Manager: SUSAN WILLIAMS

Youth Clubs in Merthyr Vale & Aberfan times of opening.

Monday Evening Megabytes Café 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Tuesday Evening Trinity Chapel 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Wednesday Evening Aberfan Community Centre 7pm to 9pm.

Thursday Evening Trinity Chapel 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

To all young people if you are bored, nothing to do in the evenings then why not come to the youth clubs which are situated in Megabytes café on a Monday evening, Tuesday and Thursday evening and Wednesday evening at the Community Centre Aberfan. We have a various range of opportunities for you to access, and we can provide support, training events different experiences for you to enjoy. Give it a go make new friends.

If any young person would like to get involved with youth work then why not ask the youth workers for more information how to be put on a course for Introduction to Youth Work. Ages must be between 16yrs and 17yrs a course is starting soon.

Why not come in to Megabytes Café for information regarding funding for activities if you would like driving lessons and possibly training so you can find a job if you are leaving school soon.

Trinity Youth Club is open every Tuesday and Thursday evening and has an outdoor floodlit football and hockey area, as well as a hall that is the main base of the Trinity Dance Troop. Youth Club staff welcome any activity ideas and try their best to deliver what the young people want. An example of this is the Laser Tag games that are sometimes played during Trinity Youth Club.

ARTS & CRAFTS

The Project’s youth clubs have qualified arts and crafts tutors who attend every session to engage young people in enjoyable activities such as decorations, interior design, murals, fashion design, as well as a host of general and festive activities developed to improve the young people’s creativity. The workers are very innovative and use a range of techniques and materials that help to familiarise young people with almost every aspect of art and craft practice.

DANCE

The Project has always had a huge reputation for Dance, and Trinity Dance Troop has represented at several local, regional, and national competitions with consistent success. The group has received professional dance tuition from a number of dance tutors, but the training and preparation of the group currently rests on the shoulders of Ashley Newsham. The interest generated by the strong dance following forced the Project to develop a 7-10 Year Old’s Dance Class which has now firmly established itself within the Project. Since its introduction in 2004 the class continues to receive a phenomenal attendance rate, and a great deal of support from community members.

The standard of the ‘little dancers’ has enabled them to emulate the Dance Troop and support them in a recent Community Show, which received an attendance of over 200 people.

ACTIVITIES

As well as providing a diverse range of centre based activities, the Project strives to provide as many off-site trips / activities as possible. Every year local young people are presented with the opportunity to enjoy regular bowling, quasar and cinema trips, as well as an extensive Summer Activity plan that includes shopping trips, visits to various free sites such as Roath Park, learning Circus Skills and the Big Pit, and usually closes with a high profile activity such as Oakwood Park.

The Project’s staff team also recognises the importance of educational and learning based activities. In the past young people have learned about fire safety, drug and alcohol misuse and awareness, sexual health, Police history, Drama, Motor Mechanics, Healthy Living and Eating, and DJ Skills.

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This page updated: 11 September 2008