Q uite simply, Dragon Sport has turned my life around. I had been ill for a while, my confidence took a battering and I was feeling pretty low. Then a friend recommended I got involved with Dragon Sport to try to help rebuild my self-esteem.

I met my local Dragon Sport Coordinator and was immediately signed onto the initial training course. The group was made up of a whole range of people from every spectrum of the community, and I was really surprised by the cross section of ages, backgrounds and experiences.

I had never done any kind of coaching or volunteering in the past, so I was rather nervous to begin with and started by going along to activities, just helping out and observing how the coaches delivered the sessions.

The coaches made me feel very comfortable and at ease, and soon I was taking sessions myself and really enjoying them. I felt I was doing something useful and was inspired by feedback from the children - seeing how much they enjoyed my coaching restored my selfbelief.

My confidence has grown tenfold - so much so that I am about to begin a course at Swansea University. Working with Dragon Sport has been an essential factor in making me feel worthwhile again.