Maerdy Kidz 'R' Us

We are a voluntary community group based in Maerdy within the Rhondda Fach Valley, South Wales and have been in existence since 2003. Our not for profit activities aim to provide healthy, active, creative and stimulating play and learning activities for young people between the ages 0-18 years during school holidays in the first instance and also to provide a range of children and youth provision as and when required, ensuring the health and safety of each child is of paramount importance. We provide support within the community to deliver creative, informal learning and mentoring opportunities for parents, individuals and volunteers who wish to support the work of the group. We work with up to 120 children each week and support the delivery of active and healthy initiatives. We ensure all work undertaken by the group is accomplished by the ethos of working in partnership with Communities First and other like-minded community organisations in order to actively ensure provision is targeted to meet community needs and avoid any unnecessary duplication of community resources. The groups ethos is centred around mutual respect, inclusion and equal opportunities for all. The group is dependent on raising small amounts of income to fund its activities and is thankful to the local community and other small grant providers who have supported us in the past.