Funding Awarded 2018-19

Organisation: Urban Circle Productions
Amount awarded: £48,620.
Locality: Newport.
Purpose: Towards the U-Turn project which will use different forms of creative arts to tackle multiple social problems affecting vulnerable young people. The project will work with partners to plan and organise various events and workshops, provide training on life skills and offer the opportunity to gain qualifications in various aspects e.g. first aid, youth work, safeguarding. 

Organisation: Newport Women’s Aid
Amount awarded: £9,830.
Locality: Newport.
Purpose: Towards the Aspire Youth Zone which will provide a space for children and young people aged 11-16 who have been affected, exposed and influenced by domestic abuse. Positive mentors will also be provided and the project will dovetail into existing partnership activities, providing an integrated and co-ordinated family support service that will engage and support vulnerable families.

Organisation: Duffryn Community Link 
Amount awarded: £24,904.53.
Locality: Newport.
Purpose: Towards the Youth Link project by providing funding towards youth workers, venue hire, equipment and activities etc. The project will provide diversionary out of school hours and holiday activities for young people aged 8 – 16 years old, whilst also supporting, engaging with and encouraging the young people to make positive contributions to their community. Drop in facilities for 11 – 18 year olds will also be available to Funding criteria met Outcomes monitoring report required within 12 months identify individual or group problem areas; providing positive workable solutions on a group or one to one basis.

Organisation: Volunteering Matters
Amount awarded: £2,250.
Locality: Pan Gwent.
Purpose: Towards the Safe Male Film Project which will involve the attendees of the Safe Male Project who have learning needs and disabilities (ages 16 -35) in developing a short DVD film to raise awareness of appropriate sexual health and relationships for men with disability and highlight the dangers and pitfalls of exploitation especially around Mate Crime.

Organisation: Regener8 Cymru
Amount awarded: £70,000.
Locality: Torfaen.
Purpose: Towards a Healthy Relationships project which will deliver sessions to young people at schools, youth clubs, youth offending services etc on various topics: Respectful relationships, domestic abuse, gender stereo typing, sexual consent, sexting, pornography, sexual exploitation and perception.

Organisation: Xcelerate Youth.
Amount awarded: £12,000.
Locality: Torfaen.
Purpose: Towards a family worker / counselling practitioner who will work alongside children with challenging behaviours and their families. The projects aims will help prevent and / or avert anti - social behaviour; provide victim support, help to positively develop young people and improve community cohesion.

Organisation: Community House
Amount awarded: £39,121.
Locality: Newport.
Purpose: Towards a Maindee Youth ‘Schools Out’ project, which will increase youth work activity in the school holidays to divert young people away from negative behaviour and promote Funding criteria met Outcomes monitoring report required within 12 months positive relationships.

Organisation: Creazione in Community
Amount awarded: £39,600.
Locality: Caerphilly.
Purpose: Towards a project which will be a one stop shop hub offering diversionary activities. The community club will offer doorstep provision to young people and a fun and safe place to attend weekly sessions in evenings and weekends when Anti-Social Behaviour is at its worse.