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Boys' and Girls' Clubs of Wales is a charity that offers support and assistance to youth and youth sports clubs in Wales. The charity developed from the Boys' Club movement and is one of the longest running youth organisations within Wales. Boys' and Girls' Clubs of Wales offers opportunities for young people in Wales to participate in various youth projects and sporting activities. The organisation has over 170 affiliated clubs in Wales, with over 30,000 youth taking part in its activities. The organization aims "to assist in the process of moral, cultural, mental and physical development of young people, so as to ensure a smooth transition to adult life and its responsibilities." == History == In 1922 the first Boys' Club opened in Treharris, founded by Captain John Glynn-Jones (Captain Glynn 〔) and David Davies. Captain Glynn was the welfare officer of Davies' Ocean Group of Collieries, which had coal mines all across South Wales. Captain Glynn had become concerned with the welfare of what were known as "collier boys", youth working in the mines, and developed the idea of a club boys could join that would encourage cultural activities, discipline and a healthy lifestyle. Other clubs followed the Treharris club, opening in Nantymoel, Ton Pentre, Treorchy, Wattstown and Nine Mile Point.〔 Captain Glynn, believing unity between clubs should be fostered, eventually the idea of a camp where members of different clubs could attend. The first of two of these camps, the St Athan Boys' Camp, opened in 1925, with the second, the Abercrave Adventure Centre, opening in 1958. In August 1928, after a meeting of Boys' Club leaders at the St Athan camp, the various existing clubs united as The South Wales Federation of Boys' Clubs.〔 In 1936 a process of decentralisation took place. This allowed larger clubs to become responsible for local satellite clubs. The majority of leaders for these clubs came from the larger 'parent' clubs, instead of having leaders travel large distances to and from clubs. There where twelve club areas in the region of South Wales after this took effect.〔 In 1991 the organisation expanded to officially allow girls within the organisation, changing its name to the Boys' and Girls' Club of Wales, and became a charity-based organisation in 1992.〔〔 In 2006 it changed its name once more, to Clubs for Young People Wales, but after some time retook its former name.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boys' and Girls' Clubs of Wales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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