Centre Spot awarded funding for Friar Park Project

Centre Spot awarded funding for Friar Park Project

Centre Spot CIC has received funding to deliver an exciting two year project for up to 30 young people from the Friar Park area of Wednesbury age 12-16 years old. People’s Health Trust has invested £44,100 in the “Creating a better Friar Park Project”, using money raised by Health Desire through The Health Lottery.

The two year project will deliver weekly sport and media activities, and will also include day trips, workshops led by inspirational speakers, and social action initiatives. We hope to create stronger links between 30 young people from the Friar Park estate. Within activities of shared interests 15 young people will meet and supported by Centre Spot staff, develop positive relationships.

As a highly deprived community young people locally are regularly drawn into negative behaviours and harmful friendships and relationships. Young people locally need to create positive relationships with their peers where they can talk about their future and aspirations and be encouraged and supported by one-another to achieve these.

“We believe the creation of positive connections and relationships will have a long-term impact on these young people through having supportive relationships with peers who also want to move their lives forward positively. We hope these connections and perception of social action work will also create more positive connections within other people locally”. Manny Abbeyquaye – Centre Spot Director