MORE than 200 young men and women, aged between 16 and 24, will descend on Newport on Thursday for a special football tournament.
The Summer Showcase is organised by B Active, who help young people from disadvantaged areas to improve their health and wellbeing through activity.
People who have joined the B Active groups over the past two years have received training on health-related issues including diet, fitness and mental wellbeing alongside getting the chance to play sport and do physical activity.
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Aside from the fitness aspect, they have also helped people develop new skills, find work and entry into education. All day-to-day programmes are run by the participants themselves, keeping the barriers to entry as low as possible to allow more people to turn their life around.
Thursday, August 1 will see the participants in Bettws competing in football matches with the winning teams playing in the National B Active Summer Showcase in Manchester on August 22.
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