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Children in need reap rewards in Wales
Children
across Wales will be benefiting from the latest series of grants
from the 91Èȱ¬ Children in Need Appeal to the tune of more
than £800,000.
Fifty-five
organisations have been granted cash, taking the total distributed
in Wales this year to more than £2 million for the first time
ever.
The
grants range from £1,000 to equip a rural playgroup to £79,000
for a three-year project working with disaffected teenagers.
Two
projects which help children across the whole of Wales - the St
Briavel's Centre providing intensive therapy for children with
severe disabilities and Wales Pre-school Playgroups Association,
have received £26,250 and £17,550 respectively.
Marc
Phillips, 91Èȱ¬ Children in Need national co-ordinator for Wales,
said: "I am delighted that we have been able to support so
many projects that make a positive difference to the lives of very
vulnerable children and young people.
"While
we can be proud of the fact that over two million pounds has been
put to good use in Wales this year, we should not lose sight of
the fact that there remain many unmet needs in Welsh communities.
"We
received applications for over ten million pounds worth of support
this year, so some very hard decisions have been taken by our advisory
committee and trustees.
"Now
that we have spent or allocated every penny that was raised in last
November's appeal, all our energies are now focused on the 2003
Appeal which takes place on November 21.
"I
am confident that the people of Wales will once again respond with
the generosity that is so much a feature of the Welsh character."
In
north Wales the grants include:
•
£78, 813 for Urdd Gobaith Cymru to target young people who
don't normally take part in youth activities, including vocational
training, for three years in Holyhead, Caernarfon and Pen-llyn
•
£19,712 for Women's Aid Ynys Mon to help children deal with
the trauma of domestic violence
•
£19,500 for Cywaith Joseph Co-operative, a project aimed at
the under-fives on the Maesgeirchen housing estate in Bangor, to
help boost social skills and break anti-social attitudes often learned
from older children
•
£12,602 for Women's Aid Rhyl and District to help children
deal with their complex emotions after suffering domestic violence
•
£10,500 for Family Friends for Fives to Elevens in Wrexham,
building on a 91Èȱ¬start project but giving support for older children
in single parent or benefit dependent families
•
£7,600 for a 91Èȱ¬ Start scheme in Wrexham and £6,305
for a similar scheme in Flintshire, both bringing families under
strain together for support to give children the best possible start
in life
•
£7,320 to Cyswllt in Y Felinheli to provide arts activities
for deaf children
•
£6,562 each to PPA referral schemes in Denbighshire, Flintshire,
Wrexham and Gwynedd to provide extra support workers for children
otherwise unable to benefit from pre-school provision due to behavioural
problems
•
5,620 for Women's Aid in Deeside to hep children work through the
trauma of domestic violence
•
£1,087 for the Rhosymedre summer playscheme on the deprived
Plas Madoc estate in Wrexham
•
£1,000 to help the North Wales Sports Association for People
with Severe Learning Difficulties stage national competitions
In Bridgend the grants include:
•
£25,408 for DASH Ogwr to continue working with children and
young people who need support as a result of the drug and alcohol
dependency of those close to them
In
Cardiff the grants include:
•
£52,568 for Black Asian Women Step Out, a unique project in
Wales which helps children from different ethnic backgrounds come
to terms with domestic violence
•
£27,500 for a family contact centre in Cardiff to help children
meet their estranged parents in a safe environment
•
£2,150 for Student Volunteering Cardiff which runs after school
play clubs and a project for children of asylum seekers
In
Carmarthenshire the grants include:
•
£23,124 for the Streets Youth Project in Ammanford to address
high levels of teenage sexual activity and pregnancy
•
More than £42,000 for a network of family centres in West
Wales seeking to counteract the effects of social and economic disadvantage,
including £16,715 for St Paul's Family Centre in Llanelli,
£15,014 for Garnant Family Centre and £11,857 for South
Cefncaeau Family Centre
•
£9,652 for Carmarthen Children's Inclusion Scheme which helps
children with special needs access leisure activities
•
£2,160 for Ammanford Junior Gateway helping children with
learning disabilities to access mainstream leisure activities
In south east Wales the grants include:
•
£7,600 for a youth drop-in centre run for the communities
of Hilltop, Garnlydan and Rassau by Ebbw Vale and District Development
Trust
•
£6,562 each for PPA referral schemes in Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen
and Newport to provide extra support workers for children otherwise
unable to benefit from pre-school provision due to behavioural problems
•
£4,760 to the Deaf Children's Society Gwent to provide summer
holiday activities, including a spell at an outdoor pursuits centre,
for deaf children
•
£2,550 for the RASCAL group to offer targeted music workshops
for children in the problematic Somerton area of Newport
In Monmouthshire the grants include:
•
£28,024 for Women's Aid Monmouthshire to help children deal
with the trauma of domestic violence
•
£6,562 for a PPA referral scheme in Monmouthshire to provide
extra support workers for children otherwise unable to benefit from
pre-school provision due to behavioural problems
•
£1,000 for the Cross Ash Under Fives playgroup
In
Powys the grants include:
•
£14,762 for Brecknock Play Network, which offers play opportunities
within a child's home for youngsters with a variety of disabilities
•
£6,562 for a PPA referral scheme based in Builth Wells to
provide extra support workers for children otherwise unable to benefit
from pre-school provision due to behavioural problems
•
£1,129 as a start-up grant for Llanbister Play and Learn,
a new playgroup in an isolated rural community which suffered badly
during the foot-and-mouth outbreak
In
Rhondda Cynon Taff the grants include:
•
£31,740 towards projects for young people using Pontygwaith
Community Centre
•
£26,799 to build on work at the youth centre run by Cwmparc
Community Welfare Association
•
£26,135 for the Elite Supported Employment Agency Ltd to continue
their work helping people with disabilities benefit from work experience
•
£25,860 to fund a youth drop in centre in Blaenllechau to
try to reverse a trend of low self-esteem and substance abuse among
young people
•
£6,000 for Valleys Kids - one of the most localised projects
funded by Children In Need as it centres on one block of Rhondda
flats housing 66 families in an area where burnt out cars and discarded
syringes are normal surroundings. The project, Through The Eyes
of the Child, will use arts of all kinds to help change the children's
often negative view of themselves and encourage imagination
•
£2,500 to provide children's toys for Ynyscynon Early Years
Centre Toy Library - the grant will help100 more children per week
access the library
In
Rhymney Valley the grants include:
•
£24,948 for Senghenydd Youth drop-in centre to continue its
work, particularly with children who have dropped out of school
early
•
£11,491 for a youth project run by Abertysswg Village Partnership
providing an after-school computer-based homework club
In
Swansea the grants include:
•
£50,420 for Swansea Young Single 91Èȱ¬less Project to help
participants on their way to living independently
•
£24,504 for Bonymaen Family Centre to adopt an American-style
technique for teaching children they do not have to follow the same
path as many adults they may know, in a community where domestic
violence, poverty and low school achievement are rife
•
£22,588 to help disabled children learn circus and performing
skills with Circus Eruption
•
£18,664 to help fund an extra-day a week for Morriston Children's
Centre's support work and to extend the provision to Cwmrhydceirw
•
£13,000 for Young Mums 'R' Us, which offers support for young
mothers often dealing with their own adolescence as they try to
be responsible parents - the project is unique in that both mother
and baby fall into the 91Èȱ¬ Children In Need category, since some
are as young as 14
•
£8,424 for SCA Swansea to run a drama group and youth club
for children with autism and an activity group for children who
are wheelchair users
•
£6,562 for a PPA referral scheme covering the whole of Swansea
to provide extra support workers for children otherwise unable to
benefit from pre-school provision due to behavioural problems
In
Pembrokeshire the grants include:
•
£5,390 for Pembrokeshire Sibling Group which provides activities
for children whose siblings have special needs.
Notes
to Editors
91Èȱ¬
Children In Need gives out grants in Wales (09.04.03)
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