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Cardiff H.S.O.B RFC

Target Group: N/A

We coach and offer young people the chance to play Rugby Union Football.

Tel:

02920693552

Email:

Website:

www.chsobrfc.co.uk

Cardiff Leisure Services

Target Group: N/A

Cardiff Leisure Services manage leisure facilities across Cardiff, including Leisure Centres, Swimming Pools and Skate Parks. We offer Stretch and Max Cards which can save you money when accessing leisure facilities. Our Teenagers Get Fit course can offer 14-16 year olds the chance to use our Health and Fitness Suites and gives young people information on how to get and stay fit. We run nine outdoor skate parks across Cardiff which are free to use. For more information on the activities taking place and the leisure facilities available go to our website.

Website:

www.cardiff.gov.uk/leisure

Cardiff Young People First

Target Group: N/A

If you are 14-25 with a learning disability, come join our group! We meet every week to have our voice heard about things that are important to us, to make new friends and to have fun. If you are interested in joining the group, please contact us on (029) 2023 1555 or at our address or our website.

Tel:

02920231555

Email:

Website:

www.cardiffpeoplefirst.org.uk

Celts Basketball Academy

Target Group: N/A

The Basketball Academy aims to provide a competitive and social outlet for people of all abilities wishing to take part in basketball. For those of you who wish to take the academic pathway through Coleg Glan Hafren, members spend 12 hours a week training and playing games. The college will release players for this as long as study is kept up to date. Players will receive expert coaching and will also have access to a fitness coach and free use of the college fitness centre. Each player will receive an individual training plan and sport science support. The academy can now also offer an Under 13s club and Under 16s club, as well as wheelchair basketball for junior and senior level.

Tel:

02920250250

Email:

Website:

www.glan-hafren.ac.uk

Children's Play Services

Target Group: N/A

We offer inclusive play activities for 5 to 14 year olds in the Cardiff area. We enable children and young people, with a variety of additional support needs, to access open access play facilities in their local area. This includes play provision across Cardiff throughout the year, e.g. after school clubs in term time, holiday play schemes and Spice Playcare. We link with voluntary and statutory agencies and will offer advice, information, training and support to play facilities trying to make their service inclusive. We can provide you with the services of our school link worker who will form a bridge between family, school and play provision and help start the process of inclusion for a club.

Tel:

02920873956

Email:

Communities First Black & Minority Ethnic Communities Programme

Target Group: N/A

Communities First seeks to promote equality and diversity. It is about YOU having a voice and contributing to REAL change in YOUR area and on issues that affect YOU. A Partnership Group has been formed of community members and representatives from key voluntary and statutory organisations working in Cardiff. The aim of the Group is to represent the views of Cardiff's diverse minority ethnic communities. The involvement of young people in the Communities First process is vital. We facilitate a range of activities for young people such as the annual VOICES event, the football forum, and the Young People's partnership group. If you would like to get involved or find out more, please get in touch.

Tel:

02920873262

Email:

Website:

www.cardiff.gov.uk/communitiesfirst

CSV Volunteering Partners

Target Group: N/A

CSV recruit volunteers for its projects around the UK. The volunteering opportunities are full time, with all expenses paid and accommodation provided. Volunteering placements are between 4 and 12 months. CSV projects are recommended for those looking to gain experience for careers in youth work, the voluntary sector, psychiatry, social work, medical professions, community work and for entry into the police force.

Tel:

0800374991

Email:

Website:

www.csv.org.uk

Fairwater Junior Squash Section

Target Group: N/A

We encourage juniors to participate in exercise to benefit a healthly lifestyle and to interact with other people to gain confidence.

Tel:

02920552210

Gôl Football Centre

Target Group: N/A

Based in Cardiff, Gôl is Wales´ first purpose-built football facility. It has ten outdoor 5-a-side courts and Cardiff´s only 7-a-side pitch - all of which are floodlit. There is a clubhouse with changing rooms, hot showers and a licensed bar showing live matches on LCD and Plasma screens. The complex also has ample car parking covered by CCTV.

Gôl has installed revolutionary pitches using a rubber crumb infill. The pitches look, feel and play like natural turf but without the disadvantages of getting waterlogged when wet or rutted when dry. Forget the problems you´ve had on other artificial surfaces - this is SOCCER TURF.

You can play regularly at the centre through joining our leagues or taking out a block booking. Pitches are also available for occasional hire, one-day tournaments and competitions, children´s parties and soccer schools on Saturday mornings and during school holidays.

Tel:

08701 688989

Email:

Website:

www.golcentres.co.uk/

Howardian Sword Fencing Club

Target Group: N/A

We offer swordfencing for beginners and more experienced fencers, in foil, epee and sabre. Beginners start with the foil.

Tel:

01443231349

Email:

Website:

www.howardian-sword-club.org.uk

Llanedeyrn Bulldogs Football Club

Target Group: N/A

We are a community based football club and have teams between the ages of 6 and 14 years. Players receive training from qualified FAW coaches and play matches on Saturdays as part of the Cardiff and District Leagues.

Email:

Website:

www.llnedeyrnbulldogs.co.uk

Menter Caerdydd

Target Group: N/A

Menter Caerdydd is a registered charity that organises social events for young people through the medium of Welsh across Cardiff. We organise events such as gigs and outings, as well as interest clubs, e.g. climbing, swimming, football and dancing.

Tel:

02920565658

Email:

Website:

www.mentercaerdydd.org

Pedal Power Project

Target Group: N/A

Our project aims to extend the benefits of cycling across the community in Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan and surrounding area. The project is for disabled people aged 12 and over and is based at Pontcanna Fields. The range of specialised bikes allows disabled people to enjoy cycling in the beautiful, traffic-free environment of Bute Park and Pontcanna Fields. Cyclists can be accompanied by either their family, carers or one of our fully-trained volunteers

Tel:

02920573966

Email:

Website:

www.cardiffpedalpower.org.uk

Safer Wales Restart

Target Group: N/A

Safer Wales Restart has two projects for young people age 10-25. These are the Restart Bus and the Riverside Warehouse. We also run a personal development programme called Less Stress which helps young people to understand their feelings and develop a positive attitude to life. The Restart Bus is a mobile youth centre with games, computers, music and tuck shops. The Riverside Warehouse provides a safe and supportive place for young people to meet and socialise, take part in different activities (music, cookery, sport, arts and crafts, pool, homework club, computers, games and activities) and find out more about some of the opportunities that are available for young people to make a difference in their local community and globally.

Tel:

02920461564

Email:

Website:

www.saferwales.com

Somali Youth Association

Target Group: N/A

We provide educational and leisure activities to engage with and empower young people. Our Sports Projects include 5 a side football, football tournaments and sports trips. We offer recreational and leisure trips, a drop-in service, training in youth empowerment and personal development, Youth Work training, a home work club, Community Development Training, and Job Search and advice on career opportunities.

Tel:

02920472626

Email:

Sport Cardiff

Target Group: N/A

Sport.Cardiff can provide information and advice on over 600 sport clubs in Cardiff, including clubs for disability sports. We can also advise on local sport venues and provide links to National Governing Bodies. We can give advice on coaching and funding and on how to get involved in volunteering in sport. Our Community Sports Development Officer works to improve school and local sports facilities.

Tel:

(029) 2087 3930

Email:

Website:

www.cardiff.gov.uk/sport

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

Target Group: N/A

Depending on the time of year, different activities will be available. We organise several arts projects, sports projects and in the summer we hold expeditions. All activities are done as part of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award. New projects are being introduced all the time. For full details of what is available, please contact the Youth Offending Team's Development Officer.

Tel:

02920560839

Email:

Website:

www.theaward.org

The Military Preparation College

Target Group: N/A

The course is designed to give young people an insight into life in the Armed Forces. It focuses on three disciplines; Academic, Fitness and Military. Each student has the potential to complete the course and gain up to nine recognised qualifications through City and Guilds, OCR, ASDAN and GOALS. The military knowledge and fitness will enable them to reach a level of fitness needed for their specific job choice in the forces. If they decide not to enter the forces then we can offer alternative routes to employment through the Sports and Information Technology Routes.

Tel:

08452413683

Email:

Website:

www.apcymru.com

The Urdd

Target Group: N/A

The Urdd is an exciting, dynamic movement for children and young people. It organises a range of different activities across Wales. We have 16 development officers who work all over Wales to ensure that the Urdd offers a full programme of activties for children and young people.


The Urdd was established in 1922 to give children and young people the chance to learn and socialise through the medium of Welsh.
It gives the young people of Wales the chance to live vibrant lives through the medium of Welsh, learning at the same time to respect each other and people around the world.
The Urdd welcomes Welsh speakers and Welsh learners.

Tel:

02920635678

Email:

Website:

www.urdd.org

Voluntary Community Service

Target Group: N/A

Voluntary Community Service came into being in 1964 and is the volunteer bureau serving the city of Cardiff.

The aims of VCS are to promote volunteering and support volunteers so that voluntary work proves a happy and rewarding experience for those engaged in it. VCS encourages volunteering by all sections of the community and supports a policy that everybody has something to offer and is able to become a valued volunteer.

The office is situated in the centre of Cardiff. There are over 350 voluntary organisations registered with the bureau offering volunteers experience in areas such as youth work, mental health, disability, older people, advice lines, environmental projects, administration and community work.

People who would like to become volunteers but are unable to visit the office due to disability or work commitments are offered the services of an Outreach Worker who will visit them at a time and place which is convenient to them.

All members of staff have personal experience of volunteering and are happy to talk to individuals who may be unsure where their particular interests lie.

Tel:

02920227625

Email:

Website:

www.volunteering-wales.net

Courses

• Millennium Volunteers