Cashmere Primary’s Year Eight students wanted to find a way to make recreation activities more accessible for young epople. Their ‘big idea’ was to publish a book containing discounted recreation vouchers for ‘tweenagers’ (10-14 year olds).

The Cashmere Primary students signed up 12 businesses to participate in the scheme. Activities offered by these included mini-golf, skating, bowling, a video parlour and Science Alive. The Spreydon-Heathcote Community Board agreed to fund printing of the booklet, which was distributed to all 1,300 Year Seven and Eight students in the Spreydon-Heathcote area.

Depending on feedback from the students and retailers involved, the Community Board may look to develop the project further in the future, with a possibility that it will be extended to cover the whole City.