The Development of the Children and Young People’s University Cymru in Wrexham

Since the launch of the Children and Young People’s University Cymru in Wrexham in 2002 it has gone from strength to strength. The position is changing constantly, with new schools and organisations signing up as activity centres and new students starting on their Children and Young People’s University Cymru path to reward and recognition every day.

As you can see from the table below, growth within the Children and Young People’s University Cymru has been tremendous.

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total credit hours	10433	258816	242142	344678	323661
Total modules taken			19128	27170	52545
Number of modules on database	855	1657	1633	1927	2201
Total number of students	3504	5832	6829	8194	8881
Total schools delivering	34		44	44	44
Total centres delivering	23		37	40	45

Of particular note is the growth in the number of organisations that now offer Children and Young People’s University Cymru activities.

These include national organisations such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme and Girlguiding, as well as local and voluntary organisations such as Ty Mawr and Alyn Waters Country Park, Bersham Heritage Centre, Bitesize Youth Theatre, Wrexham Play Association and Wrexham Library and Arts Centre.

A percentage of modules involves community contribution (services or performance), especially those activities run by organisations and clubs.