The main focus of Grangetown Boys & Girls Club is to maintain universal open access youth provision. Our mission is to give hope and opportunities to children and young people in South Cardiff, so they fulfil their potential and leave prepared and excited for adult life. The Boys & Girls Club team of youth professionals provides a safe, caring, youth-led space in a disadvantaged inner-city area, where young people can learn, develop and build towards a brighter future. Open-access after-school programmes take place in our two storey-built youth centre in Grangetown. Youth Club activities encompass sport, healthy cooking, music, art, skills development and career pathways. Delivered by our experienced team, the work is child-centred and promotes enjoyment, collaboration and individually tailored support towards personal development. Young people are encouraged to become volunteers, participate in social action, and to use their voices to share their ideas, opinions and needs, which in turn helps us shape the youth programmes.

Levi Johnson is a Cardiff native, a distinguished actor and singer renowned for his dynamic performances in musical theatre. He graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2022 and gained prominence as the frontman of the Cardiff-based rock and roll band Black Elvis. Transitioning to theatre, he made his West End debut in 2022 as The Hard Man in "The Choir of Man" at the Arts Theatre. 

In 2023 to 2024 he joined the UK and Ireland tour of "Hamilton," performing in the ensemble and understudying key roles. 

Copy and paste/clink the link below and check out Black Elvis on all social media platform 

http://www.youtube.com/@blackelvis1126

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Glenn is a photojournalist based in Cardiff with clients throughout the UK and beyond. He is a former UK Press Photographer of the Year. He has worked on over 100 foreign commissions, 80 plus in 18 African countries for clients including the Independent, Oxfam, Computer Aid, Concern Universal, the World Food Programme etc.

Glenn also worked in Chile, Ecuador, India, Albania and Bosnia. In 2024, he ran many projects in the UK and abroad. He is currently running a photography course with Cardiff Council "Into Work Scheme" in collaboration with BE.Xcellence CIC project called I AM Wales Media.

07/02/2025

URGENT APPEAL

Mark Kinson missing since Jan 31st.

Please listen to this appeal and share! 

Yvonne is passionate about maximizing the awareness, inclusion, and acceptance of autistic women and men through supporting, advocacy and signposting families to professionals that can help.

She and her team link families who are dealing with similar issues and creating social groups for friendships, while providing a platform to educate families with autistic individuals to discover, develop, and unleash their children’s and adult’s full potential in life.

One of her successes is being able to inspire other parents to find creative ways to help their children especially when it comes to presenting their needs for support.

31/01/2025

Anisha and Kay are the founders of Silencieux, a clothing brand, which produces hand made products. Some of their materials that they use are wash and wear -meaning no need to iron, which for students in Cardiff is ideal! 

"The everyday people inspires us as we feel nowadays everybody is caught up in the rat race".

One of their success that they are proud of is that they managed to double each of their units from their first collection to get them here! They started at 50/60 units for a whole collection, second collection they were at 100/110 units & they are now in their first year and 4 months they have realised our third collection where their units are roughly around 200 units for a whole collection! 

They are doing this without any help just attending pop ups & local university students/ people supporting them.

https://silencieuxltd.co.uk/

06/12/2024

This podcast is the 'Youth Matters podcast' hosted by Kimberly Jeffrey.

Sundas is a creative with a passion for innovation & storytelling. She is deeply committed to empowering underrepresented voices and creating inclusive spaces through her poetry, workshops and community driven projects. She is the founder of Girlz Clwb , an arts and crafts based initiative that provides judgement free spaces for girls to connect, create and unwind. With a background in law and a love for the arts, a lot of her work blends structure with creativity. It spans acting, spoken word poetry, and event curation, with a strong emphasis on creating experiences that inspire, uplift, and spark change.

One of her proudest moment is when I published my first poetry book 'Echoes Among Olive Branches' in January 2024. 
"My mother is my biggest inspiration. Her hardworking nature and resilience always fuels me even when I struggle to find the motivation to go on. She has sacrificed so much and faced so much to give us better futures and I will forever be in awe of that."

"I think a big challenge young people face today is living up to an unrealistic standard and insecurity. The way you grow up shapes and influences the person you become so the more positive reinforcement within young people , the more positive the population would be. If I could change one thing about the world, I would make sure respect was the centrepiece of everything as I believe that’s the solution to many of todays problems" 

Elemchi is a TV host, writer, and producer committed to creating purpose-driven content that amplifies underrepresented voices and tells stories that matter. 

Her passion lies in highlighting the resilience of minority groups, entrepreneurs, and those whose stories are often overlooked. One of her proudest projects is the 'I Am Igbo,' a short documentary she created, which aired on BBC Two, celebrating identity and heritage. 

You can view it by copying and pasting the link below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021m7s



Oct 25th, 2024 

The main focus of Grangetown Boys & Girls Club is to maintain universal open access youth provision. Our mission is to give hope and opportunities to children and young people in South Cardiff, so they fulfil their potential and leave prepared and excited for adult life. The Boys & Girls Club team of youth professionals provides a safe, caring, youth-led space in a disadvantaged inner-city area, where young people can learn, develop and build towards a brighter future. Open-access after-school programmes take place in our two storey-built youth centre in Grangetown. Youth Club activities encompass sport, healthy cooking, music, art, skills development and career pathways. Delivered by our experienced team, the work is child-centred and promotes enjoyment, collaboration and individually tailored support towards personal development. Young people are encouraged to become volunteers, participate in social action, and to use their voices to share their ideas, opinions and needs, which in turn helps us shape the youth programmes.

Star Moyo is a Co-founder director for WeNpower organisation and a qualified trauma informed coach who has 21 years experience working for the NHS with people diagnosed with learning disabilities and mental health. 

She trained in different therapies but her main interest is Trauma and the impact it has on people, focussing mostly on those from ethnic minorities, empowering to be the best version of themselves. 

"I focus on issues on the impacts of Trauma, Racism, Discrimination, Neurodivergent and general well being". 

Her qualifications includes Nursing in Learning Disabilities and Mental Health, MSC in Leadership, Executive Coach, Narrative Exposure Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Spring , Imagery rescripting and Stepping Stone Triple P.

18th Oct 2024.