Merthyr Inclusive Football

11/07/2026

Message from Jamie, manager of Cardiff City Foundation Kicks Programme:

🌟 A special evening celebrating an amazing group of young people & parents at our Inclusive Kicks site in Merthyr, rounding off the season with their second Presentation Evening! 🏆

We were also joined by the mayor and councillor of Merthyr as well as partners from the council. With special mention going to Dan Bufton.

Over the past two years, a fantastic steering group has been created by parents, guardians and carers, helping to grow not only the programme but also a truly special community built on friendships, inclusion and support.

Their hard work has seen them:
💙 Fundraise
🤝 Build partnerships
📣 Raise awareness across the local community
🌟 Utilise support from partners to make this presentation evening one the young people will always remember.

The evening included:
🏆 Trophies
🎟️ Raffle
🍕 Food
🪩 Disco
📸 Photographer

A huge thank you to Darren for your continued dedication and commitment in taking this site forward year after year, creating opportunities and unforgettable memories for the young people with a great support network within the group behind you and driving it. 👏

And thank you to Meg for your fantastic support alongside Darren.

What a brilliant way to celebrate another successful season. Well done to everyone involved! 🎉⚽🌟

14/05/2026

Great session tonight at Merthyr Inclusive kicks football, Skills & Drills then into 10 minute round robin football games.

18/12/2025

Thats a rap as we break up for Christmas at our cardiff city fc foundation Inclusive kicks sessions at Merthyr Tydfil. Massive thanks to Rhys and IR Energy & N3Xus for donating section boxes to all the kids and volunteers.

Even Bartley turned up to help hand them out, merry Christmas everyone involved xx

18/09/2025

What a session tonight at out Merthyr Inclusive Kicks football session. Amazing numbers tonight with a few new faces.

Brilliant to have a new coach involved and had jumped straight in.

Welcome to Merthyr Kicks Coach Meg.

18/07/2025

Brilliant session last night and it was nice to welcome a new Cardiff City Foundation Coach and fair play Meg jumped straight in and got involved.

Plus don’t stress as the summer holidays start as we will be running still throughout the 6 weeks holiday.

10/04/2025

Well I think everyone will agree that our first Merthyr inclusive presentation night was a huge success. Every single one of the children and young people had a blast and loved their trophies. This could not have been possible without all the awesome mam's, dad's, grandparents, and carers pulling together to fund raise by selling raffle tickets, or without all the wonderful people who contributed to the gifts for the raffle. We raised over £500 leaving £200 for our next event. Thank you everyone, but a special shout out to the following for donating prizes...
Sarah Plumley, Louise Stadden Kate Mathias (Morgan) the Bessemer hotel Kate McGovern Alison Neat Walker Rhiannon Bates Jarod Bell pam Barnett Peter Bowen (treharris milkman) pat O'Shea Lisa A Barnes Hayley Kim Jenkins (and Andrew) Nad Thomas (and Paul) Leeanne McCarthy (and Matthew), Jo Jo Oates, jugys fish shop and Sara beard. Also to disability sport Merthyr (Dan Bufton) for providing the trophies. Darren and CCFC for contributing to the cost of the buffet and last but not least our very own in house David Bailey aka Ed for being top photographer. ❤️

15/02/2025

Cardiff City FC Community Foundation has named Darren Davies as their Premier League Community Captain.

11/02/2025

08/11/2024

Not posted in a long while but we are definitely going from strength to strength at our Merthyr Kicks sessions.

Thanks to all the parents who help and support me on a weekly basis.