YES CIC works with many collaborators including local authorities and libraries to provide opportunities for people to improve their skills and confidence through specialised non-digital, hands on gaming and attending educational workshops and events in schools, libraries and community centres throughout Caerphilly Borough and throughout Wales and the UK. YES CIC secured grant funding from GAVO (Caerphilly) and the National Lottery which helped increased its impact. During 2024-25 YES CIC activities have benefitted the Caerphilly Borough and its surrounding areas in the following ways: 1. 11 monthly STEM gaming clubs held in Caerphilly Library 2. 11 monthly STEM gaming clubs held in Bargoed Library 3. 16 1-day workshops upskilling unemployed adults working with together with Caerphilly Employment Services, with volunteer support and funded by Caerphilly Employment Support. 4. 16 1-day workshops upskilling unemployed adults working with together with Caerphilly Employment Services, funded through National Lottery to develop the workshop and support volunteers. 4a. We have taken on volunteers who have already completed the workshop for further work experience, training with reference given by us. 5. Continued work on development of school workshops to build the CIC activities range, offered to all age groups in educational establishments. Soon to be launched! 6. Engagement with over 750 attendees who attended all clubs and events during 2024-25 7. Building relationships with Caerphilly Employment Services in order to further deliver our upskilling workshops and giving attendees the chance to volunteer and help deliver workshops for further work experience and training. 8. Continued work with Bargoed Town Council and local schools to promote our work/club in the community delivered in Bargoed Library. The project will end on March 2026! 9. Launch of CTG Mondays Club in Caerphilly Library in March 2025, with National Lottery funding; helping teach Maths & English through Gaming. Pre-school to 18 years supported including young parents who attended. The 2-5pm time allowed a wide age range in attendance and a safe space for teenagers in attendance. 10. All of our impact is reported regularly throughout our social media sites, which include Facebook, Twitter, Bluesky and Yes CIC website. 11. Attended DragonMeet national event in London and presented a talk on our work in the community and the impact we have had after successful National Lottery Grant funding.

YES CIC stakeholders is the population of Caerphilly Borough and its surrounding areas, this includes local authorities, town councils, schools, libraries, community groups and homeschoolers. With successful grant applications with National Lottery Fund and Gwent Association Voluntary Organisations (GAVO), this increased our work in the community and how we fedback our impact to everyone involved. Regular contact with Caerphilly library has led to an increase in mini event planning and these events (Pokemon Day) Feb 2025 had over 150 attendees and RPG DAY 2025 had over 60 attendees at the library. The increased footfall in the library has also helped increasing our monthly attendance figures overall and library card signup. Regular meetings with Caerphilly Employment Services has led to our pilot workshop (upskilling unemployed adults specifically Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) running for 2x 8 weeks sessions (16 days total) in March/April 2025 in Caerphilly and Blackwood. The workshops are being further developed with National Lottery Funding to help volunteers gain teaching, interpersonal, confidence and communication skills. The success of these placements has led to references being provided by us and 2 volunteers gaining jobs in the community. We are in constant contact with Caerphilly Employment Support and working to develop the workshops to level 1&2. Future workshops have been planned in for 2025/6 to carry on our impact in the community. Meeting Bargoed Town Council on a regular basis and constant feedback is shared with the town councillors on the workshop delivery for the weekend CTG STEM club at Bargoed library. Meeting local schools and talking to them during schools assemblies to further promote the clubs. The project will end on March 2026. Posts on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Bluesky and our website) including feedback of our workshops are shared regularly online with feedback or comments acted upon through replies online. Over 175 feedback forms were completed and over a dozen acted upon from the 40 plus comments were received. Constant updates on the social sites help keep all interested parties up to date.

As detailed in the accounts, the Director’s received a stipend of £13,840 to reflect work carried out on YES CIC’s activities as outlined above. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration