Wales

Grants available to develop young volunteers in Wales

DATE 14th February 2013 REGION

StreetGames and GwirVol have teamed up with The Co-operative to offer a grants programme to help develop sports volunteering opportunities for young people aged between 14-25 in Wales.

Grants of up to £2,000 are available to projects in Wales wishing to develop The Co-operative StreetGames Young Volunteers programme. Projects must benefit deprived communities. 

StreetGames Wales Conference, as told by social media

DATE 10th December 2012 REGION

Throughout the first-ever StreetGames Wales Conference last Friday (7th December) delegates were encouraged to tweet using #SGcymru, as well as interact via Facebook.

Sport really is the medicine at Wales Conference

DATE 10th December 2012 REGION

“No other sector has the reach that sport does.” That was the message from the Chair of Sport Wales, Laura McAllister, to the 100 delegates at StreetGames’ inaugural Wales Conference last Friday (7th December).

Four represent Wales at Eurocamp 2012

DATE 30th August 2012 REGION

South Wales Argus has profiled four young people from StreetGames in Newport who have been invited to represent Wales at Eurocamp 2012 in Poland:

Tiarna Greenaway,14, Marni Thorpe,14, Deiniol Parselle,16, and Omer Hassan Behaldeen,16, will take part in Eurocamp 2012 in Wroclaw from 28th August until 2nd September.

Eurocamp 2012 is a football tournament designed to be a cultural experience at the same time.

Each of the 53 nations taking part will send two girls and two boys to the tournament.

Cardiff hosts Festival with an arty slant

DATE 27th June 2012 REGION

The Maindy Centre in Cardiff played host to a StreetGames Festival - Summer Mayhem - last Saturday (23rd June). The Festival marked the start of the Centre becoming a central hub for StreetGames activities in the Cardiff area and over 200 local youngsters attended.

The young people had the chance to try five different activities, including football, rock climbing and a BMX challenge. To encourage them to take part, those who completed all five were then entered into a prize draw to win an iPad or BMX.

StreetGames' thoughts from Sport Wales Conference

DATE 24th May 2012 REGION

Yesterday’s Sport Wales Annual Conference - #sportwalesconf - saw StreetGames CEO Jane Ashworth as a guest speaker and our Wales Manager Caro Wild as a guest panellist. 

Below, Caro gives his views on engaging children and young people from deprived communities.

Sport in the UK is not currently 'for all' and every child is not 'hooked on sport.'

We've gone a little wrong somewhere. 

StreetGames youngsters visit No. 10

DATE 29th March 2012 REGION

Three Co-operative StreetGames Young Volunteers enjoyed the experience of a lifetime yesterday (Wednesday 28th March) with a visit to 10 Downing Street. The trio, Asa Waite, Leah Powell and Mykee Jenkins, all from Newport, south Wales, chatted with Prime Minister David Cameron who was hosting a reception to celebrate London hosting the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Inspiring the next generation of athletes in Newport?

DATE 28th July 2011 REGION

On Friday 22nd July, 400 young people descended on the Wales National Velodrome and the Newport Centre to take part in the Newport Community Games. The young people had the opportunity to take part in a variety of fun and exciting sports, including futsal, athletics and swimming, in an event marking ‘one year to go’ to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.