1 in 4 children live in Poverty in the South Wales Valleys.
We need your help to change lives.
Valleys Kids
Latest News
I Wish Trailer
Monday 12 July 2010
There's a place where your imagination becomes reality.
Pharaoh's Playground
Wednesday 7 July 2010
On the 4th June 2010 Penygraig Drama Workshop performed ‘Pharaoh’s Playground’ in the Soar Centre in Penygraig.
Upcoming Events
The Secret Tree
Sunday 8 August 2010
The Secret Tree will be performed on Sunday 8th August at 6pm in The Penyrenglyn Project. The Secret Tree Devised by the Penyrenglyn Drama Workshop Written and Directed by Tegan Waites Supported by Tom Stupple and Rachel Clement Join us on our magical story of secrets and discovery. As the story unravels we meet Levi an abandoned young boy who gets lost in the woods and Rowan a strange old lady that lives in the secret tree deep within the forest.
Soar Centre Summer Extravaganza
Saturday 14 August 2010
Loads of activities for all ages including Bungee Run, games, nail art, jewellery making, facepainting, circus skills, stiltwalker, birds of prey and more!
Valleys Kids is a charity based in South Wales with a 33-year track record of working with disadvantaged children and families.
Our work is about changing lives for the better. These Valleys now rank in some of the most deprived areas of Europe. Valleys Kids works alongside local people to improve the lives of children and families in these communities, helping people to help themselves.
The Need
11%, that's 12,000, young people in Wales aged between 16 and 18 years are not engaged in education, training or employment.
Rhondda Cynon Taff has the worst record in Wales of children between 13 - 16 years regularly drinking – 26% of boys and 13% of girls (12% higher than the UK average).
National Audit of Drug Misuse in Britain showed a sharp increase in use of drugs in under 18's – 40% of boy and girls experimenting of which 50% were current users.