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IMPROVING HEALTH, WELLBEING & RESILIENCE Resilience Project EYST has helped me a lot with my confidence, working with different people from different backgrounds, and with my communication skills. Also, whenever I needed help, the staff members of EYST have been there to help and support me.� Homework Club Tutee
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The National Lottery-funded Resilience project had its 3rd and final year during 2019, and ended with its busiest ever project year we engaged with 825 young people across South Wales across the 3 project strands, increasing their understanding and resilience to Far Right Extremism, Islamist Extremism and Child Sexual Exploitation. Of these, 76% reported increased understanding and confidence to discuss the issues. Across the 3-year project, 46 organisations referred young people to the project and we delivered training to professionals from 23 organisations. We also held an end of project conference in November 2019 at which both Deputy Minister Jane Hutt AM and South Wales Police & Crime Commissioner Alun Michael were keynote speakers.
BME Sports Project Thanks to funding from Sports Wales and Swansea Council, we continued to support a range of BME individuals and organisations to increase their participation in sport through 2019, including working with African Community Centre to run Zumba lessons, Chinese Community Centre to access Squash and Badminton sessions, Congolese Development Project to apply for Community Chest funding; Swansea Mosque to run indoor football sessions, and St Helens Primary school to run a cycling project! We also worked with governing bodies including the Royal Yachting Association to help them increase their access to BME groups! Over 600 participants supported to be active during 2019!!
