The 2021 Pilot

Between November 2021 and May 2022, a small number of schools and community groups, across Wrexham and Flintshire, were invited to be a part of our Pilot, to test out the scheme.

School pupils are filmed by a pupil using a large video camera

Those involved were

Ysgol Bodhyfryd
Ysgol Morgan Llwyd
Ysgol Min Y Ddol
Saltney Ferry CP School
St David's High School
Bryn Tirion Hall Independent School
Art & Soul Tribe
Caia Park Partnership Youth Forum

176 young people started the pilot and they were all challenged to complete 30 hours of extracurricular activity in order to attend a very special Graduation ceremony.

Each participant received a Passport to Learning, their own CU online account and face to face training. At the beginning and end of the Pilot, the young people were asked to complete a short survey to help us, understand their journey.

Boy with slime on his hands

From the 176 who started, 126 were successful in gaining 30 hours of activity.

Want to see what they got up to? Watch these fun, short videos to find out how our pilot members achieved their goal –

Pilot video 1

Pilot video 2

From the 126 who were successful, 112 attended our first and very special Graduation Ceremony.

Did you know that we received congratulations videos from Michael Sheen!

Michael Sheen on screen

The Statistics

176 young people started the pilot
126 completed 30 hours of extracurricular activities
112 attended Graduation
210 attendees at Graduation including parents/carers, teachers, support staff, youth workers and representatives from the community.
6173 hours completed in 6 months by the young people

What we learnt from the Pilot data

Sports and Physical Activities were the most popular activities that young people got involved in.
Practical Life Skills and Mental Health & Wellbeing activities were also favourites.
Arts and Cultural activities plus outdoor learning were also popular.
The pilot members enjoyed receiving the school holiday newsletters which were packed with activities to complete. Favourite activities were cooking, baking and drawing.

Thank you to the following people and partners who made the 2022 Graduation Ceremony possible;

Staff and Students from Wrexham Glyndŵr University
Coleg Cambria
Wrexham County Borough Council
Flintshire County Council
GwE

We would also like to say a special thank you to the teaching staff and group coordinators who worked hard to support their young people and deliver the pilot;