YouMove

YouMove provides free or low cost activities for eligible families with children 0-17 years old across Oxfordshire.

If your family receives benefits related free school meals, Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment or are refugees or young carers, then we have a fantastic range of activities to enjoy together. Families can also be referred by schools and partner organisations.

You can read more about YouMove and find full eligibility and apply here.

Visit our holiday activities page for information on free and low cost activities during school holidays.

Visit our term time activities page for information on free and low cost activities during term time from early years sessions to after school clubs.

YouMove activities available in South Oxfordshire

Better Leisure Centre

Better Adult/Junior YouMove membership provides a 50% discount on a range of pay as you go activities at Better Leisure Centres across Oxfordshire, with no activation fee.
The activities availble to you are:

• Swim for all, swim fitness session and family swim sessions*
• Badminton, Squash and Tennis court bookings
• Gym workout
• Fitness Classes
• Table Tennis

*Excluded from this offer are weekly swimming lessons, family fun swims at Didcot Wave and activities run by external providers. See full details and find your local centre here.

Please look at the website or speak to your local centre to find out the facilities available at your local centre.

There are 2 steps to activate this offer:

1. Create a Better booking account for each member of the family and note down the customer numbers.
2. Visit your local Better Leisure Centre with customer numbers and your YouMove cards and a member of staff will complete the joining process.

One Year after starting the membership this will need to be renewed with the Leisure Centre, please just take your YouMove cards along to the centre to re-register.

This offer can be used individually; adults can attend without a child or you can attend sessions as a family.

Beale Park

Beale Park offers YouMove families reduced price tickets any day during term time, including weekends.

Tickets are £7.50 per person when booked online in advance. Tickets are £9.50 when booked online or in person on the day. You will need to bring your YouMove cards on the day.

• Under 2’s are free. One free carer per disabled adult or child.
• YouMove discount is not valid during school holidays

Beale Park is a stunning 350 acre riverside adventure with 160 wildlife species from all over the world, beautiful gardens, train rides, cafes and adventure play. To find out more about the park including open times please visit their website.

Basildon Park and Greys Court

YouMove families can visit Basildon Park or Greys Court for free.

• Show your YouMove cards to the welcome desk team on the day of your visit for free entry.

Basildon Park

Sitting elegantly in 162 hectares (400 acres) of historic parkland and gardens, this 18th-century house was purchased by Lord and Lady Iliffe in the 1950s, when it was de-requisitioned after the Second World War. With extraordinary vision, the Iliffes brought Basildon Park back to life, acquiring a collection of fine furnishings and carefully selected Old Masters.

The wooded parkland offers glorious seasonal colour, with spring bluebells, summer buttercups and autumn leaves, while the landscape has been carefully restored to offer wonderful views, peaceful trails and picnic places, with areas for children to run and play. Winter walks are a must.

For ideas of what is available for families click here.

Greys Court

An intimate family home and peaceful estate set in the rolling hills of the Chilterns.

This picturesque 16th-century mansion and tranquil gardens were home to the Brunner family until recent years. The house exudes a welcoming atmosphere with a well-stocked kitchen and homely living rooms. The series of walled gardens is a colourful patchwork of interest set amid medieval ruins.

Other buildings from earlier eras include the Great Tower from the 14th century and a rare Tudor donkey wheel, in use until the early 20th century.

For ideas of what is available for families click here.

Little City – 50% off

Little City are offering YouMove families 50% off sessions happening in Didcot, Kingston Blount, Harwell and Standford in the Vale. Little City is an entirely mobile role play City for age 6 and under to explore and enjoy.

Utilising our bespoke backdrops and specially selected high-quality toys and equipment, your child can fully immerse themselves in their own world and welcome you in too! Our toddlers and pre-schoolers are our biggest observers: they have watched us as adults in the supermarket, post letters in the Post Office and style our hair.

At Little City your little ones can ‘be’ grown ups: where nothing is off limits, they can be the hairdresser, the firefighter, the builder, the café owner and much, much more.

There are limited codes available each month.

To get your discount code please email youmove@southandvale.gov.uk with your YouMove card number and location of the session & time (9.30am or 11am) you would like to attend.

Aston Martin Museum free entry

The Aston Martin Museum are offering YouMove card holders free entry to their site.

If you’d like to immerse yourself in Aston Martin vehicles, memorabilia and documents, join us at the AMHT museum in Oxfordshire. More than 110 years of Aston Martin history await.

The museum houses the collections of the Aston Martin Heritage Trust which cares for an ever growing collection of Aston Martins. It also boasts a wide range of artefacts and documents, from an account book for Bamford & Martin Ltd. to designs for the latest Geneva Show stand. This historic material tells the story of 110 years of Aston Martin: the people, the culture, the cars.

See more on their website.

Location: Drayton St Leonard, Wallingford OX10 7BG

• Entry to the museum is by pre-booked tickets only.
• You must bring your YouMove card on the day to validate the free ticket.

How to find out more

You can find more activities and information about YouMove on the Active Oxfordshire website

If you have any questions about YouMove please contact the South Oxfordshire YouMove Activator; Kayleigh via email; youmove@southandvale.gov.uk.