StreetGames were delighted to be one of four flagship providers for Gen22, a legacy project created and run by the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, the Gen22 project gave hundreds of young people aged 16–24 across the West Midlands access to new volunteering and employability boosting opportunities.
As a flagship Gen22 provider, StreetGames supported 100 local young people – many of whom face barriers such as a lack of confidence, being a young carer or young parent, or having a criminal record – to design and deliver physical activity-related social action projects linked to the Commonwealth Games. Participants benefited from new transferable skills, increased confidence and self-esteem, improved mental wellbeing, and access to ongoing local opportunities for volunteering and youth action.
Our work with Gen22 built upon our established #NextGen approach, which provides young people with the tools they need to make a lasting difference to their community as well as empowering them to see beyond the boundaries of where they live.