CYCA Youth CYCA Youth

Our Youth Club offers a safe, warm, and friendly environment giving young people the opportunity to relax with their peers and also engage with other youngsters in their community. Over the years, the club has gone from strength to strength, gaining a core membership of 50 youngsters,

establishing itself as an important service for this age group within Llanelli.

The club is run by a highly qualified and dedicated team, ensuring that the young people gain a positive and rewarding experience. This is achieved by utilising the facilities at the centre, as well creating an enthralling programme of activities including holistic activities, healthy cooking workshops, special themed nights and days out.

Based in our Dewi Sant Centre, the club meets twice a week during term time on a Tuesday (for Under 14s) and Thursday (for Over 14s) evening. A warm

welcome is extended to everyone.

At CYCA, we offer a wide range of youth

services, benefiting and engaging with

youngsters across the whole of

Carmarthenshire. Our highly dedicated

and fully qualified team of creative

officers and youth workers ensure this

area of our work continues to be at the

fore-front of Carmarthenshire’s youth

provision.

From an ‘in-house’ established youth

club and sporting programmes in local

secondary schools to digital media projects and

activities for Looked After Children, our youth

initiatives truly offer a unique experience which will

appeal to all young people!

Digital Media is also an important aspect

of our work, where most notably we work

with young people within rurally isolated

areas of the County where we use digital

media as an engagement tool in order to

demonstrate the importance and benefits

of digital media use. The work then

involves assisting

young people in

developing their own

sustainable digital media resources,

which includes interactive magazines and

community DVDs. We are also planning online TV

stations and much more!

Our youth provision also includes

rolling out ‘Angling Participation’

and ‘Skateboard’ programmes

within schools across the County.

The ‘Angling Participation’ project

was launched in 2004 and thanks

to the hard work carried out by a

dedicated group of volunteers, has

gone from strength to strength.

The project sees youngsters

across the County being taught the

art of Fly Fishing and Fly Dressing,

and over the course of the scheme, a number

have developed their skills to such an extent that they

have gone on to represent Wales all over the world.

Our unique and innovative ‘Skateboard’ programme is also proving to be a

major hit across Carmarthenshire, with a number of secondary schools

taking part.

For more information about our CYCA Youth services and projects:

Tel: 01554 757599 Email: support@cycaonline.org

Or visit our website

www.cycaonline.org

The youth area of our work also involves

working with youngsters who are in care

as part of the Looked After Children

(LAC) initiative, in partnership with

Carmarthenshire County Council and

Children In Need. Where, through a

team of highly skilled mentors, the

youngsters receive support on a 1-1

basis and through attending LAC

clubs. As well as help and support in

areas such as school work, the

youngsters take part in life skills sessions,

and also receive therapeutic support such as

massage and relaxation therapies.