'I CAN' – Funded by BBC Children in Need.
The I Can project is a children and young people's mentoring project with role model volunteers from the community.
The project has 18 young people who attend the weekly youth forum where pertinent issues that affect the young people are discussed.
The weekly meeting also provides an avenue for the young people to relax and interact with one another. As many of the young people live in deprived areas and come from disadvantaged communities, this weekly interaction helps to reduce isolation and social exclusion. The drop centre is furnished with a Nintendo Wii, punching bag and laptops for homework research.
The Drop-in also hosts speaker-sessions with the young people, featuring local and wider inspirational personalities coming in to give a talk with the aim of motivating the young people to achieve their full potential in life. For more information please contact Uche Otiegede:
uche.oteigede@africancommunitycentre.org.uk

Women Seeking Sanctuary – Funded by Oxfam Cymru.
This project works with women who are seeking sanctuary in the UK as well as Refugee women living in and around Swansea.
35 women are signed up to the project and approximately 20 of these women attend the weekly meetings at the ACC.
These women live in different parts of Swansea and most of them come from some of the most socially and economically deprived areas in Swansea.
The participants originally come from a wide variety of countries and cultures such as Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Kenya, Iraq, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Congo. This richness in diversity adds to the uniqueness of the group as it presents a great opportunity for the participants to learn about the cultures of different people through regular interaction and activities.
A lot of the women who have accessed this project have testified that they feel very comfortable coming to the ACC Drop-In Centre as it provides a culturally sensitive and comfortable environment for them to relax, learn and interact with people from different parts of the world. It is also made easier for them as coming to the Centre does not involve them incurring any personal costs as transport costs and reimbursed and childcare is provided on site. For more information contact Cristina Cifuentes: cristina.cifuentes@africancommunitycentre.org.uk
AMANI Project – Funded by Comic Relief UK
The Amani Project offers free weekly 1-2-1 and group counselling and 3-days a week therapeutic activities for women seeking sanctuary or women who have refugee status living in Swansea.
These counselling sessions are held in one of the conducive and private rooms in the drop-in and are available to asylum seeking and refugee women, many of whom have experienced trauma in their home countries and are being supported to integrate in their new community.
There are currently over 30 numbers of women who access the project and attend group counselling meetings and therapeutic activities each week.
The therapeutic activities include arts and crafts workshop, digital story-telling, sewing classes and cooking sessions.
For more information please contact Jill Ahern: jill.ahern@africancommunitycentre.org.uk
Safety Net Project (SNP) – Funded by Swansea Change Fund.
The main aims of the Safety-Net Project are to reduce the social isolation of asylum seekers and refugees and to facilitate their integration into community life. The Safety-Net Project aims to meet the needs of those asylum seekers and refugees and their dependents who "fall through the net" of public services, either because there exist procedural gaps through which they fall or because they face barriers in accessing public services. SNP provides sign-posting and referral service to all our members especially asylum seekers and refugees newly arrived in Swansea.
SNP runs a mentor programme whereby newly arrived men or women seeking sanctuary in Wales will be supported by a member of the hot community (Swansea) in ensuring a transition and integration process that is as smooth as possible.
The project also provides volunteering opportunities in the ACC as well as partner organisations.
For more information,please contact Ayo Thompson: ayo.thomspon@africancommunitycentre.org.uk.
Learning For Life Project – Funded by Oxfam Cymru.
The learning for Life project supports members of the African /African Caribbean and wider BME community to begin their journey toward the labour market, promote self-reliance and support individuals to maximise their existing strengths, capabilities and personal assets so that they can find personal solutions as opposed to relying entirely on external support.
Provides on-going engagement activities, informal learning workshops.
Fosters and supports access to volunteering opportunities with relevant organisations in Swansea.
Provides access to informal learning and training opportunities. Provides individual coaching, support and encouragement to participants to enable them to determine their aspirations and support them to achieve them. Supports participants to develop personal development plans.
For more information, please contact Ayo Thompson: ayo.thomspon@africancommunitycentre.org.uk