A dream come true
In 1972 a young man in his final year of schooling read a book called “Summerhill” about a school in England run by a man called “Neil”. And a dream was born….an imagination germinated… a place for all… in freedom, with dignity and no discrimination on educational or physical ability. In 2012, 40 years later the young man, now in his fifties, fulfilled this dream…
– Pieter Holloway (Founder)
About us
The Breede Centre is a skills training centre in McGregor in the Western Cape where the young children of the village between 2 and 15 years are accommodated in the Education Section and young adults are engaged in training in various skills as well as work preparedness, in the Skills Development Programmes.
Early education development, starting at 2-3 years up to14 years old equips the child with basic life skills to become a self-confident and well-balanced adult.
Skills training empowers the youth who lacks basic skills to develop personally as well as gain specific skills to enable them to become self-sufficient.
Our programs
Early Childhood Development
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The Breede Educare accommodates 2 to 5-year-old children in the mornings from Monday to Friday under the loving and expert care of qualified ECD teachers and an assistant following the Amazing Brainz curriculum.
After School Programs
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After school programs include the telling and reading of stories, arts &crafts, music, playing games and sport and cycling for children from Grade 0 to Grade 6 from Monday to Friday afternoons. By positively motivate and encourage the children, they can express themselves in various ways so that they grow up to love learning and doing, with a strong self-image, with dreams for a future and the resilience to achieve.
Building Craft
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The Building Craft program, a curriculum over 52 weeks, the skills of the trainees are developed in building, plastering, tiling, woodwork and basic maintenance. This full-time program also gives trainees exposure to the practical side when the Building Craft section is doing outside jobs.
HandiCraft
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Various HandiCraft programs give trainees the opportunity to learn the skills of sewing, screen printing, knitting, crocheting, the spinning of wool and making of wooden toys. The programs is only 3 hours per week following a SETA aligned curriculum where they learn to make a large variety of products to sell and generate an income.
Hospitality
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In the Hospitality program the trainees learn to use basic techniques in food production, costing and compiling of basic menu’s, outside catering and assisting in events. Once reaching the level of competence the trainees will receive a certificate for completed the kitchen assistant training.
Life Skills
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A variety of short courses are available as part of the Life Skills programs presented at the Breede Centre.
The partnership with NYDA (National Youth Development Agency) creates a large scope of life skills such as “Who am I, Personal development plan, Understanding communication, Communicating assertively, Understanding teams, Managing money, Managing time effectively and Understanding conflict and Resolving conflict. NYDA also presents Entrepreneurial Development training: (SIYB – Start and Improve Your Business) The program offers a package of Entrepreneurship Training that responds appropriately and adequately to the business needs of Young people.
Training in Basic Computer Skills and Personal development is also presented. Follow our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/breedecentre to get more information on when and where the different courses will be presented.
Road2Nowhere Productions
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At the Breede Centre, the Road2Nowhere Productions program is providing training in photography and video skills.
This program is a Breede Centre and Goosebump Productions upliftment initiative. The program’s mentor is Mark Chipps. The aim of the program is to tell stories with photos and videos produced by the trainees on the program and to give the trainees the opportunity to secure a job in the film industry.
For more information on the Road2Nowhere Productions activities follow their Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/Road2NowhereProductions
McGregor Fight Hunger & Crime
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This program started during level 5 of lockdown in 2020 where the need of feeding the hunger and limit crime activities started in McGregor.
The McGregor Fight Hunger & Crime program is a partnership between the local Police Station, The McGregor Community Police Forum, and The Breede Centre. Feeding the hunger people escalated over the Covid-19 period and a partnership with Ilitha Labantu (an agent for the Department of Social Development) for the providing of ingredients ensures that meals are provided 5 days a week to the residents of McGregor. Special delivery on Wednesdays to the elderly and disabled people in the village is also part of the service rendered to the community of McGregor.
Our activities are all on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/McGregor-Fight-Hunger-Crime-255017193035961.
McGregor Young Warriors Academy
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The BMX track at the Breede Centre gives the children of the village the opportunity to learn to ride a bicycle.
Fun rides hosted by the Young Warriors take the children on a route of 5km to develop their mountain bike skills and to identify potential Young Warriors The McGregor Young Warriors program has bought 680 bikes to the village making it the highest per capita of any town in SA!
McGregor Young Warriors
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The Breede Centre is the home of the McGregor Young Warriors mountain bike team under the mentorship of Max “Waxhead” Menzies. There are 8 bikers in the team who participate in the big events all over South Africa.
There is also a bike shop at the Centre where small repair and serve jobs on bicycles are done.
Follow them on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mcgyw
Our programs
Early Childhood Development – Die Brede Babbelbekkies
Letting young children experience a nurturing and stimulating environment has a lasting effect on the rest of their lives
The Breede Educare accommodates 1 to 5-year-old children from Monday to Friday under the loving and expert care of qualified ECD teachers and assistants. Nutritious food, educational stimulation, circle time, stories, play and establishing good habits form the core of the Amazing Brainz learning programme. Participation of parents is highly valued while regular training sessions aim to deepen the positive impact on the children
Parenting for Lifelong Health
The parenting programme aims to establish and sustain nurturing relationships between parents or caregivers and their children ages 2 to 9. It strengthens parenting skills and behaviours that help parents and caregivers provide adequate support and care to their children. By building positive relations and promoting alternatives to violent discipline, the programme may also contribute to the prevention and treatment of disruptive child behaviours, and the reduction of parental stress and depression.
After School Programme
This programme, using stories, reading, arts, crafts, music, games, cycling, camps and sport as tools, aims to build on the eagerness of children 4 to 14 years old to learn, to positively encourage and motivate them in all their various expressions, so that they grow up to love learning and doing, with a strong self-image, with dreams for a future and the resilience to achieve it.
All programmes are led by youth leaders who are young local people employed and trained to lead and be role models for the children. On occasion, skilled teachers offer their time and expertise
We offer the afternoon activities throughout the year and and a full-day holiday programme during the school holidays.
Building Craft
The Building Craft programme provided a curriculum over 52 weeks developing skill in building, plastering, tiling, woodwork and basic maintenance. This full-time program gave trainees practical exposure through outside jobs. The project unfortunately closed in 2024
HandiCraft
Various HandiCraft programs gave trainees the opportunity to learn the skills of sewing, screen printing, knitting, crocheting, the spinning of wool and making of wooden toys. The programs ran for 3 hours per week following a SETA aligned curriculum where they learned to make a large variety of products to sell and generate an income.
Hospitality
In the Hospitality program the trainees learned basic techniques used in food production, costing and compiling of basic menu’s, outside catering and assisting in events. On reaching a level of competence the trainees receive a certificate for kitchen assistant.
Road2Nowhere
At the Breede Centre, the Road2Nowhere Productions program provided training in photography and video skills.
This program was a Breede Centre and Goosebump Productions upliftment initiative, but has been discontinued.
Life Skills
A variety of short courses will soon be available as part of the Life Skills programs presented at the Breede Centre.
Watch this page to learn about what will be on offer shortly
McGregor Fight Hunger & Crime
This program started during level 5 of lockdown in 2020 when feeding the hungry and limiting crime was a necessity in McGregor, but came to an end in 2024
The McGregor Fight Hunger & Crime programme was a partnership between the local Police Station, The McGregor Community Police Forum, and The Breede Centre. Feeding the people escalated over the Covid-19 period and a partnership with Ilitha Labantu (an agent for the Department of Social Development) for the providing of ingredients ensured that meals were provided 5 days a week to the residents of McGregor. Special delivery on Wednesdays to the elderly and disabled people in the village was also part of the service rendered to the community of McGregor.
McGregor Young Warriors Academy
The BMX track at the Breede Centre gave the children of the village the opportunity to learn to ride a bicycle.
Fun rides hosted by the Young Warriors took the children on a 5km route to develop their mountain bike skills and to identify potential Young Warriors.The McGregor Young Warriors program brought 680 bikes to the village making it the highest per capita of any town in SA at the time!
McGregor Young Warriors
The Breede Centre was the home of the McGregor Young Warriors mountain bike team under the mentorship of Max “Waxhead” Menzies. There were 8 bikers in the team who participated in the big events all over South Africa.
There was also a bike shop at the Centre where small repair and serve jobs on bicycles were done.
This programme closed in 2023
Get in touch!
If you would like to get more details on the different programs or donate towards a program please contact us via email and we will provide you with all the information.
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