Over the last two years people from Waterford and beyond have often asked us 'What is Well!Kids?'
In this short video recorded in Clashmore/Kinsalebeg GAA Club in beautiful West Waterford, we get a flavour of what Well!Kids is, why it is proving so successful and what the plans are for 2023 and beyond.
The local GAA Club Well!Kids coordinator Timmy O'Keeffe is interviewed as is Barry Dunne, Waterford GAA GDA and Well!Kids Organising Committee member.
What will attract our boys and girls to our GAA clubs? Quite simply the answer is fun! Young children love fun, they love messing, they love playing games with their friends. Waterford GAA felt that a GAA programme that would provide a space for children to have fun, play games with their friends and develop movement skills and GAA skills would result in children wanting to go to their local GAA pitch on a Saturday morning. And if parents see their young boy or girl exercising, learning new skills and having fun, they will want to them to be there.
The name Well!Kids has meaning on a few levels. ‘Well’ is a common greeting unique to Waterford, the ‘well-being’ of our children is central to this
programme and we believe that children are the ‘well’ of all our clubs that will
sustain our clubs now and into the future.
After years of work, we believe we have designed a programme of activities that are engaging, develop movement and GAA skills and most importantly, are all fun!
We hope that your club finds the programme helpful and that Well!Kids attracts as many boys and girls to your club as is possible.