS FACEBOOK PAGE
If you have Facebook please join our closed group “Carryduff Parish JClub Groups” this is where you will find all information and details of what is happening on certain evenings and our monthly Sundays,along with lots of photographs of your children taking part in all our weekly activities.
J CLUB PARENTS WHAT’S APP GROUP
We will use this to circulate weekly information or to inform you of last minute changes to our program rather than by text messages or emails. It’s a closed group for parents only the administrators, myself & Liz will be the two people who can add information onto this page. Please don’t try to send messages on this page as we won’t receive them.
( No one will have access to your mobile number or personal information). Please make sure you provide the correct mobile number and if your number changes please advise us also.
If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to speak to myself or Liz.
Contacts information:
J Club & J Club Plus ( Leader in Charge )
Keith Shaw 07901935205
Or general J Club Groups enquiries please contact Liz Maginn on 07745582602
Program for J CLUB September & October
12th Sept – OPENING NIGHT
19th Sept – J CLUB ACTIVITIES IN HALLS
Sunday 28th – J CLUB SUNDAY
3rd Oct – J CLUB ACTIVITIES IN HALLS
10th Oct – J CLUB GROUPS OUTING
17th Oct – J CLUB GROUPS IN HALLS
Sunday 26th Oct – J CLUB SUNDAY
JCLUB PLUS PROGRAMME WILL BE SENT OUT DIRECTLY ON THE PLUS GROUP WHATSAPP GROUP.