Grant to African Women Impact UK (360G-HeartofEnglandCF-A608162)

Sport and activity have the power to transform lives, our young leaders’ program is made up of young people age 15-24 based in Birmingham and the Black Country area. It focuses on helping BME young people to develop key skills that will enable them to thrive in different environments, such as at school, at work, and at home. One of the activities our young leader's program offers is sports, our sports project aims to teach methods to provide young people with essential life skills that have proven to enhance their resilience against crime, violence, and drug use. Young people between the ages of 15 and 24 are trained on ways to cope with common challenges emotional and psychological stress, and educated to sharpen their critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills. Almost two-thirds of people who lost jobs in UK pandemic are under 25 according to an article published by (The Guardian 2021) as a mean to developing employability Skills, reducing crime and anti-social behavior our young leader's program hosted a variety of workshops to teach young people the Best Ways to make money in fitness online. Debaba, attended our sports and fitness workshop earlier this year, while attending our workshop our volunteers and trustees helped him to launch his online fitness studio, since launching his online fitness studio Debaba has increased his monthly income, grown his tight-knight community, and been able to take control of his business. Debaba is one of many young people we support who is showing you can achieve anything with hard work, guidance, and dedication.