There are hun­dreds — nay thou­sands — of pos­si­ble venues in our fair city for chil­dren’s par­ties. Today I bring you one that I have recent­ly used and enjoyed.

The YMCA on Tas­man St is avail­able for hire at a very rea­son­able rate. It is pret­ty rough, which actu­al­ly is nice and relax­ing when you have 20 under 4s hooning around. There are crash pads, a huge foam pit, beams, balls and lots of oppor­tu­ni­ties for kids to run them­selves ragged.

You can take your own food and there is chilled water on site.

No alco­hol allowed, so I’ll be rethink­ing it as a venue for my own birth­day. A mar­ti­ni in that foam pit seems very appeal­ing.

I did­n’t spot a sin­gle Young Chris­t­ian Man, nor did any­one per­form YMCA. We had a good­ly dose of the Spice Girls though.

YMCA of Greater Welling­ton INC
69 Tas­man St Welling­ton 0–4‑385 4091