We have had a fantastic year working with the young people and staff team of Dreamers project – Oasis, Roots Foundation and Mess Up The Mess. We have been able to create, creative pieces of art that makes a difference through the Yfory project. We asked young people what they want to change or nurture from today for their future.

With the Dreamers project – Oasis lead by Ali from Yellobrick, the young people chose to nurture food for their future as a way to celebrate and share their culture. They created films which share recipes of their comfort foods from their home countries. During the sharing event, these films were shown but also offered samples of those foods to share with the audience.

With Roots Foundation, the young people created a spoken word/rap short film asking for consistency in the future especially with ever changing social workers, for young people and children in care. During the sharing event they shared their film, they created an immersive experience of what it can feel like to be in the care system. We are super excited to share that Swansea Council really heard the voices of the young people and excited to see how with the young people they can make a difference.

With Mess Up the Mess, the young people created a theatre piece sharing the issues around the freedom of play without worry. The short play co-written with Hefin Robinson and the young people on the stage of Brynamman public hall; the young people urged parents of today and parents of the future to be brave enough to support access to unsupervised outside play.

Thank you to the National Lottery Fund for funding our amazing project helping us to make differences to young people lives!