An initiative aimed at getting girls living in Caerphilly County Borough more involved in sport has been recognised at an awards ceremony.
Caerphilly Us Girls was awarded the Us Girls Project of the Year at the StreetGames National Awards 2016 in Coventry on Wednesday April 13 – just 12 months after it was first launched.
The Caerphilly project was recognised for its successful work undertaken in Lewis Girls High School, Heolddu Comprehensive and Rhymney Comprehensive School.
Since its launch in May last year, more than 250 girls across Caerphilly County Borough have taken part in the programme.
The scheme has the highest rate in Wales of girls taking part in sessions, with a retention rate of 92%.
Us Girls is a programme aimed at identifying girls aged between living in areas of deprivation, who do not participate in sport or physical activity.
The project, which is funded by Sport Wales and the Welsh Government and managed by the Caerphilly Communities First team, hopes to get more girls fit and active through a range of projects.
Lucy Thomas, from Caerphilly, was also nominated and shortlisted for the Young Volunteer of the Year award, but lost out to Jordan Nichols, from Newport.
Caro Wild, Director for StreetGames Wales said: “It’s great to be able to showcase the fantastic work and dedication that is going on throughout the StreetGames Wales network, and congratulations to all the projects for their award wins and nominations.”
There is a deficiency in young girls taking up sports? Then I see no problem in this program as there was obviously a need which was catered for. Well done.