{"id":59977,"date":"2022-01-25T12:18:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T12:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=59977"},"modified":"2022-02-09T23:19:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T23:19:04","slug":"art-sessions-winter-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/01\/25\/art-sessions-winter-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Free art classes to help youngsters cope with pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"winter-wellbeing-festival-at-grange-pavilion-gives-young-people-a-chance-to-try-new-things\">Winter Wellbeing Festival at Grange Pavilion  gives young people a chance to try new things<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>YOUNG people in Grangetown are being offered free art classes as an antidote to the frustrations of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Winter Wellbeing Festival for 11 to 25-year-olds take place from <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=MEu3vWiVVki9vwZ1l3j8vP6CgFNlvKpHrOZAO91MM6xUNjZIWENJSE9HU1gwR0RCVTg4MzZGS0VETi4u\">6pm on Wednesdays<\/a>&nbsp;at Grange Pavilion as part of Cardiff Council\u2019s Child Friendly City initiative.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe whole idea is to provide young people from different backgrounds with fun activities to do around these challenging times. It\u2019s directly linked to Covid-19&nbsp;and the recovery in the pandemic,\u201d&nbsp;  said Ali Abdi, a Community Gateway Organiser who supports the Grangetown Youth Forum projects.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"873\" height=\"491\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Kids-doing-art.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Kids-doing-art.jpg 873w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Kids-doing-art-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Kids-doing-art-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Kids-doing-art-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Kids-doing-art-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"873\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Kids-doing-art.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Kids-doing-art.jpg 873w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Kids-doing-art-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Kids-doing-art-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Kids-doing-art-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Kids-doing-art-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><strong>Art Session at Grange Pavilion <\/strong>| Photo provided by Grangetown Youth Pavilion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival started last Wednesday with visual artist Prith Biant leading a session. On January 26 the youngsters can try out abstract<a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/07\/02\/new-art-exhibition-to-tell-grangetowns-lockdown-stories\/\"> art <\/a>and there is a clay modelling session on February 2.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival will continue until March 31&nbsp;with other sessions delivered by scientists, sports players and health practitioners.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to be providing these activities during the winter months for the young people of Grangetown. This enables them to be active, learn new skills, gain confidence, interact with various professionals and be exposed to opportunities in education to help them develop and grow as young people,\u201d&nbsp; said Nirushan Sudarsan, the Youth Forum Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff University law and politics undergraduate Mr Sudarsan worked with Community Gateway organisers Mr Abdi and Corey Smith to secure \u00a34,000 in funding from Cardiff Council. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Winter Wellbeing Festival is in addition to the Youth Forum\u2019s other activities such as the Cardiff City Foundation Kicks programme. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Wellbeing Festival at Grange Pavilion  gives young people a chance to try new things<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":744,"featured_media":59981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,3],"tags":[356,54,71,41,2616,7254,4102],"coauthors":[7301],"class_list":["post-59977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grangetown","category-news","tag-art","tag-children","tag-grangetown","tag-mental-health","tag-social","tag-wellbeing","tag-winter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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