National Saturday Club: A visit from Kid Karam video transcript

0:52: It was really special to handover

0:54: the first ever Civic Champion gold badge to Kid Karam today.

0:58: We decided to, to give that award to him because we wanted to recognise,

1:04: not only his skills and talent in breaking,

1:08: but also the incredible passion he has for Derby as a place

1:13: and the belief he has in

1:15: wanting to support the next generation.

1:19: (♫ Here we go ♫)

1:26: The National Saturday Club is a network of clubs

1:28: providing opportunities, free opportunities weekly on a Saturday

1:32: for 13 to 16 year olds, and the University of Derby’s National Saturday Club

1:37: is led in conjunction with a number of partners across the city,

1:41: such as Derby Community Trust,

1:43: such as Baby People such as Art Core, such as Derby Theater.

1:47: And it's a real pleasure for the university to be able to lead

1:50: the National Saturday Club here within the city,

1:53: because it's an important part of our civic agenda

1:56: providing opportunities, socially mobile opportunities

1:59: for our young people within the city of Derby and the wider county.

2:30: Being presented with this is actually amazing.

2:32: It's always really nice, to be appreciated within the community.

2:35: I always say, like, Derby’s a small place and people think that you have to get

2:39: out of Derby, but you can do everything here.

2:40: And it's nice that the community takes notice.

2:42: It allows me to be in touch with my community, here in Derby.

2:45: And, I feel like a champion with this.

2:47: So it's really, really good.

2:48: They was really, really, amazing, actually.

2:51: It made it real easy that the kids really got involved.

2:55: They they all wanted to take part.

2:57: Some of them, it was their first time.

2:59: Some of them, they'd been a few times before and done a little bit of breaking.

3:02: It was great because you could see the development of confidence

3:05: and character from them.

3:06: At first a few of them were a little bit shy,

3:08: and then they got well into it being back here is amazing.

3:10: I think before I was a student here, we actually used to train here as a crew,

3:13: in this room and the room next door that we did the workshop in.

3:16: So it's a it's a bit of a nostalgic feeling.

3:18: It's really nice to be back here.

3:19: And also just, to get in touch with the community,

3:22: the youngsters and the parents that came, everybody that came today, it was real

3:26: positive and I had a lot of fun sort of talking and also dancing.

3:29: (♫ Here we go, here we go, here we go ♫)

3:42: The young people that take part in the club.

3:45: It's been incredible to see the journey that some of them have gone on already

3:50: this term.

3:51: And having the masterclass delivered by Kid Karam today was just brilliant

3:57: because we really saw the development in the room in front of us in an hour,

4:02: where young people were going from strength to strength with confidence,

4:06: and I think having somebody who was able to talk to them, peer to peer,

4:10: to really represent Derby and to represent the importance

4:14: and the value of working with local communities.

5:01: Derby!