CASE STUDIES
180 Pupils engaged in STEM activities to date
PORTHCAWL SANDY BAY COASTAL SCHEME
O ur community engagement on the Porthcawl scheme has been surrounded by mystery, myths and sea monsters !!! We love to make our community engagement fit the communities where we are working and we pride ourselves on ensuring that our approach is unique. With that in mind our piblic liaison manager developed a community engagement project that has bought smiles to children visiting and living in the area and those who are young at heart. Meet Dilwyn our very own friendly sea monster, developed and created specifically for the Porthcawl scheme.
• 2 APPRENTICESHIPS • 2 INDUSTRY PLACEMENTS • 2 WORK EXPERIENCE OPPS • 1 NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPS • 2 CAREERS FAIRS
320 Dilwyn was born out of an idea to help inspire and explain our work to young people visiting the seaside town. Our public liaision officer wrote a story about a friendly sea monster who just wanted to make friends in Porthcawl but everytime he waved his large tail to say hello to people on the shoreline he caused giant waves to crash against the promenade causing damage and flooding.
One day he meets a young boy called Ned who explains that people are scared and angry at him for all the damage he has caused. Dilwyn is sad as all he wanted to do was make friends. Together Ned and Dilwyn use his giant tail to move giant boulders to cause a rock reventment and repiar the damage caused. Soon Dilwyn becomes friend with everyone in the town and can still be seen today floating out at sea smiling at people on the beach, the only difference is, he now no longer waves his tail. Working with a local illustrator we developed the story into a storyboard which was erected on site. He was so well received by the genral public and children that we decided to develop an educational programme around him and with that Dilwyn packed his pencil and lunchbox and headed back to school!
348 Weeks of training & employment opportunities delivered to date
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